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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
15
The column notes the Washington Post anniversary for Eugene Meyer and his wife, praising their public service. It then profiles California resident Mrs. Edward Sanders and her community adoption program for incoming refugees, detailing how a Sawycka family was resettled with minimal cash outlay and rapid local support. The piece endorses community based integration with government cooperation.
London actress Miss Valerie White, a member of the English company of The Winslow Boy opening tomorrow at the Music Hall, enjoys abundant food and clothing in New York. She arrived from Buffalo with the troupe for a three day rest and plans a visit to Nelson Gallery of Art, noting England’s cloth rationing and the new look. Her views on fashion contrast conservative tastes with modern styles.
Miss Valerie Waite discusses her leap into acting in The Winston Boy and her view that naturalness matters in performance. She recalls parents discouraging her, her move from fashion design to theater, and her life between London Broadway and Hollywood dreams.
A 1948 Belt Syndicate discussion weighs two vacation theories for marriages. One urges couples stay together on trips, the other favors separate getaways to refresh affection. Moderation matters: two or three weeks apart, a month at most, then return home to rekindle shared life.
A vintage Brides Cook Book style guide showcases a summer salads menu with an aspic, several dressings, and meatless accompaniments. Recipes include Prize Tomato Aspic, Summer Mayonnaise, Prize French Dressing, Mushroom Potato Salad, Hawaiian Salad Mold, Molded Tongue Salad, and Crabmeat Economy Salad with instructions and ingredient lists.
Home Economics Association of Greater Kansas City homemakers division holds a 1:30 Friday meeting at Mrs. John Meyers home 7800 West Sixty-first Merriam Kansas. Speaker Mrs. W W Easterling presents Your Garden and Mine with hostesses Mrs. Clark Moots Mrs. Albert Keefe Mrs. R B Howard Mrs R E Par sons and Mrs H K Humphrey assisting. Meyers also discusses The Woman's Corner.
The article traces mirror use from the seventeenth century to modern times, noting period styles such as Chippendale and Regency. It advises careful planning for wall and door mounting, emphasizes space and light reflection, and warns that walls must be sound to prevent cracks in mirrors. It mentions colored and antiqued options, and that for practical dressing areas a clear mirror is best.
A neighbor's rose garden is described as a source of peace and happiness, spreading joy beyond the home as Laura Emily Mau reflects on the tranquil, harmonized setting and its gentle influence on life.
Missouri President a Delegate to Washington Session as Mrs. David T. Blake of Salisbury leads the Missouri division of the American Association of University Women with other state presidents to meet in Washington from tomorrow through Saturday. They plan state and branch strategies for two years and discuss the 1949 Seattle biennial convention. Dr. Anna Powell of North Texas State Teachers College will report on an Inter American cultural relations conference held in Houston. Local representative Mrs. James R. Gaylor (4519 Roanoke parkway) attended along with delegates from Mexico and about two hundred Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas women. A joint Mexican Southwest Central region A A U W meeting is slated for next year.
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