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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1972
Page
18
A King Features fashion note highlights spring career wear shifting from flashy to practical. Knits dominate with TN.T. trim, easy care, and washable fabrics. The Goldworm collection showcases sweater and skirt sets and coordinated suits, including a striped shrinking panel and a flying front panel for ease of movement.
A vintage recipe outlines cookies with flour baking soda salt butter sugars almond paste and egg. The dough is chilled shaped with a wet tablespoon and baked at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes until light brown. It yields about 36 cookies stored in a tin.
The article promotes a Rembrandt printed dress pattern A933 in Misses sizes 8 to 18 with a fit and flare silhouette and circular seaming. It notes fabric options navy crepe with white collar, cost details, and mail order instructions from the Middletown Journal Pattern Department. It also teases a 1972 Couture Pattern Book with a free coupon offer and broader wardrobe patterns.
New York AP reports on The Cosmo Girl's Guide to the New Etiquette offering tips for un married couples living together and choices on apartments. Gael Greene, a contributor, argues the book to be daring yet legitimate.
AP Newsfeatures reports Mary Bass Gibson argues women can turn home skills into pay. The Family Circle Book of Careers at Home profiles 26 women with profitable ventures from antique fashion shows to jelly making. She cites four E factors energy enthusiasm eagerness excellence and notes a home career can yield 2000 to 5000 dollars yearly.
Readers send in questions on recycling old smoke ring scarves storing a wool maxi coat and altering patterns. Marylou suggests practical fixes including professional cleaning, pattern adjustments, and collar updates with references to Butterick and Simplicity patterns.
Letter from M O of Agawam asking Marylou where to obtain a pattern for black coolie pants worn with a tie, seeking sewing guidance.
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