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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1939
Page
8
Winter’s drabness fades as bright tri-color themes and rainbow hues surge in spring attire. Navy dominates, paired with white and red accents, while chartreuse and canary yellows highlight outfits. High shades like teal cherry and cranberry mix with beige, gray, and navy to shape the season’s style palette.
A fashion note highlights the revival of bustles in evening dresses. A black lace model trims with a large bustle of black silk, reflecting 70s and 80s silhouettes adapted for contemporary attire. Sammi showcases blouses and peasant dresses alongside the bustle trend.
A national poll by leading designers selects 11 women as best dressed with All-American honors to Carlisle who replaces Ginger Rogers. Others include Bette Davis, Cobina Wright Jr., Benny Venuta, Yolanda Johnson, Fernanda Wanamaker Munn, Rose Bampton, Alice Marble, and Mrs Adam Gimbel. Interviews note trousers out, hair up or down, and emphasis on hosiery with shorter skirts.
A scanned word puzzle page listing clues with numbered entries across horizontal and vertical sections. The set includes historical references such as founder of Pennsylvania and various word definitions like to gasp and resin, with both across and down prompts and some garbled fragments.
Nutrition guidance warns that overcooking wastefully drains vitamins from produce. Cook quickly with minimal liquid, reuse cooking water, avoid soda in greens, and store greens cold to preserve vitamins C A and B1. Venturing tips emphasize rapid heating and fresh purchase to reduce nutrient loss.
A recipe by Alice Gibson Route 1. Mix flaked salmon with lemon juice and seasonings. Sauté onion in butter, blend tomato soup milk and beaten egg, then fold with rice and salmon. Bake in a greased pan with buttered bread crumbs in a slow oven until browned.
Miss Maude Elliott describes Puerto Rico as a fusion of old Spanish sights and contemporary urban scenes. She notes El Morro fortress, busy streets, modern buses, cathedrals with Ponce de Leon’s tomb, WPA improvements, fertile lands, and a population over two million in a mountainous tropical landscape.
Miss Mary Louise Beltz, a former University of fine arts student, sang at a Carnegie Hall program in New York City on March 14. She attends Juilliard, is daughter of Rev Beltz, and studied voice under Irene Peabody. The New York Post praised her mezzo-soprano performance as the finest of the evening in the Larina role.
Recipe for cod fish puffs with mashed potatoes eggs pepper onion juice parsley and fry fat, serving four with tomato sauce. Also a thread count guide for muslin sheets and an ad for Lawrce Laundry and Dry Cleaners offering household cleaning help.
Esther Settle from New York reports a Phi Beta Kappa dinner in Hotel Astor with Dorothy Thompson as guest of honor. The event drew about 3 000 attendees and highlighted Kansas University’s absence from the university list read by Dr Finley and Dr Angell.
Recipe lists eggs tuna fish mustard salt pepper mayonnaise Worcestershire sauce and paprika. Boil eggs 20 minutes, cut in halves, mix yolk with seasonings, fold in flaked tuna, fill whites, arrange on lettuce bed, garnish with parsley and paprika. Mrs George E Miller Route 1 Lawrence
The piece describes a slim spring silhouette featuring tight little jackets and swirl ing skirts. A rayon taffeta frock in navy and white checks pairs with a snug basque jacket in navy wool and a ruffled lingerie petticoat for breezy movement. jackets also shown in brown and white and black and white.
Mrs J J Kistler elected president of the city P T A council at Monday night meeting. New officers include Mrs F B Dodds vice president Mrs R B Stevens secretary Ada Mae Tull secretary and Mrs W B Sneegas treasurer. Retiring officers are Mrs Deal Six vice president Miss Tillie Oberle secretary and Mrs Leo J Hill treasurer. council to send incoming president to state convention in Dodge City in April and invite 1940 state convention to Lawrence.
A chrome and white washer blends stylish design with practical use by day, becoming a kitchen table with a porcelain cover. A compact washer with ironer and wringer fits small spaces, can slide under a table, and emphasizes space saving. Choose models by family size, ease of operation, safe attachments, a durable motor, rust proof materials, rubber cord, and dependable drainage.
Miss Patricia Potter, ill but greatly improved, is cared for in Baldwin after a choir trip illness. Local families and visitors are noted along with church, club, and university figures including Delta Tau Delta members in Kansas City and a Rotary inter-city dinner hosted by Baldwin. Major DeBevois spoke, Evelyn Butler sang, and the Baker Conservatory featured in a concert.
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