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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1937
Page
3
Fashion sketch notes describe shorter slips to suit shorter dresses and prevent gapping, with returning taffeta petticoats. Nightgowns mirror evening gowns in effect, featuring lower necklines, gathered backs, and chiffon for soft lines. Garments include pouff sleeves, borero jackets, lace peplums, and bold color pairings such as gray with lime green and aqua.
A short note explains that elephants do not drink through their trunks. The trunk functions to suck up water and then spray it into the mouth.
Card makers showcase a lively Easter season featuring rabbits ducks chicks lambs and eggs. Designs range from reverent to humorous with bold color shifts toward deep blues purples and yellows highlighting floral motifs and surrealist touches.
The piece surveys formal fashion themes spanning Regency sheath silhouettes to Southern Belle gowns. It notes crown-worthy coronation era influences, Grecian draped gowns by Maggy Rouff, and Spanish inspired slim silhouettes with boleros. Embroidery, lingerie trims, and bold color contrasts dominate, with varied hem lines and decorative details.
Joshua Humphreys, hailed as the father of the American navy, is recognized as the first warship builder in the United States, launching the nation's first vessel in 1794.
Knitted fashions display two piece dresses with crew necks and straight skirts plus detailed treatments like contrasting stripes and embroidery. Ty rolean dirndls inspire colorful flowers and borders, while patchwork knits appear in dresses and suits and three piece wardrobe suits render raglan coats or capes with one piece dresses.
A New Yorker has developed a compact aerial camera that uses a pinhole instead of a lens. The instrument measures 31.4 inches in diameter and 11.12 inches high, weighs 9 ounces, and is powered by the mechanisms of a dollar watch that advances a film roll for wide sky photography.
Quadequina, brother of the famed Masgasoit, introduced popcorn to English colonists at the first Thanksgiving Day feast in 1621. The anecdote links Native American leader Massasoit’s kin to early colonial hospitality and food exchange.
The 1937 fashion color wheel introduces pretty pastels and rich dark tones for daytime wear. Domestic rosy grays and golden beiges pair with York red and Coronation red accessories, while garden inspired hues like onion white and mustard yellow appear with bold contrasts. Modest violet and pink shades accompany prints on light or dark backgrounds.
The report notes cactus juice is employed to treat rust in heating plants and to combat growths in city water mains, highlighting its role in maintaining infrastructure.
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