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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
8
The article outlines chic summer ensembles featuring silk print fabrics paired with matching jackets or coats, emphasizing wide brim hats and bold prints. It highlights denimlike bengaline alternatives, redingotes with contrasting borders, and coordinated accessories in wine and beige tones, noting the latest millinery trends and dress silhouettes for a polished, modern look.
Rivalling princess styles, bolero influenced dresses appear throughout children's wear this season. A white pique frock features three simulated jabot lines with red, blue and yellow embroidery. A pale pince hat completes the look with streamer tassels mirroring the dress colors.
The season emphasizes romance in fashion with formal evening gowns featuring silk ox, mousseline and taffeta. Skirt fullness swirls to the ankles, with hoop-like cording or layered silks for bouffant effects. Daytime wear echoes romance in ruffles, fur belows, and sheer blouses. Hats highlight large leghorns with ribbons or bows matching tailored suits.
The article describes regu lar evening frocks that captivate onlookers with full skirts of chiffon or lace and matching long capes with dainty hoods. It notes they sell fast and suit very young women, highlighting marquisette dress and bolero with short sleeves in delicate blue and rose tones with velvet clusters.
A nostalgic profile recalls Theodore Dreiser born in 1871 in Terre Haute and Lowell Thomas who rose from janitor and mule driver to famed radio and newsreel correspondent. It traces their early work, education, and breaks that launched literary and broadcast careers.
A humor piece depicts a stern art job interviewer testing a hopeful with questions on Greek orders Gothic features and Renaissance painters. The eager applicant cites Beaux Arts study in Europe and knowledge of Fabriano Mesaccio Leonardo Rembrandt and Veronese before the awkward closing prompt ends the scene.
A set of aphorisms on self restraint and generosity. It mocks overreaching resolutions and the urge for applause, noting that true charity is often performed without spectators. A skeptic runs risks by testing luck, while some seek recognition rather than aid.
The station proprietor Parke Cummings of Ducat Filling Station in Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes asking to give a customer a few gallons of gas. The line reflects a conversation about fuel allotment at the service station.
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