Suede Sets Fashion History From Tip to Toe
Fashion notes push suede to the foreground with supple color and versatile outfits. Designers showcase one piece dresses, suits, accessories, and boleros in coffee clay to berry hues, pairing hats, scarves, and belts for head to toe suede style. Mary Carlisle shown in Egyptian clay suede accessories complements a pale blue coat. Western Newspaper Union.
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Mary Carlisle
Hollywood Fame
Yankee
Cavalry
Western Newspaper Union
Veil Trimmed Hat and Nasturtium Flower Motif Spring Fashion
Milliners showcase veiled hats in navy and white straw with veiling trim. A pink pique jacket over a dress features a nasturtium red flower accent and matching nail polish to unify the floral spring color scheme.
Lingerie Blouse Graces Spring Fashion Spotlight
A revival of dainty sheer hand made lingerie blouses dominates the suit season. Pin tucked batiste and lace trim appear in chic, feminine pieces. Sprightly jabots show between jackets and even with tweeds, marking the season’s must have feminine touch.
Best Dressed Brides Will Be Arrayed in Lace Gowns
A fashion note predicts spring brides will favor lace gowns in 1938 styles. Rich Chantilly and angel skin patterns appear, with options from cobwebby to sheer lace and cord outlines. Church or garden weddings suit lace inspired by earlier eras and grandmothers’ dresses.
Daytime Styles Highlight Elbow Sleeves and Zipper Coats
Daytime coats with elbow-length sleeves and short bolero jackets gain popularity along with smart zipper fastenings signaling current fashion trends.
Love and age in early romance advise a sixteen year old
A mother asks about letting her sixteen-year-old daughter live with a fiancé family to test love. The columnist cautions that proximity fuels romance, urges continuing schooling, and recommends postponing the engagement to build independence, judgment, and broader life experience.
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Miss Dene
D. B
Cupid
Romeo
Tom
Harry
The Affection Dilemma for a Reserved Husband
Amy asks if her husband should show more public affection. The reply says a demonstrative pattern isn’t essential to a good marriage, urges gratitude for her husband’s quiet, and advises dropping nagging, keeping humor, and avoiding comparing with other wives. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Miss Dene
Amy
Bell Syndicate
WNU
My Friend Joseph and the Birthday Candy
A rainy afternoon visit by seven year old Joseph centers on a five pound box of chocolates given for a birthday. He imagines becoming Tarzan or Aladdin and asks the genie to fund his mother’s dream home and bills while gifting a small police uniform and a toy machine gun. He ends by sharing part of the candy with the narrator.
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Joseph
Tarzan
Dizzy Dean
Laddin
Unnamed Baseball Announcer Shuns Weather Flair
A Kansas City Star excerpt recalls a game where a baseball announcer described action without the word beautiful. It contrasts with a book reviewer who avoided cliches and a neighbor who overstepped boundaries while snow shoveling or mowing. A quiet family scene ends with relatives teasing a shy young man about dating.
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Kansas City Star
Wise and Otherwise gold brick remark and social judgment
The piece jokes that persistent optimism can bring wealth as some big men obtain top jobs while small men go unseen. A lazy man buys a Great Dane to avoid stooping to pet it, and the saying money doesn’t grow on trees is balanced by the claim that smart birds profit.
Name Is Poetry Lianfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch
Detroit News notes a Welsh village with the famously long name meaning the Church of St Mary near the Pool of White Hazel s by the swift whirlpool of St Tysilio s Church of the Red Cave. The piece highlights the romance and beauty of the locality.
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Chwynn Drobwll
Tysilio Gogo Guoch
Tysilio
Red Cave
What Knows He of England Who Only England Knows?
Mr. Harry A. Franck explains in Footloose in the British Isles how British terms differ from American usage. He notes that vest means undershirt in England while suspenders are garters and braces are suspenders. He lists many everyday words, such as calico for unbleached muslin, cracker for firecracker, petrol for gasoline, and swills for rinsing dishes, with examples from household terms and shopping.
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England
Harry A. Franck
British Isles
Draper’s
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