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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
3
Bare knee fashion is back as the latest comfort trend, featuring a short skirt cut three inches above the knee cap with long socks two inches above. The look blends practicality with style and may attract male attention, drawing from traditional kilts and Tyrolean shorts as inspiration.
Clear complexion enhances beauty while makeup should reveal natural texture. Use light foundation for a delicate finish, blend cream rouge on cheeks, smooth edges, and set before powder. Match tones to natural color and blood tones for a harmonious look. Batemans estate at Burwash conveyed to the National Trust by Mrs Kipling.
In the sickroom Derek confronts his insecurities while Constance wrestles with jealousy and longing. Hildegarde and Mark’s public kiss triggers Constance to confront her feelings and a proposal from Mark promises a new future.
Pattern Style No. 3242 for sizes 1 through 6 years uses checked gingham and dimity. Includes collar cuffs pockets and ruffles plus matching panties. Material yardage and contrast details given. sends 15 cents to Louise Lennox in Toronto for pattern.
Article extols milk and eggs as essentials for health, with detailed recipes including orange omelet cream of eggs and mushrooms and creamed eggs on toast. It highlights nutrition, minerals, and the “protective foods” concept, then provides step by step cooking instructions.
A collage of 1940s style notes highlights gathered neckline gypsy blouses, 3 percent pique tailored blouses, beige heavy sheet evening gowns, bowl Breton hats for suits, printed pique summer dresses, pastel flannel jackets with crepe, hipbone length black jackets over white frocks, Peter Pan collar tweed suits, stone tweed sponsor outfits, black silk or linen sports dresses with white pique jackets, gayly trimmed junior coats, bright soutache embroidery on mohair rayon cotton suiting, back button fashions, and shoe heels carved from wood. Also includes a pie crust dessert recipe for date custard pie with dates milk eggs and nuts.
Derek teases Constance as he plans a final act before the end. Constance jokes about needing privacy and avoiding alerts as they face a difficult future. The scene closes with a hint of marriage and inevitable consequences.
Madame Pierre F Casgrain president of the Quebec Women's Franchise Club urged women in Brantford Ontario to foster loyalty between Ontario and Quebec and to instill pride in rights to preserve democratic institutions. She called for vigilance understanding and tolerance to build a patriotic Canadian spirit among children and provinces.
California Institute of Technology physicist M. Langer argues atomic power and a special uranium process could boost propulsion for airplanes automobiles boats and even rocket ships, making space travel more feasible.
Readers invited to write to Miss Sadie Chambers at 73 West Adelaide Street Toronic. She welcomes topic ideas for her column and is eager to hear readers pet peeves and requests for recipes or special menus.
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