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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1941
Page
3
Cherie Nicholas II highlights linen as a prime summer fabric with non wrinkle ease and washability. Irish linen offers color variety and smart combinations with wool, silk, or rayon. Styles include longer jackets, two tone weaves, redingote dresses, linen suits, middy blouses, and linen beachwear. fashion mixs practical wear with chic finish.
The piece highlights a Jenny underarm bag with shiny perforated leather forming winglike accents and patent leather wings. The bag is roomy yet compact and pairs with tailleur and black faille jackets. A new fashion chapeau tops the model’s stylish look with a high top knot.
Newest wrist watches feature pink gold cases set with diamonds and rubies. Finished with maroon wrist cords, they combine luxury materials and bold color in a compact fashion release.
The white-ground prints offer a coveted new look with black-on-white combos. Pair with oversized Milan hats patent bags matched pumps and bold gloves and boutonniere in red or yellow for style. Blue on white and red or yellow on white prints are also chic.
A large demand for hand knit garments is noted as machine knits reach handknit perfection. Dresses reflect fine styling details, while sweaters and cardigans feature unique trims like fringe tassels embroideries and knitted skirts with pleats or gores.
Fashion notes describe necklines dipping toward the waist and the need for a coordinating bra. Designers show adjustable closures at the open point and collares that can be tightened or released to suit the dress and wearer.
The article notes a shift from small flower topknots to large brimmed hats for summer wear. It cites fashion trends including big pomp adour brims, Mexican gaucho felts and face-framing covered wagon styles as popular companions to flower hats.
Hollywood talk centers on weddings in April from Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland in Yuma where witnesses were supplied by the clergy, and Deanna Durbin’s lavish church ceremony. Rudy Vallee pivots toward directing, buying a Beverly Hills home, with a wave of stars touring Latin America. Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane sparks debate as one of the era’s most controversial films. Marlene Dietrich endures a harsh on set hit scene while Martha Sleeper and William Harrigan join We Are Always Young. Mickey Rooney’s RAF note and Stirling Hayward’s on again off again romances fill upcoming projects.
Mutual's Wythe Williams rates high in sponsorship across stations. British actor Robert Donat joins The Army to shoot Pil the Younger in an English studio. Warner Bros buys Coffin for Dmitrios while Columbia develops Obituary with new title. Abbott and Costello shift from In the Navy to Ride em Cowboy after. Shirley Temple returns with darker brown hair and a new look.
A set of general knowledge prompts covers geography history science and famous figures. Questions include the Bering Strait distance a thimblerigger a polar bear on ice St Paul’s Thessalonians origin smallest deer pewter lead Grand Banks Brazil vs United States size and Freud founder of psycho analysis.
The list presents varied items with brief claims and trivia. It includes a distance estimate of fifty six miles and a swindling game with cups and a pea, notes on polar bear foot hair, Salonika, the Indo Chinese mouse-deer at about four pounds, an offshore reference near Newfoundland, a land area increase by 250000 square miles, and a mention of Sigmund Freud.
Ruth Wyeth Spears presents decorating tips to avoid monotony from window and shelf rectangles surrounding a fireplace. A three board mantel, swag drapes, and vines with books break the lines. readers are invited to order related instruction booklets.
A father and his five year old son Herbert return home with a foreign coin mistaken for U S money. At the grocer's the clerk notices the coin is not American, and the father learns it is foreign. Herbert then points out the coin had earlier been rejected by the grocer.
Advertisement note for Ruth Wyeth Spears books from Bedford Hills New York. Readers are asked to enclose 1 cent per book plus 10 cents for each order and provide name and address for mailing.
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