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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1940
Page
3
Fashion piece notes a spring mood of soft tailored suits paired with bold accessories. Frilly blouses lace lingerie touches and vivid hats and gloves create a youthful flattering look. Cited are Style Creators of Chicago displaying tuxes, tucks, prints, and novelty handbags amid a flirtatious flower-trimmed millinery scene.
The season favors gypsy influence in fashion with a Breton sailor hat in rough white straw. It is tied with a hand printed linen scarf in yellow, black and white, with matching print on the crown and brim facing. Wide brimmed Bretons in black navy straw or fabric top fashion lists for immediate wear.
Fashion notes describe full length wool evening coats paired with pastel chiffon dresses for spring. The contrast of coat and dress tones guides color balance with one piece dominating the look.
The article notes a nationwide shift to slack suits and pajama costumes for all activities from work to leisure. It highlights pastel washable weaves, tailored perfection, spun rayon favorites, longer jackets with pleats and pockets, and calls the slack movement an epoch-making trend.
Spring fashions invite jeweled fantasies for accessories. A diamond-set knitting needle end flashes as you knit. Garden gatherings and demitasse dinners host stylish knit moments with flowered clips in gold coils.
Prominent British artist Sir Muirhead Bone is named as official war artist for the navy, with expectations he will document land battles as well. A Glasgow born etcher and painter, Bone rose to fame during the 1916 war years and has exhibited in New York. Separately Arkansas Senator Miller, opposing Hatch Act extensions, defeats machine politics and seeks limits on government employee political activity. Sayre argues Philippines independence, citing Siam honors as background.
Ruth Wyeth Spears demonstrates an easy to make valance with glass curtains on the lower rod and side drapes on the upper rod. The design uses glazed chintz in green beige and golden yellow with olive lining and brass holders, plus a plain olive shade. Mrs Spears offers four booklets of thrifty homemaking ideas at ten cents each with a free quilt block set on four-booklet orders.
A pithy note praising spontaneous dialogue and courteous behavior as the seed of meaningful moments. The author cites harmony between manners and action and the value of natural conduct over rigid usage.
The idea centers on valuing people above their achievements and social status, arguing that a person’s worth lies beyond material trappings and external circumstances.
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