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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
3
Western Newspaper Union notes silk remains the smart choice for couture. Designers showcase black and white printed silk crepe suits, navy blue silk sheets with pleated tunics, and bright green pleated silk chiffon blouses. Frills, tunics, boleros, and vivid color pairings drive the season's chic silhouettes with pure silk as the tested fabric.
Cotton fabrics imitate silk and wool with sheer chiffons and gauze like weaves. Spring and summer fashion features cold laces and tailored resort wear, with peasant weaves in natural tones. Embroidery returns prominently on sports wear fabrics and evening lines.
The piece notes midnight or raven blue rising in popularity for summer while purplish tones influence new reds and blues. Gray subtly shifts blues to slate blue, greens toward reseda and verdigris, with burnt straw or toast emerging as a strongly sponsored summer shade.
A Paris bootmaker showcases split design footwear with suede on one side and kid skin on the other. Shoes offered in various shades match gloves crafted from suede and kidskin, reflecting a trend toward coordinated accessories.
A plain coat atop a print frock headlines fashion news under Cherie Nicholas. The redingote shown blends black and white print linen with a black dress, short sleeves signal summer vogue. Bright silk print coats paired with monotone dresses and floral silk jackets will be a major feature in coming months.
Tiny closed volumes of black enamel with gold edged leaves appear as decorative buttons on mid season dresses. The fashion detail lends a refined, literary touch to garments.
Tall Tales profiles Kemp Morgan a Texas oil driller famed for unusual exploits in oil fields. stories recount hit alum mine shrinking drill, frozen oil gusher, rubber mine in Brazil, and pulling dry holes into usable lengths for shipment across borders.
Stanley Suchwalke theorizes Jonah was swallowed by a northern Michigan big mouth fish. Laddie Hornik captured the creature in 1930 and sold its scales to a spade maker from Mo line Illinois. Buyers paid high prices for parts including the stomach revealing the throne Jonah sat upon.
Leonard Bailer, once a Nebraska farmer, faced drought and dust storms that killed crops. He planted hardy onions among despondent grasshoppers, which ate the bulbs and cried, allowing his land to recover and yield a normal crop.
The Medical Society of the State of New York states germ theory existed long before Louis Pasteur, who first applied it practically by producing serums for anthrax and other diseases. It notes that seventeenth century scholar Athanasius Kircher observed that disease can spread through contaminated food.
A sewing pattern description for a bright cotton girl’s dress with a French bodice effect and flared skirt. Pattern No. 1882-B offered by Barbara Bell, sizes 2 through 10, with yardage details and 15 cent pattern price. Orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
Practical tips on cleaning pewter with hot water and soup, enriching soups with milk, fluffing mashed potatoes with baking powder, making deviled ham biscuits for lunch, squeezing more lemon juice by heating, softening white flannel with borax, and buying spices in small packages for freshness. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
A reflective note on how a healthful hunger for a great idea elevates life, quoting poet Jean Ingelow and celebrating creative curiosity as a blessed force guiding progress.
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