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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
6
Cherie Nichols notes lace dominates winter fashion across day and night wear. Lace blouses, metallic embroideries, and lace trims elevate suits and dresses, with Spanish-inspired ensembles and black lace evening wear featured alongside daytime lace accents.
A fashion feature notes jewelry and handbags for the season emphasizing bold gold plated beads on silk cord by Simonne Gerli paired with an antique Egyptian silk brocade evening bag reembroidered in gold. The piece highlights a blend of modern design and ancient motifs including a butterfly motif frame and Italian mosaic accents.
A white ermine wrap designed to fit over wide hip evening gowns is displayed by Bruyere. The coat ends at fingertip length, features a peplum fringed with white silk, and is supported by a wide hoop indicating its shape.
The 1940 fashion season favors sober hues like browns blues and greens with gray tinges and new near black shades emerald and ruby black. Day garments feature smooth duveytin type wools and jersey fabrics while night wear relies on silk rayon lace velvet and stiff fabrics like brocade satin moire and faille.
Collar and cuff sets of gold braid are displayed in neckwear sections. Gold braid military frogs and epaulets can decorate shoulders on a new black dress. Neckwear features intriguing collars of gold kid to wear with black sheer wool or velvet afternoon dresses.
Incoming frocks feature wide inset belts that accent high bustlines and narrow waists, with jeweled girdles gaining note. Gold or silver kid belts lend dramatic contrast to simple black velvet gowns, underscoring restrained elegance.
Four diamond clips in two sizes are shown as jeweled accessories by Ardanse for evening frocks. The items emphasize sparkle and versatility for formal wear. The display highlights two size options and diamond-like detailing.
Don Aspinwall, a Rochelle Park, New Jersey veteran, recalls a 1914 18 French front episode near Villers Cotteret. A dental procedure gone wild ends with a gashed skull and a rough anesthetic administered by a British orderly using a revolver butt. The tale blends horror of battle with dark humor and bravado.
Scientists report two races of the periodical cicada the seventeen year and the thirteen year. The only difference is that one remains underground four years longer. There are 17 broods for the 17 year race and 13 broods for the 13 year race. Broods are numbered I to XVII for the 17 year race and XVIII to XXX for the 13 year race. The two races overlap in many regions though in some areas only one appears at 13 or 17 year intervals. Cicadas are not found in the western United States and inhabit wooded areas from the Atlantic coast to central Kansas.
Readable items describe Halloween party ideas with ghosts and goblins. It lists decor, games, and simple foods like doughnuts, sausage rolls, and caramel tarts. Also includes a chocolate apple candy recipe and a football theme snack plan for a Saturday gathering.
Get a copy of the practical and clever cookbook Better Baking by Eleanor Howe the radio Home Economist. It includes luscious unusual cakes cookies pies and hot breads with tested recipes. Send ten cents by mail to Better Baking care of Eleanor Howe 919 North Michigan Ave Chicago Illinois released by Western Newspaper Union.
Consider adding a second bath in modernizing homes. Plumbing authorities say a full bathroom can fit in a 5 by 6 foot floor area. Use unused hallway space or convert an oversized room into a guest suite with a partitioned bathroom.
Homemaker column presents step by step buckram stiffening for a four inch valance. Instructions outline buckram sizing, fabric cutting, scallop outlining, stitching, trimming, pressing, inserting buckram and securing edge to shelf. Includes note on Mrs Spears books and 10 cent request.
A memoir notes that during the 1870 71 siege of Paris pigeons carried 56 000 official dispatches and a million private letters into the city. Messages were set in type and printed on collodion films allowing up to 40 000 letters per bird at a cost of 56 000 dollars in postage at ten cents per word.
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