Midsummer fashion dazzles with sheer lace gowns and fancy hats
The article surveys 1936 garden party dresses featuring nets, laces, and organza gowns. It highlights sheer fabrics, wide hemlines, puff sleeves, and large hats, with examples including a lupin blue cellophane lace gown from Queen Mary voyage fashion and a Buckingham Palace royal garden party piece.
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America
Edward VIII
Buckingham Palace
Western Newspaper Union
Pax silk prints capture peace motif in fashion
Cherie Nicholas notes pax silk prints dominate fashion through a blue and white silk dress featuring pax as a motif. The designs come from a board member of the International League for Peace and appeal to women supporting the peace in fashion movement.
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International League For Peace
Poord
Frosted jewelry leads the vogue this season
Summer jewelry favors white and frosty tones with rings, bracelets, and necklaces appearing icy at resort wear. Crystalline whites pair with copper-brown or pastel prints while frosted rings and choker reappear. Smoky red nails and bright lacquer balance dazzling multi stone couturier pieces and ladylike flower jewelry from fabric to real blooms.
New Modern Smart Sports Dresses for Daytime Wear
A description of summer daytime sports dresses features a grand new sports and spectator outfits. Molyneux designs for private clients includes several Americans known for elegance. One beige wool suit uses a natural tree bark belt fastened with dried grass. Another EE dress is noted.
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Molyneux
Clents
Florence Eldridge on marrying into film fame
Florence Eldridge discusses the pressures of breaking into movies as a star’s wife and her path to the Queen Elizabeth role in Mary of Scotland. The piece notes her stage success, marriage to Fredric March, and choices shaping her film career.
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Florence Eldridge
Fredric March
Hollywood
RKO
Mary of Scotland
Katherine Hepburn
Miss Eldridge
Queen Elizabeth
Polka Dot Tunic Frock Adopts Modern Style
Pattern No 1927-B by Barbara Bell offers a tunic frock in sizes 12 to 20 with a 23-4 yard 35 or 39 inch fabric need for size 14 and 2 yards for the skirt. Send 15 cents for the Fall Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Dept New York. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Barbara Bell
W. Forty-third St
New York
N.Y
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Household Questions for Winter Meals and Care
Practical tips for cooking and housekeeping. Start custard pies in a hot oven then lower heat to cook slowly. Use lemon on chicken for whitened, tender meat. Leave potato jackets on if leftovers and boil potatoes in jackets for mashed dishes. Cauliflower can be fried after crumbs and egg coating. Air care tips include drying white silk stockings in shade to preserve whiteness.
Pleasant Hill Times humor at school show turns poignant
A brief from Pleasant Hill Times recalls a small Negro boy delivering a nervous line on stage with the master’s cue Be not afraid it is I The moment closes with Dont git skeered Tain’t nobody but me In a separate note a deep sea diver on a boat hears over the phone the crew report the sinking vessel prompting a quick ascent and urgent action
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Norma Shearer
Marlene Dietrich
Germany
Donald Woods
Warner Brothers
Bette Davis
Western Newspaper Union
Pleasant Hill Times
The Conquest Mentions a Happy Bride-to-be Discussion
Two women exchange witty lines about marriage happiness and choosing partners. One declares joy in marrying her chosen man while the other quips that real happiness comes from marrying someone else’s pick. The dialogue reflects light social banter on romance.
Dialog Exchange on Courtship Between Mothers and Daughter
A mother-influenced scene where Mrs Simpton warns Dorothy against accepting a kiss from a man. Dorothy replies with light humor that she would not want her mother to do all the kissing herself. The exchange centers on propriety and desire to avoid romantic entanglements.
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