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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
2
Woman's World discusses reviving clothes through quick remodeling and careful fitting. Emphasizes evaluating fabric for remodeling, choosing patterns, and tailoring or dressmaker help to ensure garments flatter the figure without overhauling budgets.
Fashion notes suggest updating dresses with new yokes either in contrasting fabrics or plain, enhancing plain frocks with scoop necklines and luxurious costume jewelry. Add feminine touches like neckline bare styling, ruffles on pockets, sleeves, and skirts, or plaid ruffles for a plunging neck. A bolero in a bright contrasting shade can transform a dark dress.
A bustling cotton tafleta ensemble with moire finish appears as a sophisticated resort option. Carolyn Schnurer designs a strapless bodice with a wrap-around skirt, complemented by two triangular stoles. Lace yokes and draped shirts offer easy upgrades to plain dresses, with patterns sold for purchase.
The note highlights a new linen duster style with a Taglan sleeve and convertible collar, featuring flap pockets echoing the turn-back cuffs. Tailoring suits heavier linen weaves, with large smoked petari buttons repeating natural linen tones.
A carpenter fights a neighbor over a dog. the witness testifies with certainty and the carpenter strikes the neighbor. The court holds the temper a fault and finds him liable. Other cases include a widow’s claim against her late husband’s estate, a chest claim on the shore, and a Sunday labor ban where a barber is fined for a shave deemed unnecessary.
Anne and Alan Wilson consider divorce due to routine and nerves after nine years. The column urges recognizing fault on both sides, warns against psychoanalysis, and cites the Sandersons who moved to the country as a remedy.
Hollywood youths of famous parents seek screen tests and acting debuts as Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, John Barrymore and others prepare new projects. Barrymore Jr earns 150 dollars weekly for first acting job while Sydney Chaplin targets his movie debut with Circle Players. Melinda Markey tests for Rebecca in The Ballad and The Source as Michel e Farmer discusses possible screen tests.
Readers can obtain complete crocheting instructions for the Crocheted Bedspread Pattern No. 4808 by sending 2 cents, name, address, and pattern number. Floral Design 48 Pattern No. 5995 provides material needs and diagrams, with 20 cents requested.
A series of home hints covers avoiding varnish bubbles by stirring gently, removing mirror streaks with oil polish, anchoring loose rugs with jar rubbers, cleaning nickel faucets with ammonia and soft cloths, and delaying plaster drying by mixing flour with plaster of Paris to extend work time.
Advice suggests partial drying aids with portable stoves but warns against oil paint before two months. A resin based water emulsion paint can cover nails for a couple of months though not ideal for bathrooms or kitchens. After drying, apply varnish size and two coats enamel undercoater with a final enamel finish.
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