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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
6
Cherie Nicholas outlines fashion guidance for women over forty aiming youthful, tasteful dressing. Designers offer age defying options including shirred puff sleeves, tailored belts, and versatile gowns for dine, club, or home events. Fall fabrics like silk faille, moire, and brocades lead the charge with modern bustle-inspired silhouettes.
The first new millinery collections shown in Paris signal the approach of fall and winter fashions. High crowns lofty trims and big berets lead the season with striking novelty. Ostrich plumes with bows flowers or jeweled pins promise a luxe Paris style revival.
A lively trend favors bright red jackets in red flannel and red velveteen. Young wearers pair tailored jackets with midseason dresses for evening outings, making a colorful statement in current fashion.
Women travelers seek a lightweight fur jacket as the ideal wrap for journeys across the coast or overseas. The piece highlights practicality, elegance, and the enduring appeal of fur as versatile outerwear for movement between regions and climates.
Black hats are forecast to draw significant attention in mid-summer fashion, with bold silhouettes and contrasting trims capturing trends across runways and street scenes. Designers emphasize statement headwear to anchor outfits, pairing leather bands with vibrant ribbons and metallic accents for seasonal impact.
Midseason practicality favors a tailored linen jacket worn over maize and white silk print dresses. The ensemble includes a roll brim sailor hat, creating a complete spectator sports outfit ready for immediate wear.
In Lemont Illinois Mrs John Doolin faces a railroad corporation over right of way cutting through her yard. She defends her home with a shotgun prompting workmen to back off. Attorneys settle the dispute with compensation.
In legend the Grecian hero Ulysses pretends to be insane to dodge battle with Troy. He plows fields while wearing a fisherman's hat and yokes horses, but the ruse fails when he shuns the plow to spare his infant son.
A historical note explains the three volleys at veterans graves derive from an old Roman rite of casting earth on the coffin and naming the dead three times, followed by farewell in Latin. The word vale means farewell, and the three volleys symbolize bidding goodbye to the deceased.
Edith Bolling Wilson recalls a 1917 summer Sunday when President Wilson and companions attended the Pohick church in Virginia. A discreet entrance and departure impressed the crowd, aided by a minister who dismissed Sunday school to ensure a large, welcoming congregation.
The United States Naval Observatory notes 12:00 M is widely used to denote noon. M stands for Meridiem from Latin meridies meaning midday.
A quirky column riffs on garden and life proverbs. It notes a seaside worker earning $2.50 daily for litter pickup and jokes about honesty with bosses. The piece playfully contrasts manners, careers, and domestic life with wry humor.
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