Homelife Tips and Household Humor Column
Neighbor agreement over a dog and a son delaying Foreign Legion enlistment shows family quirks. Boiling a new cotton clothesline to prevent stretching. A dried beef toast idea with creamed beef and egg garnish. A playful parenting moment ends in a toy crash labeled bombs away. A garage bumper solution uses garden hose. Cinnamon butter bread sticks baked for bedtime snacks. A closing quip reminds stubbornness has one helpful feature.
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Foreign Legion
Shoes for Co-Eds Create Seasonal Dress Shoes Mix
The fall 1951 fashion notes emphasize dressy shoes to match velvet moire and taffeta outfits. From little step-in pumps for college wardrobes to sling backs and D Orsay pumps, heeled slippers for teas, and capes. On campus, white saddle oxfords and loafers pair with separates, while fabric shoes suit flannel and worsted suits.
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D'Orsay
Pattern 4580 Dress Size 6 with Pilgrim Collar
Sewing pattern details advertise Pattern 4580 in sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with a size 6 dress option. Includes fabric and yardage requirements, collar style, and contrast trim. Request by sending 30 cents to Anne Adams at Press Telegram Pattern Dept P O Box 6710 Chicago Illinois with name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Press-Telegram
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Chicago
It’s Fun To Stay Young Hair Styling for Bride Should Complement Veil
A wedding bride should have a special makeup and hairdo that matches her veil. Regina Senz of Eddie Senz Salon advises consulting the veil type before styling so the hairdo suits the gown and can be recreated for daily wear. Combing technique and a well cut cut matter.
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Regina Senz
Eddie Senz
New York
Senz
Josephine Lowman
Beauty ideals and makeup trends at a national sale
The article notes how makeup aims to correct facial defects and how beauty sales reveal attitudes of women across the country. Regina claims American women are highly independent yet feminine, with Miss Lenz offering an explanation for this apparent contradiction.
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Regina
Miss Lenz
Easy Dessert for a Bride Elect Shower
Recipe style note for a bridal shower dessert with cream puff shells filled with soft ice cream and canned fruit, topped with chocolate sauce. Includes advice on personal presentation and a mail-in request for a hairstyling guide by Josephine Lowman.
Fall Hats Tie-In With Suits And Coats Fashion Guide
A Mary Hampton piece advises choosing matching colors for fall hats with suits or coats, favoring black or neutral tones and avoiding clashing contrasts. It suggests keeping one cohesive plan where hat and clothing blend, easing the choice. Also notes a Belmont Heights Methodist Church Women’s Society meeting with devotional leadership and programs for the year.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Belmont Heights Methodist Church
Carl Joplin
Floyd Bond
Don Pratt
Marion Darlington Pratt
I Grover C. Bagby
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California
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Grech
Mary Jo Derrick
Jeanne Gray
Betty Gibson
Wroman
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