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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1926
Page
6
Mrs. Kepler writes of Paris curiosities from puppet shows to the Louvre and couture salons then details a winter journey along the Côte d’Azur. The party tours Nice and Monte Carlo, notes famed restaurants and Valentino sightings, and extols France’s coast from Marseilles to Menton with hotel Beau-Site views and flowering gardens.
Julia Bottomley reports on a one piece man-tailored coat dress, praised for smartness and longevity in fashion canals. The outfit features a straight-line silhouette with clever plaiting, cut-in pockets, and a flesh-colored satin vestee. Paris favors pale pink accessories and white accents to complement the ensemble.
A long feature describes rug making with hook needle as a fashionable home craft. It covers materials such as frames and jute, design ideas from flowers to animals, and steps from outlining to finishing the rug. It also notes dyeing stockings for wool-like yarn and creating bath mats from soft cotton.
The League plans two meetings in Lawrence with Miss Gertrude Ely national director of political education among younger women speaking to University women on the Hill at 4 30 pm and later at a joint supper with the Business and Professional Women's club Mrs Domenico Gagliardo arranges the events Ely a Pennsylvania native Bryn Mawr graduate served in WWI with the First Division reaching the Rhine with troops on December 19 1918 and later in Germany for eight months She is described in Sergeants war books and is regarded as an engaging speaker for women beginning to vote Also note a Reese's Drug Store ad offering a red rubber hot water bottle or fountain syringe for 110.
Prima donna Tetrazzini sails from London for a two month rest at the Riviera with sister joining her. She vows to return only as the old Tetrazzini in spring and praises Luella Paikin for helping audiences.
In spring 1902 seven west side women formed a reading club to study history literature and home science. The group, later named Tepnoia q, grew under Mrs. Hinesley and contributed to Red Cross, Memorial Hospital, and charity efforts while aligning with district and state clubs. President Mrs. Edward Hissop leads the club this year.
The piece extols the tea wagon as a handy aid for informal suppers with few friends. It suggests simple menus, easy preparation, and serving from the cart to save steps, highlighting comfort by a fireside and casual seating in chairs or on a Davenport.
A jumble of old style household instructions appears including a rib and mutton dish with vegetables, beef stew, and parsley, plus embroidery tips, floor wax advice, hard water cleaner, and a note card of thanks. Also mentions a new shorthand class at the Business College next Monday.
Dr Lyuis Woodruff of the Home Economics faculty of the University will lecture on the modern science of nutrition of the young child as the fourth talk in the preschool series sponsored by the American Association of University Women. The talk is set for Monday evening in the Liberty memorial tech school music room. Attendees welcome. Miss Woodruff recently earned her doctorate at the University of Chicago.
Mrs George Maffet and others from Eudora return from Topeka after Kansas day events. Mr and Mrs W H Dunn host guests for their tenth wedding anniversary party. A teen pianist from St Louis performed a broadcast from the city. Club notes mention Le Trefle gathering, a pre school child lecture by Dr Florence Sherbon, and League of Women Voters meeting. Birth announced for Harold Johnson Jr. Opera plans for Kansas City trip and social notices include birthday and engagement mentions.
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