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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1936
Page
8
Chill winds signal coat shopping as women seek multiple outerwear. Sports coats feature swagger cuts, fur collars appear in dress coats, and the princess line governs long fitted coats with lavish fur trim. Hats remain close to the head, while woolen evening frocks and evening wraps in tweed, duvetyn, broadcloth, velvet and tapestry complete the season’s look.
New York stylist Miss Fri Mott presented a fashion show at the J C Penney store featuring garments made from yard goods. The talk offered sewing tips on prints, sleeve shaping, bias binding, contrasting textures, buttoning, and color pairings for fall attire.
Mrs. F J Bowles led WPA canning at Woodlawn school and through the Social Service League prepared 450 jars of canned goods and 54 pints of jelly for the school nurse to use in children's lunches. A Bread Crumb Omelet recipe is included, plus serving ideas with jelly or preserves and a note on Earl Sarvent’s favorite sport water polo at UCLA.
Ida M. Starr describes the Hopi rain prayer observed in northern Arizona during the last two weeks of August. The account details the kiva, the antelope and snake priests, ritual stamping, offerings of sacred meat, and the use of about thirty snakes. Despite the elaborate ceremony, no rain followed, alarming the Hopi who hold the snakes as rain power.
The recipe lists a Peach Betty with 2 cups sliced peaches, 14 cups soft bread, 3 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 4 tablespoons melted butter, 7 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, and 17 cups water or peach juice. Mix, bake covered 30 minutes, then uncover 10 minutes to brown.
A thoughtful piece stresses that expressing gratitude and praise benefits children and homes. It argues praise often yields better behavior than constant criticism, while gracious words foster health and warmth. Also includes two peanut butter cookie recipes with step by step directions.
Anna Held protests Ziegfeld excesses and notes a happy bookkeeper rarely exists. The piece argues budgets must balance and that some unhappiness stems from keeping books that should not be kept. It cites the Sermon on the Mount and warns against overemphasis on accounting in public life.
A reflection on generosity and virtue, arguing that tracking gifts and rewards harms happiness. It compares measuring spiritual acts to weighing weight with a yardstick and suggests a guardian angel maintains any true ledger, not people. The tone urges contentment without constant accounting.
Grace Helm later Mrs. Albert Hadi taught at the Apple Pie school near Lone Star twenty two years ago. Her daughter Alberta Hadi began teaching there at the same institution at age nineteen. Both hires involved directors connected to Helm’s era, including Fred C Flory and Mrs Aubrey Fishburn, linking generations on the school board.
Geraldine Farrar, famed Metropolitan Opera star, spoke for Gov. Alfred M. Landon. She criticized regimentation of opportunity and individual enterprise, calling Gov. Laney a defender of personal freedom.
Emporia pioneers completed a four day journey by covered wagon with oxen aiding part of the way. Mayor Frank Lostutter drove the wagon into Wichita on the Kansas Diamond Jubilee grounds at five last night. Passengers Jim Dye Clair Boone Harold Sutton and H T Wilson accompanied the group on the final leg from Emporia across the Flint Hills.
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