Children’s Spring Sewing Program Promises Easy Dresses
The 1941 spring sewing drive urges mothers to craft affordable, stylish outfits for girls. Emphasizing rayon challis and plaid fabrics, the guide highlights sailor and bolero styles, practical machine aids, and beginner friendly techniques to produce dresses, blouses, and accessories at low cost.
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Western Newspaper Union
Glamour Jewels Tales of Diamonds in America Forefront
Aristocratic European refugees arrive in the United States with vast fortunes in diamonds. Items showcased include Queen Victoria’s coal, Napoleon’s emerald given to Marie Louise in a diamond necklace, Franz Josef’s brooch for Kathi, a Russian hand painted diamond fan, a diamond bracelet and ring worn on the outside of a glove, and a white satin gown with gold embroidered brilliants.
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Napoleon
Marie Louise
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Austria
Kathi
How to Wash American Leather Gloves
Step by step guide from manufacturers on washing American gloves. Use lukewarm water and mild soap, rinse, and air dry on towels. For glace finished or pigskin use clear water at final rinse. Avoid rubbing soap or brushing stains to protect leather. Include vinegar to help color if gloves are colored.
Judy Garland brings back baton with glamour for Ziegfeld Girl
Virginia Vale reports Judy Garland reuses a childhood baton in the MGM musical finale of Ziegfeld Girl. The prop, once kept by the Gumm Sisters, is now silver with one hundred rhinestones. Ellen Drew leads The Night of January 16th cast. casting shifted after Don Ameche’s exit, with Robert Preston taking his role.
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Lancaster
Judy
Ellen Drew
Patricia Morrison
Don Ameche
Robert Preston
Ameche
Capra's Meet John Doe Celebrates 20 Years of Films
The article profiles Frank Capra's film making milestone with Meet John Doe, noting 20 years and 26 pictures. Rise Stevens signs with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and heads to Hollywood in May for a chancolor musical after her April concerts.
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Frank Capra
John Doe
Hollywood
Rise Stevens
Metropolitan Opera Company
White House
Metro - Goldwyn Mayer
Metropolitan
Jeanette MacDonald
Pattern details for a versatile year round button front
The pattern describes a stylish tailored button front dress shirt with simple seams and darts for a chic effect. It notes a dart included and lists sizes 12 through 46 with 45 percent yards of 39 inch fabric for size 14, asking readers to send orders to a listed address.
Tailored frock for midwinter wardrobes in light fabrics
A midwinter vacation dress option features a tailored frock in white shark skin or pastel flannel. Design No. 8814 offers slick, immaculately tailored lines in bright flat crepe or a tailored print, suited to town wardrobes.
Ask Me Another A General Quiz
The quiz asks which capital letter appears most often in English words. It defines a Jolly Roger and asks which of listed fruits are botanically berries. It poses the number of zeros in a billion and how often a no hit no run game occurs in MLB. It ends by asking if glow worms are worms.
Letter S and other items in a quirky list
A reader quiz presents items including the letter S as per dictionary, a pirate flag, and a mixed set. It lists counts like 1,000,000 in a playful riddle style and notes glow worms are actually beetles with flying males and glow-signaling females.
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Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary
Simple Modesty and the Doctor's Advice on Habits
A humorous exchange where a doctor recommends giving up drinking and smoking and rising early. The patient asks for the second best when he feels he does not deserve the best. The piece notes that a hard drinker often takes life easy.
Mannequin Parade Inspires Party Gown Choice
Mrs Brown eyes an evening gown on a model at a mannequin parade hoping her husband will buy it for their party next week. He agrees with a polite prompt inviting her to wear it at the event.
The Shadow Follows Like a Crowd
A playful exchange evokes fear of a looming figure, with one character admitting fear of their own shadow while the other notes its oversized presence resembles a watching crowd. The dialogue hints at humorous tension and a comic dynamic between the speakers.
Cultivation of Genius and Its Effects on Virtue
A quotation by Hume contrasts cultivated genius with unrestrained talent. It warns that without discipline, the richest intellect grows into weeds and yields poisonous fruits for the owner rather than enduring, useful produce.
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Hume
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