Paris Fashion Purists Await 1950 Look Reveal This Week
Paris fashion scene eyes this week for the 1950 look as courturiers unveil styles featuring heart shaped silhouettes with leg of mutton sleeves and full blouses over slim skirts. Skirts hover 16 inches from the floor while plunging necklines recede. Designers Balmain Dior and Fath prepare contrasting lines with color and wearability front and center. American buyer Justin McCarthy of Dallas joins a growing tide of international clients amid Champs Elysees show preparations.
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Sally Swing
United Press
Paris
Paris Courturiers
Faris
Pierre Balmain
Christian Dior
Jacques Fath
Champs Elysees District
Justin McCarthy
Sporswear
Dallas
Veil hat and veiling lace in spring fashion ad
A delicate crocheted lace straw veil hat described as a light spring accessory. The ad also notes other veiling hats and estimates a North American population figure of 200,000,000.
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North America
Childless happy marriage proves love counts more than offspring
Dorothy Dix counsels a childless couple that happiness comes from mutual devotion, not parental status. She argues taste and fulfillment are individual, and many happy marriages lack children. A second reader, 22, faces a husband’s nightly absences after three years of marriage and a two year old. Dix explains youthful marriage restless, advises understanding, not divorce, and warns of financial strain.
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Dorothy DIX
Miss DIX
Ily
Beach Coat For Vacation Days In Vivid Prospector Cloth
A dressmaker beach coat in vivid prospector cloth touted for beach and pool wear. The piece showcases bold fabric suitable for warm weather outings and casual resort style.
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Prospector
Piano Buy Lines and Fair Pricing Debate
A piano column argues for equal treatment of buyers regardless of payment method. It compares cash versus credit pricing, notes cash discounts, and questions why the cash price should differ for poorer and wealthier buyers. Dan J. Conway of Meyert Piano Co offers daily Q&A from Amarillo, Texas.
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Dan J. Conway
Meyert Piano Company
Taylor
Amarillo
Sorority Program Highlights Collecting Old and New
Theta Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi heard Mrs. Maratha Trimble speak on collecting the old and the new at Mrs. F. E. Gabbard’s home. Members shared prized possessions and collected tickets for the Woman of the Year dance on Feb. 22 to benefit Cancer Research Fund.
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Maratha Trimble
Theta Pi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
F. E. Gabbard
Hayden
Cancer Research Fund
International Organization
Bill Thurman
L. G. James
O. S. Harris
Calvin Walker
Dick Williams
L. V. Cook
Betty Pankratz
W. E. Davis
James Holman
Bettye Stewart
Hazel Husted
Pat Dailey
Improved gear to trap radiosonde weather balloon
Improved equipment automatically traps a radio equipped weather balloon and records its flight path. Remote control operation eliminates the need for the operator to endure inclement weather while collecting data.
Embroidery Pattern Offer From The Amarillo Globe News
A brisk promotion invites readers to purchase Laura Wheeler Needlecraft patterns. The ad touts easy embroidery with blue birds and morning glories, includes pattern 823 transfer motifs, and promises charts, photos, and concise directions. Send twenty cents for pattern 823 and fifteen cents more for the Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book, plus a free sample pattern.
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Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe News
Needlecraft Dept
Old
Chelsea Station
New York
Birthday Gift and Honorary Member for Sunset Club
Sunset reports a birthday gift and honorary membership for the honoree. Yellow and purple decorations filled entertaining rooms, lace tablecloths and yellow roses centered refreshment table. Mrs. Leslie Stephens led the service with guests including Mrs. Nita Pearl Curll and Mrs. Marie Raines. Next meeting Feb. 7 at 2 30 p.m. at Mrs. C. D. Pittman’s home, 804 Lamar. Also noted a USDA finding that bad chicks can be carried by air to 20 000 feet.
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Leslie Stephens
Nita
Pearl Curll
Marie Raines
Mesdames S. M. Phipps
Floyd Ramsey
Homer Tuttie
C. D. Pittman
Lamar
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Pans Courturiers
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Inkham
Robin
Colonic Irrigation
Ben QO. Prince
Sweetbriar
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Petunia
Boxwell
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perryton
Spearman
Kohler
Bracken
Seiwell Drug
N. Fillmore
Ahitar
Pat
Peggy Montgomery
Needle Club
Needle Art Club
E. D. Hawkins
Simmons
Beautyrest
Rhea H. Owens
Phon
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