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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1937
Page
8
Yorkshire colors and fashion notes highlight York gray as a new spring shade inspired by Queen Elizabeth. A crimson earth red accent, popular hats and belts, short sleeves, embroidered details, and Dalmatian influences shape dresses. Lingerie blouses return with jabots and lace, while cost and sewing tips invite home sewers to craft camisoles from existing fabrics.
Mrs Alexander George outlines careful steps for devil's food cake from mixing butter and sugar to beating in buttermilk egg yolks and whites. She favors two layer pans with waxed paper, no greased pans, and frosting quickly to keep moisture, noting proportional ingredients and a one hour total prep plus baking time.
A screen presentation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard is announced for February bth and 6th. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, under Irving Thalberg, assembles a star cast including Norman Shearer Barrymore Oliver and C Aubrey Smith. The production, endorsed by the American Association of University Women and Lawrence Woman's Club, highlights the classic lovers and Elizabethan prologue while listing numerous local supporters and sponsors.
Lawrence friends of Mrs. John R. Dyer will be interested to know that she has received an appointment as dean of women at Bucknell University Lewisburg Pa She will also teach a psychology course and earn her M A from the University of Minnesota after exams next summer At Ohio State she has been assistant junior dean and will move to Lewisburg February 15 to begin work with her daughter Jean in Minneapolis her husband the late John R Dyer was dean of men at the University of Kansas
Practical tips cover making leftover cereal into cakes for serving with syrup, refreshing brickwork with oil for seasoned look, repainting discard furniture, and choosing harmonious china with low centerpieces. Also glazing cookies with a sugared finish and a small, faded figure of land overflow in Kansas shire around 1900.
The article urges precise invitations for social events, noting guests and hosts must convey the party type, time, place, and attire. It previews a formal dinner invitation example, emphasizing clarity in the event details.
A formal note on white paper invites Mr and Mrs Abel Partyman to dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Noble Haygood on Friday January twenty second at eight o clock. Guests should reply with acceptance and note the time date and dress code as required for formal affairs.
The text explains replying to formal invitations using phrases with request or Rs v p, noting that the host's card places day date and event details to the left beneath the hostess name. It adds that telephone invitations may exist and replies on your card should read with pleasure for a specified date like January 22.
The Lawrence Business and Professional Women's club will host the second Presidents' Council of the First District on Sunday January 31. Luncheon at 1 pm at the Eldridge hotel followed by round-table discussions led by district presidents including talks on Club Program Ten Year Objective New Members Financing Your Club Publicity Our Magazine and more.
Accidental burns are the leading cause of death for young children and under sixes, with much preventable harm beyond fatalities. The piece urges constant supervision, safe handling of hot liquids and cookware, and proper stove and lamp safeguards, plus immediate medical care for burns to reduce suffering and infection.
Mrs Harriet Rynerson recalls her Vatican audience with Pope Pius in 1930 as Pope Pius then aged 79 faced illness. Accompanied by Miss Ida Booth and a Kansas City friend, she describes guards, dress codes, and the rite of kiss for the papal ring. The account ties to current dispatches about the Pope’s serious condition.
Smart young women select hats to match hairstyles. Those wearing roll hats choose off the face styles and arrange hair around the hat edges for a neat look.
Mr and Mrs Earl Lederer entertained guests at dinner last Sunday including Grace Steele John Lederer Marie Dressler Richard Sawyer of Lawrence and Arlie Lederer Raymond Williams was a dinner guest of his aunt Mrs Ada Williams and Oscar Lewis Tucker hosted Sunday dinner with Russell Deay Thurman Deay and Waneta White among the attendees
Mr and Mrs Arthur Rockhard and family Claude Jardon of Kansas City and Miss Katherine Keehane visited the M J Jardon home. Several residents traveled to Kansas City and back. Independence Community club postponed meetings to next month. Mrs Bailey's caregiver from St Luke's Hospital was released. Local families noted moving, illness, and visits to relatives in Baldwin and Fairview.
Notes from the town report a meeting of the Hopewell Community club on January 29 with a mixed program planned. Also listed are visits and events including Otto Johanning hosting dinner, an operetta at Lawrence high school attended by Frank Gleason and family, and Dorothy Gleason's participation. Loren Williams attended the State Board of Agriculture meeting in Topeka as a Douglas County Farmers Union delegate.
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