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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
8
Mrs Spear's Sewing Book offers steps to fashion a simple chair cover with two tones of chintz and piped edges for smart home use. The ad promotes Book 1 Sewing for the Home Decorator and Gifts Novelties and Embroideries, with leaflets included for orders to Mrs Spears at 210 S Des Plaines Chicago Ill.
Know Your Herbs explains popular herbs easy to grow in a backyard garden. It lists Anise, Borage, Caraway, Chives, Dill, Marjoram, and Sage with their edible uses, flavoring roles, and decorative or ornamental notes.
A good spring tonic for any woman's wardrobe is a daytime dress in a fresh print. Stores nationwide offer budget frocks with built in dress shields and easy ironing. Shirtwaist frocks in geometric patterns and florals feature patch pockets pleats and novelty buttons. A slenderline frock in black with red and white poppy print stands out, while rayon crepe gowns show Chinese porcelain patterns and soft draping. Western Newspaper Union.
The piece notes spring fashion featuring short skirts with widened hemlines and a youthful air. It highlights school-girl inspired looks, unpressed front fullness, and coats with full blouse tops and wrist length sleeves. Lingerie blouses show bishop sleeves inspired by Gibson girl.
The article highlights spring fashion using taffeta as the dominant fabric. It notes the rise of satinlike taffeta in vibrant colors and patterns, including candy stripes and polka dots, with day wear and street suits also crafted from taffeta. It mentions petticoats and swing skirts as key silhouette features for the season.
The current style program shows mesh effects in gloves and hosiery as well as wide sashes worn as waist girdles in gypsy fashion, reflecting a vogue underway.
Homemaker author emphasizes eggs as a vital protective food akin to milk. Highlights include digestion, vitamin D and G content, and high protein utilization. Advises daily eggs per person, flexible menus, and egg use in Lenten meals and dairy-based desserts.
The article explains that eggs provide high quality protein suited for building body tissue, aiding children and adults needing nourishment. It notes differences between white and yolk proteins, with yolk containing fats, minerals, and vitamins and being easier to digest, making the yolk especially important for young children.
Eggs are highlighted as rich in iron and phosphorus. Iron supports hemoglobin formation, while phosphorus aids teeth and bone building and blood neutrality. The phosphorus in eggs suits the growing body’s needs.
Nutritionists urge wider use of eggs in the diet for their four vital factors vitamins A B D and G. Vitamin A promotes growth and builds disease resistance while vitamin B aids appetite and increases intake.
The sewing pattern advertisement promotes Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book with No. 1684 and No. 1679 designs featuring belted dresses with gathered bodices and flaring skirts. It lists sizes, material needs, and braid requirements, and invites readers to send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in Chicago for the patterns.
A 1980 needlework pattern collection features 18 motifs from 2 by 3 inches to 2 by 15 inches with transfer patterns, materials, and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Highth Avenue New York NY with name, address, and pattern number. Cutwork described as a buttonhole stitch. designs suit scarves and small projects.
A compact reflection on how perception begins with both gratitude and rejection. It notes that initial impressions incline toward some elements while others are rejected, shaping early experiences of awareness and reaction.
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