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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
4
Fashion notes for fall celebrate princess line silhouettes. Designers wave trends over slim figures with fitted one piece dresses from waist through hips ending in a ripple flare.
In royal fashion tone the princess line is praised for versatile dresses and coats. It notes soft wool frocks suitable for offices and college guides, with many pieces trimmed in regal furs and numerous front buttons. Coronation colors like jewel red blue purple and gold are highlighted as authority styles.
Army pilots facing extreme cold at high altitudes suffer mental distress and reduced performance in open cockpit planes. Captain Harry G. Armstrong reports tests showing a 19 percent net loss in efficiency with open cockpits. He cites heavy winter gear as a handicap and notes cabin type or covered cockpits improve visibility and warmth for new bombers and observation ships.
Fashion this autumn features nostalgic grandmothers styles with fitted waists and bustles, new oriental tunic frocks, and cheerful pleated skirts. The look blends Directoire Empire influence with bright contrasts for football games, office wear, and campus attire, inviting petite wearers to try tunics.
Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. W Troy Wade and children Mary and Billy with Mr. and Mrs. John A Wade. Prescott visitors attended in Blevins on Tuesday and Wednesday. Local residents traveled to Hope for business and shopping. Tedford and family moved back to Blevins and Tedford bought the Blevins drugstore. Several residents visited Little Rock and Hot Springs while others nursed, shopped, or visited relatives in the area.
Higher Lines Footwear promotes bold high cut styles that resemble tiny boots yet remain smart. Only wearers with slender ankles should choose these designs. other high cut options include very tall front ties and step-in pumps with high tongues. Color priorities are black and brown plus bronzes, wines, greens, and aubergine to match outfits and hats.
Week end in Caddo Gap with Mr and Mrs Horace Pye includes Travis White of Hope as weekend guest of his aunt Mrs Ed Chamlee and Mr Chamlee. Aubrey Stewart left Sunday for Little Rock to enter Draughns Business College. Mr and Mrs Claude Freyberger and four others are mentioned in the snippet.
Madison authorities at the University of Wisconsin plan about 178000 for research in natural and social sciences for 1936 37. President Glenn Frank says they are gambling that a stream of brilliant youngsters in laboratories will yield lead not found with older organized staffs. About 121 research projects will run employing some 200 men and women, with many students as assistants.
Alton clan visited in Prescott Monday afternoon. Elizabeth and Frances Francisco and Marvin Auxier of Prescott were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs A H Wade. Minnie Peachey of Prescott spent the weekend with her sister Mrs M C Freyberger. Ruth Cox shopped in Hope. Tom J Stewart and Clyde Smith weekend in Little Rock. H W Huskey and Ruth Huskey of Prescott visited relatives near Blevins.
Eros is one of thousands of minor planets or asteroids traveling around the sun in eccentric paths between Mars and Jupiter. These small bodies range in diameter from about 30 miles to 480 miles.
Changes in hat fashion since 1935 show a move away from narrow curled rims and low crowns toward hats worn off the face with bound and welt snaps. Sports backs also simplify toward comfort and practicality, erasing ornate pleats and gadgets for a free-swing, premier style.
A fashion note traces raglan sleeves to Lord Raglan and contrasts the 1936 raglan with earlier versions. It notes arm bellows pleats from shoulder to waist for mobility and highlights gusset sleeves with free swing, where under-arm pleats start at the shoulder and slope after about nine inches.
The article details raglan coat styles including versions with slash pockets and regular notches, a hale macron with shoulder and collar options, and a reversible coat that turns inside out with tweed on one side and ramparanted gabardine on the other. It notes a 60 percent fuel saving from a five ton coal fuel trial in England and mentions Grant Thorburs, a New York nail maker, owning the country’s first seed store.
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