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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1938

Page

2

Contrast Jacket and Skirt Set Moves Spring Sportswear

CHERIE NICHOLAS highlights the season’s trend of a contrast jacket paired with skirts for spring sportswear. The piece notes versatile sets, coordinated accessories, tweed suits, and new durene lisle stockings, with emphasis on pockets, footwear, and hosiery styling.

Self-Styled Suede Hats Bring Colorful Spring Flair

The new do it yourself suede hats sell quickly as color choices range from soft grays and pinks to mint greens lilacs golds and coppers and bold navy and red. With simple shaping and twisting they become flattering chapeaus matching hair and style, reasonably priced and fun for personal millinery.

Smart Hat Pillboxes Return to Fashion Headlines

A description of smart hat pillboxes highlighting their low crowns, forward pitch, and appeal to women. Styles include close-woven straws or felts in dark colors with bright accent hues and trims to add height.

Wedding Styles Emphasize Simple Lines for Attire

The season favors wedding ensembles built on clean straight lines with minimal embellishment. Designers highlight uncomplicated silhouettes for brides and guests, focusing on elegance through understated styling and precise tailoring.

Fairy Tale Trend Lures Star Names To Film Deck

Star Dust reports MGMs Ady Garland to headline The Wizard of Oz as fairy tale cinema expansion grows. Helen Jepson laments cut scenes in The Goldwyn Follies while other stars move between films like There Goes My Heart and Arsene Lupin Returns. Fanny Brice explains Baby Snooks origin, and studio chatter covers radio stars and live musical bits.

Ady Garland Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Shirley Temple Deanna Durbin Brian Aherne Constance Bennett Hal Roach New York

What Counts with God in Dinner Time

The lesson contrasts Jesus with Pharisees over ritual washing and tradition. It warns traditions can overshadow the heart and cloud grace, urging believers to keep the gospel simple and resist man made rules that replace direct fellowship with God.

Jesus Thas Christ Jerusalem Capernau N Israel God Corban Jesus Christ Goa Morgan Earth

Fuel Foods and Body Energy in Carbohydrates and Fats

C Houston Goudiss explains fuel foods as the body engine’s motive power. Carbohydrates and fats supply energy, with carbohydrates quick burning like a match and fats burning slowly like a lamp. He warns against dieting neglecting fats and carbs, notes optimal energy balance 40-60% carbs and 30-35% fats, and details sources and effects on health.

Stefansson WNU C. Houston Goudiss

Your Food Is Your Fate in What to Eat and Why series

This third installment by C Houston Goudiss explains how proper food choices can make people stronger and healthier children. He emphasizes diet as a powerful influence on vigor and well being for housewives and mothers building a ready reference scrapbook.

C. Houston Goudiss Eminent Food Authority Mr. Goudiss Ferry-Morse Ferry Bce Ferry-Morse Seed Co Detroit San Francisco

Home-Wrecking Qualities of Poor Furniture Polish

An early advertorial warns housewives against cheap polishes that use kerosene and harsh abrasives. It extols non-greasy, oil-based polishes for lasting luster and cheaper use, arguing quality oils keep furniture fed and in prime condition while bargain products cause drying, cracking, and damage.

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