Fascinating fabrics Nostalgic response to recycling
Frances Dietrich shares reader letters on fabric and home sewing with a Bicentennial era focus. The piece highlights a Council Bluffs woman praising recycling clothing, recalls sewing at a treadle machine, and offers practical sewing tips to save time and money while celebrating creativity in a machine made world.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria, O
Frances Dietrich
America
Clifford L. Chase
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Home Economist
Why grow old Hip exercise for firming hips and buttocks
A vintage health note explains hipline sag from aging and weak muscles. It prescribes leg lifts, kneeling kicks, and alternating leg raises to tighten, firm, and reduce hips. Readers are invited to request a free leaflet by mailing to Josephine Lowman at The Chronicle Telegram for more exercises.
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Josephine Lowman
Chronicle-Telegram
Women Should Help Plan Family Legal Affairs
Janet Harris in Family Circle urges women to actively participate in wills and property planning before crises. The piece notes joint shares in community property states, guardian selection, and options to place homes in wives’ names, plus steps to obtain legal counsel through bar associations and women’s groups.
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Janet Harris
States
Flats rise for summer wear and new styles emerge
Flats popular for summer replace high heels with wedges and thin lifts. New designs include rope and feather accents, closed toe options, hand-tooled surfaces, floral patterns, snakeskin textures, and velvety suede hues. Versatile for parties, biking, and beach strolls with styles ranging from ballet slippers to Mary Janes and thong sandals.
Scarfed skirts trend with matching shawl accents
Floral printed skirts move into summer outfits with T shirts, now pairing with coordinating scarves. Noral prints in dark ground cotton feature wrap style skirts and triangle neck scarves. Larger Noral designs and border prints with matching triangular shawl scarves create shoulder wraps and hip ties with ruffled edges.
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