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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1938
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union notes the Chicago Wash Dress and Apparel association unveils nearly 10,000 new spring summer styles. Smocks and dresses in washable fabrics promise bright colors, easy care and chic silhouettes for 1930s wardrobes.
A college girl’s simple peasant style is offset by lavish jewelry. She may wear a single pearl strand with a sweater and a campus trend bracelet featuring a movie star image. A gold belt-like ring and a bold cabochon bracelet in green onyx and chalcedony complete the look.
Printed evening slippers in a variety of colors are being worn at southern resorts, highlighting vibrant style trends among guests.
A showy spring beret trend features pastel felts in pink and blue with high fronts and navy headbands worn flat. The standout look includes Sally Victor’s navy face veil with a swishy bow, plus white toga sailor with a mercury wings veil, and Milan black banded with Persian embroidery wearing a crisp black veil bow.
Navy blue tailored street dresses with white trim are featured for daytime wear in light woolens and silk crepes. The main details include simple lines with elaborate trim, gloves matching the white trim, and chalk and pin stripe suits with tunic length jackets from the same house.
A woman seeking a lively winter costume adds printed linings to jackets coats handbags belts and hemlines. A dark dress with a flaring skirt gains impact from a printed facing with coordinating belt lining or hat trim.
In Toledo the Alcazar fortress ruins are to be preserved as a Civil War shrine. General Franco orders the site kept as found, with exhibits from the 1936 siege and daily tours charging two pesetas, aiding the Nationalist government.
A reader asks if an eighteen year old girl and twenty two year old boy can wed without parental consent. The response urges waiting until the man can support a family, warns of resentment if rushed, and says parental consent is essential to avoid secrecy and future gossip.
Toronto reports Dreath or drought decline in western Canada as Rocky Mountain glaciers retreat. Madeleine Fritz of the Royal Ontario Museum notes Ontario once hosted tropical climates 400 million years ago with reefs and sponges in Hamilton. Dan McCowan warns continued glacier recession could shrink rivers to rivulets within fifty years.
German experts announce a new vulcanized alloy named Schwingmetall made of metal and rubber. It promises uses as a shock absorbing bedplate material, in shipbuilding, and to reduce vibration in propulsion systems. Potential applications include elastic couplings, rubber springs for trucks, and rubber sprung wheels on rail vehicles for quieter curves.
Durban observers note a fad as South African girls wear garters bearing names of British fleet units. A sailor aboard the Amphion who visited Durban crafted the garters from tally ribbons and sold them to shipmates for gift-giving to the girls.
A reader asks if a fifty five year old widow should pursue youth and flattery through younger companions. The answer cautions that chasing a false youth can hollow self worth, erode real friendships, and lead to a lonely old age, urging graceful acceptance and meaningful interests instead.
A column surveys cautious optimism for global reconciliation and solvency, noting critical skepticism from French journalist Pertinax and Belgian ex premier Paul van Zeeland. It contrasts dampened forecasts with entertainment and cultural strands, including Walt Disney and Eugene Ormandy profiles.
Pelatiah Webster, a Philadelphia businessman, urged a revision of the Articles of Confederation by proposing a new Constitution in his 1783 Dissertation of the Political Union and Constitution of the Thirteen United States of North America. He is sometimes regarded as an originator of the Constitution, though his plan differed from the later federal charter.
In Bergen Norway the fish market drives daily life as families commonly eat three meals with fish. Housewives seek fresh live scooped seafood from salt water pools and the market tempo reflects the serving of fish as a local art.
A court returned a Not Guilty verdict in the case of a man named in the fragment. The ruling ends the legal proceedings and offers relief to the defendant.
The dialogue shows Joan reacting to a first kiss from Tom and recalling a prior claim, with a remark about a fat man looking older than his years and a description of a buoyant appearance.
An impatient diner shouts for a dish called Hey, waiter. The waiter replies firmly that the item is not served.
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