Life in the Tropics at Barranca Bermeja Colombia
Mrs Robert Sterling describes life near Barranca Bermeja Colombia at the Tropical Oil company concession. Homes are mahogany built with screen windows and no glass. Natives live in casitas and learn to make beds light gas lighting and doors. Social life centers on a club house with teas golf and billiards.
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Barranca Bermeja
Colombia
Robert Sterling
Sterling
M. W. Sterling
United States
Casitas
Recital and daily life in Colombia amid war news and travel
A traveler describes unusual local schedules in Colombia with early work hours, siesta, and meals, plus a company school taught by an American. They note river transport to an oil concession, local foods, and soil erosion. The piece shifts to wartime rumors, a refugee influx, ongoing evangelism and schooling, mail delays, and a damaging dust storm needing rain.
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Mrs. Sterling
United States
Colombia
Mrs. Perry O Hanson Writes From China War News
Excerpts from a May 3 letter from Taian Shantung China by Mrs Perry O Hanson describe wartime hardship with 500 people outside the gate begging for grain and the couple's Red Cross support. The Hansons are missionaries in the Shantung annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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China
Maud Arnett
Perry O. Hanson
Dr. Hanson
Lawrence
Cross word puzzle clues mix of across and down entries
A scrambled list of crossword prompts and jumbled phrases across and down with numbers and partial answers, including references to minerals, animals, places, and common puzzle terms, arranged like a page grid with scattered misspellings and typographical errors.
Parisian Visit of George VI Inspires Fashion Frenzy
Paris couturiers hail the coming visit of King George VI and Queen to Paris on June 28. Royal orders pour in for rich crepe and tulle ensembles with gold and silver embroidery and paillettes. Dresses showcase star and flower motifs with ostrich plumes and elaborate hats as designers from Molyneux to Chanel prepare clothing for royal and ministerial wear.
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Paris
England
Duchess de Chaulnes
Molyneux
Georges Bonnet
Raymond Patenotre
New Paris
Helps for Housewives Summertime Cleaning and Cooking Tips
Summertime stains on linens respond to cold water, borax, and boiling water. Fruit stains may also vanish with this method. Sprinkle fritters with confectioners sugar for a glaze and broil or bake until melted. For stiff meringues, add cream of tartar and fold into the sugar mixture.
Six K. U. Delegates Will Attend Mu Phi Epsilon Convention
Miss Ruth Orcutt and Dorothy Enlow Miller of Lawrence travel to Chicago for Mu Phi Epsilon national biennial convention at the Drake hotel. Xi chapter members Ramona Harnar Orewe Yowell Lucille McVey and Helen Heaston also attend. Orcutt will play Pas sacaglia and the Concert Piece with Miller on second piano. Miller, KU graduate and Lawrence choir organist, previously elected national Mu Phi Epsilon treasurer. she joins council meetings in Chicago.
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Dorothy Enlow Miller
Ruth Orcutt
Mu Phi Epsilon
Chicago
Lawrence
Ramona Harnar
Orewe Yowell
Lucille McVey
Helen Heaston
Drake Hotel
Miss Orcutt
K. A
Karl Euersteiner
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mu Phi Enpsilante
Mills College
Oakland
Cal
Miller
Salads of Distinction and Dressings for All Occasions
The piece lists salad platters and bowls with varied ingredients and dressings, including asparagus Bavarian salad and Bride's Salad. It provides step by step recipes for dishes and multiple French and other dressings with women’s home economist notes and a closing note on the Plantin printing house museum.
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Antwerp
Christopher Plantin
Europe
New Parisian Pee Wee Hats Sweep Fall Fashion
A fashion scout notes six to eight inch doll hats from Schiaparelli’s last collection captivate America. Natural straw and light or dark felts, worn at a rakish tilt, headline midseason Paris to New York trends with bi colored crepes, Persian lamb trimmings, platform shoes, and hopeful fall colors like wine grape purple plum deep teal green and tobacco brown.
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Schiaparelli
America
Paris
Kansas City Student Garners Honorable Mention in Style Contest
The Prix de Paris contest winners were announced by Vogue with first two prizes offering six months in Paris and New York offices. Among ten honorable mentions is Miss Sarah Lou Taylor of Kansas City Missouri a University of Kansas senior in business and a Gamma Phi Beta member.
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Vogue
Paris
New York
Sarah Lou Taylor
Kansas City
School of Business
University of
Angel Food Cake Recipe From Mrs Johnson
A vintage recipe details 114 cups sugar and cake flour with egg whites folded in gradually. Vanilla, salt, and cream of tartar assist to stiff peaks, bake at 350 to 375 degrees for one hour, then rest 5 to 10 minutes before removing from pan. Signed by Mrs F M Johnson of Indiana Street.
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F. M. Johnson
Indiana Street
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Tropics
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Switzerland
Nia
Withers
Fia
George VI
K. U
Esther Leigh
Kansas Electric Power Company
The
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Angel Food
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Green Bros
Journal-World
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