Fall Daytime Fashions Show American Style and Practicality
American designers push smart daytime wear with sterling flannels checks gabardines and jerseys. Claire McCardell showcases frontier jackets leg o mutton sleeves and hip pockets while other outfits feature self fabric bags medieval inspired touches and bold jewelry to suit practical daywear and classically simple looks.
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Sequin Accent Suits Debut For Fall and Winter Wear
Beaded and glittering sequin accents target afternoon wear with bold fronts and beadwork motifs. Black sequins embellish the jacket fronts of a handsome cocktail suit, while bead embroidery decorates pockets lapels and revers. The trend emphasizes glitter across fall fashion with unique shoulder and pocket details.
Cotton Dresses Set Fall Tone In Late Summer Wear
Women showcase cotton dresses and linen-like pink suits in hotels and restaurants as summer lingers. Seersuckers, pearl-buttoned jackets, washable black suits, and bold neckwear like sequinned dicky and satin gilet define the between-season look.
Corselets With Quaint Peasant Look Are Chic
Those laced-up corselets with a quaint peasant look have become a key styling theme for fall. Designers pair them with midriff treatments, jeweled girdles, and Renaissance style stomachers to shape the season’s dresses and embroidery trends.
Hand Painted Girdles Become Fashionable Finds
Hand painted girdles emerge in corset departments with floral motifs. Designs include pussywillows daisies rosebuds and violets on shell pink fabric, turning the humble undergarment into a decorative art form admired by young fashion lovers.
Reconversion Gaps Mark End of War Congress Session
WNU Washington Bureau reports embers of the 79th Congress return home for summer with vowing to push reconversion. Observers warn of unemployment and slow reform as bills on minimum wage social security and presidential succession remain undone.
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Warlord Conference and Odd Dispatches In Wartime Dialogue
A satirical wartime dialogue features fictional warlords debating surrender terms and misused tactics, interspersed with a mock daily air force briefing. The piece ends with a restaurant chef and laundry workers delivering punchy lines about hardship and work.
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Salesmen Offer Comfortable Chairs and Racing Form
Advertisement states no salesmanship required, preference for people not interested in selling anything, offers comfortable chairs in town and a Racing Form.
Office Boy Seeks Hire With Unusual Perks
Classified note advertises an office boy job offering 75 dollars weekly starting pay and 100 to 125 dollars once tasks begin. It mentions access to the boss's office for junket games during a three hour lunch break and urges applicants to remember to fill paste pots.
Man Offers Lawn Job At Five Bucks An Hour
Advertises mowing work with base pay of five dollars per hour and a two dollar bonus for trimming around the mintbed. Applicants must avoid removing rocks from the path of the mower.
Jobs of all kinds and a wartime theft case
The notice mixes classifieds about job ads with a court report where two railroad ticket window clerks were fined 100 dollars and given a one year sentence suspended for black market Pullman reservations during wartime. It also critiques dining service manners and hints at a looming tax cut headline.
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Tailored Shirtwaister for Fall Simple School Frock
Pattern No. 8885 outlines a fall shirtwaister for sizes 14 through 46. The size 16 option has short sleeves and requires 32 yards of fabric measuring 35 or 39 inches.
Refinishing an Old Piano Stool for Kitchen Use
If you have an old piano stool in the attic refinish it to match kitchen furniture and it becomes a handy adjustable seat especially for ironing. Needlepoint footstools may be cleaned by the dry suds method with a light circular touch and minimal moisture. Lift suds with a spatula and test color fastness by patting with a lukewarm water cloth.
How to store peanut butter in the refrigerator
The article advises refrigerating peanut butter to prevent oil separation and keeping the jar upside down until opening so the top butter remains soft.
Cleaning artificial flowers without water
Place artificial flowers in a paper bag with a handful of salt and shake well. This method uses dryness to remove dust and residue without introducing moisture.
Watering Hanging Plants With Ice Cubes
A tip advises watering hanging plants using ice cubes to reduce splatter. Do not place a cube near the plant center to avoid concentrated moisture on foliage.
Corner Protectors On Table Legs To Prevent Wall Damage
A pair of doorstops fixed to a table leg setup face the wall to stop the table from sliding and rubbing the wall, preventing marring. The improvised feet act as cushions and maintain a gap, protecting both surfaces.
Lemon juice makes rice whiter and fluffier
A teaspoon of lemon juice added to each quart of water used for cooking rice yields paler grains and a lighter texture. The method suggests a simple citrus boost to improve appearance and fluffiness.
Lace and plaster mirror frame for a girl's room
A craft project uses four inch cotton lace dipped in wet plaster of Paris to encircle a rimless round or oval mirror. As the plaster dries, the frame takes on a frosted lace appearance.
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