Sleeveless Dress Pattern for Warm Weather Wear
The article discusses a mother’s role in preparing children for heat with sleeveless, washable dresses. It describes a pattern from the U S Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Home Economics featuring a loose full skirt, inverted box pleats, a round yoke, bound armholes and a front opening, finished with crocheted loop buttons and matching French panties. It notes practical guidance for teaching children about clothing and summer preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
All Around the House Tips for Home Care
Practical advice on making meals with pickle relish for cabbage dishes and fruits for appealing meals. Guidance on meringue texture for pies, laundry folding and drying to avoid ironing, careful wringing, and moderate oven baking. Floor care suggests using less water on wood floors and prompt spill cleanup.
Some Good Things for the Table from 1931
A collection of home cookery tips and recipes including baked stuffed onions with mushrooms, lemon pudding, seasoned spaghetti with veal and tomatoes, walnut and salmon salad, and coco cheese balls. Provides simple steps and serving ideas from the Western Newspaper Union archive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Jackets Rule Summer Wardrobes In Fashion Tone
Fashion notes celebrate the versatile little jacket as a key summer wardrobe piece. The article highlights how jackets transform frocks for tennis, garden parties, and high tea, pairing velvet or satin with prints. It stresses economy and creativity, noting jackets extend a single dress to multiple looks and occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Western Newspaper Union
Ice Cream Molds With Strawberry and Lemon Center
The article guides preparing fancy ice cream molds shaped like a melon or brick using two flavors such as strawberry ice cream and lemon ice. It details freezing steps for two-flavor molds including strawberry ice cream and strawberry mousse, and instruction for lemon ice plus packing in ice and salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Bureau of Home Economics
Minerals in Sugar
The Bureau of Plant Industry notes raw cane sugar contains traces of molasses with salts and minerals. Refined sugar removes all molasses salts and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Plant Industry
No Doubt About It Said Hi Ho on Chinatown Wisdom
The Washington Star quotes Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown saying ancestors left gold silver and words of wisdom. He asserts each generation values different legacies and that doubt has never clouded which survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
How to Cook Asparagus Fresh From the Garden
Asparagus loses flavor quickly after harvest, so cook it as soon as possible after cutting. Buy it the same day you plan to use it, trim tough ends, scrub scales, rinse to remove sand, and cook in salted water. Young spears need 5 to 10 minutes, most 20 to 25. Serve with butter cream or sauces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Guarding Royal Succession
An official presence at royal births aims to prevent substitution and safeguard the line of succession, a practice rooted in long standing royal tradition.
No Time to Read Means No Time to Succeed
John G. Lonsdale, president of the American Bankers' Association, tells readers in the American Magazine that busy men must make time to read or miss success. He stresses reading as essential to advancement and achievement for professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Lonsdale
American Bankers’ Association
American Magazine
Story for the Children at Bedtime Grosbeak Gallery
Describes several grosbeak species in bright color detail. Notes Mr and Mrs grosbeaks, blue and evening varieties, and pine grosbeaks. Mentions their singing, diet of seeds insects and berries, and their friendly nature toward people. Ends with an invitation to see them.
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Pine Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Outdoor girl beauty creams ad from Plough’s line
An ad urges outdoor girls to use Plough’s Peroxide Cream for sun and wind protection and pore cleaning with Cleansing Cream, plus Cold Cream to restore oils and reduce wrinkles. It promotes prices of 25c 35c and 50c for the three products.
Beauty Dreams Experience Tells Miss Chisley
The piece presents a humorous exchange where Miss Chisley ponders why a man hesitates before proposing and a bachelor attributes the delay to a guardian angel restraining him.
Courage and Forgiveness as Daily Comfort
A reflective aphorism notes bravery lies in self forgiveness toward wrongdoers. The quote contrasts inner superiority with external harm. A second thought warns that cooking one’s own food diminishes flavor, except in wilderness settings.
Speaking well hides shallow depths in some men
AReflection on rhetoric and character notes that eloquence cannot mask lack of substance. It asserts true consensus is rare between those craving fresh air and those not inclined toward it.
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