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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1940
Page
4
A political plot unfolds as Len plans to secure votes while Adele and Aunt Olympia discuss campaign strategy. Len boasts of influence over opponents and moves to hire escorts for the youths, while Cecil is busy in New York.
Aunt Olympia arranges a starter political job for Cecil Dodd while Len Hardesty aims to win trust. Adele meets Gabriel d Allotti at a Republican senator's tea, sparking etiquette clashes and flirtation as Helen and Adele debate politics and ambition amid campaign hush.
Len and Adele, sisters Helen and Limpy, mourn their parents in a crash. Aunt Olympia arrives with plans to move the three girls to Washington to boost Senator Delaporte’s bid. Len Hardesty, a publicity man for Brother Wilkie, falls for Adele as Olympia outfits a campaigning auto trailer.
Aunt Olympia outlines a staged publicity plan to promote the Senator and family image. Cecil notes domestic angle and gradual ascent, with Dave Cooper already shaping the Senator's record while Olympia guides questions and answers for home papers.
A fashion feature extols spring and summer neckwear and lingerie trends. It highlights detachable pockets and collars of organdy, sheer plastrons, starched white dickeys, plaid hats, eyelet pique yokes, embroidered piques, revers on coats and suits, frothy jabots, harlequin sets, and matching frills for wrists and pockets as fresh style accents.
The report notes a shift from the wasp waist to long torso lines in new dresses and suits. Designers introduce fingertip-length torso tops with skirts starting there, while mermaid silhouettes and straighter contours gain favor. Corsetieres anticipate lighter foundations and updated corsets.
There is strong interest in jackets of contrasting color. Light colored wool jackets pair with checked skirts while plaid silk jackets match plaid silk blouses and black or navy skirts. Evening suits feature colored jackets and blouses with dark skirts.
The spring 1940 silhouette features a small neat waist, looser than the winter wasp waist. Skirts remain short and often fairly full with Paris among those showing mid knee lengths. Necklines stay fairly high and shoulders are slightly widened.
A laboratory invention by Jean Jordeau produces a waterless shampoo that lathers without water. After scalp massage and a coarse towel rub, hair is left impeccably clean and lustrous. The coiffure shown features a modified pompadour and raised side hair.
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