Fall and Winter Dress Patterns for Girls and Women
Features describe easy to sew dresses in wool crepe cashmere gingham and jersey with simple lines and varied colors. Highlights include a scallop trimmed day frock with darts a high square neckline and shrugged sleeves and a versatile fit for shopping and home. Pattern numbers 1454 and 1576 cover sizes for girls and women with yardage notes and orders via The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Ditmars Tackles Ants And Sea Serpents In Odd Dispatches
In a humorous column, LEMUEL F. PARTON notes Bronx Zoo curator Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars leaving for Trinidad to study parasol ants and correct myths about animals. He calls attention to sea serpents in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, flying snakes and fish that climb trees, with other astonishing zoological tidbits from the expert.
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York
Ditmars
Raymond L. Ditmars
Bronx
Trinidad
Dr. Ditmars
Indian Ocean
Pacific
Museum of Natural History
Zoo
Santa Claus
Sugar as a quick energy fuel and dietary guide
In this 1938 piece, C Houston Goudiss extols sugar as a concentrated fuel that powers daily energy. It notes refined sugar costs, caloric content, and the shift from luxury to common staple. The article advises moderation, counters myths about digestion and teeth, and suggests child friendly forms like puddings, fruits, milk drinks, and molasses for minerals.
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C. Houston
Goudiss
England
India
WNU
C. Houston Goudiss
A Real Stimulant sugar boosts energy quickly in meals
The article explains sugar acts as a fast energy stimulant, beginning digestion quicker than starch and entering blood and muscles within minutes. It notes sugar's use by athletes, students, and soldiers, and recalls World War efforts urging civilians to limit sugar to support the army.
A Food of Many Forms Sugar Quick Pick Up
A note on the quick pick up of sugar in many forms beyond granulated crystals. The text highlights that sugar can be obtained in diverse forms besides the familiar sparkling grains.
How to Make a Schoolgirl Wool Hat With Pattern
A simple two-piece wool hat pattern for a child starting school. Use two fabrics for hat and lining, each 1 inch longer than the head’s largest measurement, with depth half the length. Follow folding, marking, sewing back seams, then join pieces, gather the top, and finish with ribbon or a bow and a feather.
Household Tips and Quick Fixes for Home Care
A compact guide covers removing mildew stains from white linens by boiling with two tablespoons peroxide per quart water. It also advises winterizing garden tools with kerosene or grease, using chamois for furniture mark removal, organizing children's items on the ground floor, and basic food measurement equivalents.
Color and Economy In This Jiffy Afghan
Crochet enthusiasts can make a fluffy afghan using a large hook and Germantown wool with about half the wool of a standard Afghan. Pattern 6040 includes directions and stitch illustrations and lists required colors. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for pattern 6040.
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Germantown
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Favorite Scenery: Great Churches Inspire Mountain Reach
Quote reflects that churches offer sublime scenery and that humankind achieved its finest inspiration when building cathedrals. The speaker, R L Stevenson, muses on sacred architecture as enduring allure in travel and art.
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R. L. Stevenson
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Leeds-Baptist Church
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Fisher
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Art Smith
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Unday Choolesson
Harold L. Lundquist
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Ible
Western Newspaper Union
Texaco Star Theatre
Jimmy
Wallington
David Brogkmman
Texaco Star
John Kerslly
Emil Dickinson
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