Silk Prints for Spring Features Polka Dots and Fruit Motifs
Spring fashion columns celebrate silk prints with bold colors and fruit motifs on white, a revival of shantung in monotones, and polka dots. Describes tropical South American color accents, patriotic red and white linings, pastel blues, and accessories including plaid silk hats and crochet details. Highlighted dress features bolero silhouette, self printed petals, and stylish pockets, with pink hats and suede gloves completing the look.
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Shantung
Western Newsreper Union
Homecoming 8 by R. H. Wilkinson
A narrator recounts how Uncle Wilbur, long presumed absent, returns by letter with wealth backing generous plans for a warm homecoming, only to reveal a grim twist as a tainted, bearded visitor delivers a will and dies by the river, leaving the couple to face a hollow memory of their imagined benefactor.
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Sally
Wilbur
Western Plains
el Paso
Texas
Uncle Wilbur
Learn to Make Your Own Clothes At Home
Smart Simplicity Statistics report rising yardage sales as more women take up home sewing. Communities now offer low cost sewing centers teaching shortcuts and tricks of the trade. The dress shown can be made easily and cheaply using rayon mixtures or gabardines, with a soft gathered detail pattern suitable for beginners.
Cape and Suit Ensembles in Early Spring Collections
A fashion feature highlights cape dominance in spring showings with bold red herringbone capes, lime silk linings, and coordinated long cloth capes paired with silk frocks. The suit described blends soft gray wool with a box-pleated skirt and hip length jacket featuring large patch pockets, while capes top outfits in varied colors and fabrics.
Modern Handbags Gain Smooth Efficient Redesigns
The absence of French models shifts trend to improved construction and materials. New features include a nickel slot, a light key clip for instant key access, a gluy-yard to anchor gloves, and enhanced interiors with extra pockets and a pocket zipper that minimizes snagging and preserves polish.
National Forest Rangers Have Numerous Duties
Deep in Olympic National Park a ranger reads weather instruments and relays data to headquarters. Rangers patrol on foot or horseback across vast 835000 acres, endure 24 hour callouts, and carry a smoke chaser pack for up to 20 mile days. They guide visitors, repair wilderness lines, cook on trail, and bed down with saddle as wind-break.
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Olympic National Park
National Park Service
National Park
ImaginationAdds Flavor to Luncheon Recipes for Home cooks
A household column offers varied luncheon ideas with imagination as the key ingredient. It includes recipes for Baked Apricot and Tapioca Pudding with Coffee Sauce, Hot Dogs in Blankets, My Style Spaghetti, Honey All Bran Spice Cookies, Cheese Soup With Rice, Mexican Spaghetti, and Refrigerator Hamburgers, each with serving yields and baking details.
Bag for Bedside Reading Delights Housed in Green Remnant
A hospital gift idea features a bedside reading bag with hanger hook fixed to a cut down coat hanger, enabling books magazines writing materials and a spectacle case to stay at hand in bed. The bag uses heavy cotton upholstery remnant in green with red lining and shows dimensions and construction. Mrs. Spears offers six home making booklets detailing similar projects for 10 cents each.
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By Cherie Nicholas
R. H. Wilkinson
National Forest Rangers
Household News
Western Newspaper Union
Aia
Ruth Wyeth Spears Neavor
Bravos
Bedford Hills
New York
Marcus Aurelius
Yose
Hugh
T. F. Seward
Pinkham
Washington
Mr. M
Penn
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