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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1957

Page

10

Daytime Fashions Feature Silk Softness in Spring Dress Up

New York reports silk dominates lightweight daytime dresses with capes, sheath variations, and pegged or pleated skirts. Pleating thrives on slim and full skirts, while cape styles pair with waist length jackets. Fabrics include silk shantungs chiffons crepes surahs with navy gray beige and muted color tones.

New York NEA Claire Mce- Cardell

Food Director Advises Simple Meals for Groups

In Cincinnati Ohio a food director urges simple routines for feeding groups noting routine family cooking suffices for a small unit but challenges rise when a woman serves on a church or PTA planning committee.

Cincinnati Ohio PTA

Menu advice for large groups from UC dietitian

Mrs. Lucile McMullen, director of Food Services at the University of Cincinnati, offers a practical menu for 50 youths featuring barbecued beef on buns, cabbage relish, chips, vegetables, hot chocolate, spiced applesauce, and easy desserts. She advocates popular options like crusty rolls, cottage cheese with fruit, and baked apples, plus a simple relish and instant hot chocolate mix with marshmallows.

Lucile McMullen University of Cincinnati

Elegant bathroom decor ideas trend toward refined style

The article highlights a shift from cute fix ups to elegant bath spaces with coordinated color palettes using pink lavender violet and blue accents. Gold and brass details appear in shelves towels curtains and accessories with brass vanity tables and folding towel racks adding luxury and resisting humidity.

Cape New to Fashions in Resort Styles

New York fashion notes highlight pretty full skirts and sheath variants with higher waistlines and midriff details. Capes, capelets, and detachable options emerge alongside slim sheath lines, often in floating silk or lightweight wool, with notable designs by Mary Blair and Adele Simpson and fabrics by Hope Skillman.

New York Mary Blair Cabana Adele Simpson Hope Skillman

Tresses Will Respond to Home Care Morning and Night

Alicia Hart advises daily brushing split into 50 strokes morning and night, noting home care beats salon time. Emphasizes professional trim, color shampoos, blue tones in cream rinses, careful heat use, and non drying sprays for natural, manageable, glossy hair.

Alicia Hart Grandma Lily Dache

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