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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1937
Page
7
A column of Dear Mrs Post answers on wall photographs versus albums, seating for mixed gender college dining, sending flowers after a funeral, announcing engagements, handling wedding reception gaps, dressing choices for church and engraved invitations. The advice favors traditional manners and practical steps.
CHERIE NICHOLAS URING notes midsummer fashion with light organdie dresses in pale prints and shadow patterns. She highlights bouffant and slender silhouettes, dainty blouses, handwork, and delicate trims perfect for parties and the upcoming fall wardrobe.
Sheer navy wool outfits feature elaborate shirring, tuckings, stitchings and bands. The graceful jacket has a full cut, shirred and banded design and a matching slim one piece frock with a shirred bodice and slender skirt.
Designers show autumn forecasts with straight tight sleeves and minimal shoulder fullness. Hemlines straighten and fabrics like sleek satins highlight slender silhouettes in black and vivid colors such as blue and purple.
The article notes embroidery remains important with gold embroidery on black and new silk tracks. It highlights appliqued felt motifs, black silk crepe day dresses, and extensive shirring and tucking. It mentions scalloped and sawtooth hemlines and skirts of silk prints that are often pleated or vertically tucked around.
The article highlights black lace as a prominent lingerie trim this summer, contrasting it with pastel shades like lilac greens and yellows. It notes pieces are sometimes worn with an all black look.
Delightful odor from perfume added to starch as it cools for dresses. Apples stay longer with glycerin rubbed on then washed off. Dissolve baking soda in mixed liquid to avoid soda taste. Ammonia in cold water gives sparkle to glassware. Maple Trifle uses stale cake, maple syrup, custard, and meringue. Camphor keeps silver bright. Scalloped Apples bake with apples spice and lemon. WNU Service.
A humorous list explains that grape fruit, breadfruit, pineapple, prickly pear, alligator pear, sugar plum, and other terms do not match their names. It notes misnomers like apple butter and butter in dairy products and jokes about peanuts, peas, and sailors wearing pea jackets.
Two friends encounter midair and kitchen as one arrives from an airplane and the other rises from a stove. The humorous exchange contrasts travel with domestic elevation.
A humorous exchange shows the boss pressuring an inexperienced applicant for high pay. A doctor cautions against sleeping angry, and a retort about temper highlights workplace frictions in a thinning, proverb flavored dialogue.
A parishioner recalls an awkward moment when a woman coughed loudly during a sermon and others stared. Another remarks she was simply wearing her new hat, not ill, prompting quiet humor among attendees.
Hot weather may slow digestion causing gas, belching, headaches, and dizziness. Promoted are Calo tabs, an improved calomel compound offering quick relief. trial pack ten cents, family pack twenty five cents. Available at drug stores.
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