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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1938
Page
8
Spring fashion centers on hats and patent leather shoes with veils and cloche trims. Sailor hats return in flat crowned forms with veils, while patent pumps feature perforations or ruching. New wool and rayon fabrics appear, including guanaco cloth, with muted wool shades and printed silks pairing with black or navy backgrounds.
Dr Pound extols the jacket as a practical garment for women and praises education for women, noting the historic step a century ago when four co eds opened higher learning to all women.
The article highlights rayon as a growing fashion material with new weaves like Rajah and crepe failles. Boleros remain popular and short, sleeves trend elbow length or shorter, and skirts move to shorter hemlines with knife pleats and decorative tucks. It ends by noting Paris reports on shorter skirts and longer blouses and recalls Joyce Kilmer’s WWI death.
A scrambled crossword list with Across and Down hints including rock types confining terms money units and historical names. clues cover a wide range from geology and geography to furniture and instruments with several misspellings and garbled phrases.
Dr. Louise Pound will speak on A Century of Coeducation to Lawrence and University women in the Union building Tuesday night. She is a Nebraska English professor and national AAUW vice president, with wide scholarly and athletic honors, linking education and women’s advancement.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs and New York City federation push federal rules to label wool fabrics by material. They seek legal distinctions between virgin and reclaimed wool to curb mislabeling while allowing reclaimed wool, and urge FTC hearings on wool labeling as part of a broader truth in fabrics campaign.
The article outlines fabric labeling rules for rayon blends and lists spring fabrics such as rayon crepe and rayon taffeta, plus silk and wool blends. It also gives home economics guidance on oven meals, suggesting meats and vegetables with time and temperature for long and short cooks, plus dessert ideas and a sample Dinner for Sunday using roast chicken and prunes. Esther Leigh, Home Economist.
Modern cooking uses the oven to prepare all hot dishes at one temperature and time. A well filled oven saves fuel and time. Time-clock ranges can release the housewife for parts of the day.
Practical home guidance on elevating work tables with casters, storing rarely used utensils, and preventing custard skin by timely stirring. Recipes include minted lamb sandwiches and homemade scrapple, plus Dutch oven seasoning steps with hot soda wash and grease. Advertising note ends text.
A February display features Milford Zornes watercolors from Claremont California. The artist born in Oklahoma studied in California and belongs to several art societies. Seventeen pieces depict U.S. mail routes in the Washington Post Office building and showcase California desert marine scenes along with Mexican landscapes and scenes of London Hudson River and New England.
Instructions for yeasted tea box rolls with fat, butter, corn starch, and a two-stage mixing method. Includes measurements for water, salt, sugar, yeast, egg, and flour, plus chilling, rising, and baking steps. Credits Martha Piper, 433 Illinois St.
Clearfield activities detail visits among Breithaupt and related families, shopping in Edgerton, Lawrence and Eudora, and frequent gatherings. Local illnesses spark care from WMS and church circles. Deborah Brecheisen and H D Brecheisen noted as ill. Several genealogies and weekend trips to Los Angeles and nearby towns appear amid social calls and church group meetings.
High Prairie observes the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lutz at Lone Star hall with local families in attendance. Loren Williams and Phillip and Robert Williams visit, and George Van Hoesen is honored before leaving for Colorado. Community clubs host events. members travel, dine, and plan future programs.
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