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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
4
Foreign observers note a shift in American physical type over fifty years from tall lantern-jawed figures to the square-faced stocky businessman of the Babbitt era, signaling a new national stereotype.
The article traces France ending the gold standard under Blum and the Popular Front, noting Britain and Japan already left the gold standard and Europe’s move to stabilize currencies. It covers historical shifts, devaluations, bank crises, and the push toward coordinated international trade amid rising economic nationalism.
Fashion notes highlight machine knits achieving a handknit look for fall and winter. The tweed-knit suit and blue-spruce frocks showcase color, texture, and details like green trim, velvet bindings, and cross-ribbed stitches. Recent trends emphasize tunics, swagger coats, zipDetails, and black sweaters with plaid skirts, from the Western Newspaper Union.
A blond young lady selects trimmed knitted culottes for a morning bicycle spin through the parks. The outfit features a dubonnet autumn red shade and a tailored shirtwaist blouse tucked into the culotte skirt, showcasing knitted apparel as practical and stylish for sportswomen.
The piece urges matching hosiery with shoes, coordinating hat with coat, gloves scarves and purses to create a complete ensemble. It notes makeup choices affect outfits and that multiple lipstick shades suit a versatile wardrobe, with bright colors fashionable.
The article details pressed grape shades in gloves shoes and purses along Fifth Avenue in burgundy raisin claret and muscatel plus aubergine and malaga purple options. It notes matching black fog blue spruce green and brown, and highlights an oxford gray tailored suit with a black striped blouse and silver mother of pearl brooch.
Fur is lavishly used in late Paris collections with hats either trimmed or made entirely of fur. A black velvet suit features a silver fox collar and a velvet hat trimmed with a silver fox head, bright shoe-button eyes and pointed ears giving it a perky look.
Quilt pattern advertisement describes the Pine apple block with center round construction and a yardage chart. It offers Block Chart cutting sewing finishing guidance and two bed size diagrams. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept in New York for pattern 5591 plus name and address.
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a guaranteed remedy for chest cold bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine soothes inflamed membranes and loosens phlegm, promising refunds if not satisfied from the first use.
A Bartonian quote asserts that no age, sex, or condition rises above or falls below the universal necessity of modesty, stressing its fundamental role in human rank.
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