Smartly Styled Play Clothes Lead in Vacation Wardrobe
A fashion feature urges practical yet colorful play outfits for wartime life. It highlights flannel slacks for cycling, striped basques, striped percale waists, red corduroy overalls with white rayon shirts, fish net shawls as shoulder wraps, and the growing popularity of pinafores worn over beach suits and sun dresses. The piece emphasizes versatile, active attire for home-front routines and leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jill
Western Newspaper Union
Hat and Bag Sets Catch Fancy Summer Attention
Millinery shops present coordinated hat and bag ensembles in navy, red and gold plaid taffeta and other fabrics. Navy veils secure hairstyles, while chic sets use taffeta or cottons like glazed chintz gingham or pique.
Necklines Drive New Summer Dresses and Blouses
The article notes a shift to low cut necklines in daytime dresses, using cottons and washable fabrics. Designers emphasize flattering effects with deep square and rounded U necklines, extending to lingerie blouses and summer dresses, signaling a new era of dress and beauty.
Novel head novelties bloom in summer fashion
A fashion note describes bicycle clip arrangements balancing flowers over each ear with velvet or ribbon covers. Flower motifs drift to one side, while calots with veils and tiny flower snoods become popular. Veils feature small bows scattered playfully for a light, whimsical look.
Coffee-colored facial spots may fade with ovary extract treatment
Western News reports a case where pigmented facial spots linked to midlife disappeared after correcting ovarian and uterine ailments. Dr Rocca note shows injections of ovary extract plus estrone ointment reduced pigmentation, with lasting improvement though some recurrence after stopping treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Journal of the
American Medical Association
F. Rocca
Insulin Injections Stimulate Appetite
Doctors report insulin injections helping underweight patients gain weight by boosting appetite. In a Brazilian study 30 patients received daily eight to 30 unit doses before noon meals, then stopped gradually once normal weight was reached.
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Canada
United States
American Journal of Sciences
Philadelphia
Brazil
J. B. Greer
X rays reveal adhesions or tumors causing obstruction
X rays will show adhesions or tumors only if they obstruct the bowel or stomach. Shock from an operation can produce various symptoms. head pain may stem from eye disturbance, indigestion, tired nerves, infected teeth, or other causes.
Barbara Bell Pattern Sizes and Materials Noted
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1700 5 lists sizes 36 to 52 with 434 yards 35 inch fabric for size 38 short sleeves. Pattern No 1790 B covers sizes 10 to 20 with busts 28 to 38, sample notes show needs of 43 yards 35 inch fabric and ric rac for size 12.
Recreation Kits For Soldiers From War Department
Collier's reports diverse recreation kits sent to soldiers by the War Department. Kit Cc includes 2,000 books, sound-picture projectors and films, B-1 radios phonographs and an amplifier, D violins guitars and a small piano, A boxing gloves and baseball, football and softball gear, F playing cards poker chips dice and many games including chess and backgammon.
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War Department
Collier’s
Weapons Studied At Aberdeen Proving Grounds
The Army Proving Grounds at Aberdeen Maryland holds a complete sample of captured enemy arms. Ordnance officers forward material from fighting fronts to be tested and studied in a dedicated program targeting Nazi and Japanese equipment.
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Army Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Collier’s
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