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Linen Scores High in List.
Of Summer Fabric Choices
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T INEN is a magic word in the
fabric realm. The ijews on
linen weaves for the coming months
is most exciting. Paris cables all
laud linens and the roster of cou
turiers cited as favoring linens lends
considerable weight to general pre
dictions for a forthcoming linen
summer.
There are no apparel needs which
cannot be ratified with linen. For
general purpose and daytime wear
best dressed women are cpoesing
stunning suits tailored of either
black or navy linen. Recently bur
gundy and bottle green linens have
been added to the list. Worn with
a blouse of the exquisitely fine and
sheer lingerie type now so fashion
able, these suits are about as eye
appealing as fancy can picture—
smart with the new plaid gingham
blouses too!
What with their newly acquired
crease resistance, there is no ques
tion about the absolute practicality
of linens. With the non-crease as
surance given, gone forever is the
wrinkling bugaboo.
Among the linens fashion is high
lighting this season there are most
attractive striped patterns and riot
ously colorful floral
makers, in search of something new
in jacket dresses, see infinite pos
sibilities in the new embroidered lin
ens. Vivid sprawling designs, either
printed or embroidered on a* natural
linen background, fairly ciy to be
made into jackets, and boleros to
wear over natural linen dresses.
Then, too, chic linens are leading
a gay Yiight life all their owrt. For
party wear natural pure crash linen
with insertions of white Torchon
lace, the matching linen bolero
edged with the lace, the skirt floor
length and full, is but one of many
clever entries of linen into the eve
ning mode.
Canteen Bag
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ASK to sea the new canteen bags.
are the latest. This 1 black
patent leather canteen bag by David
—the well-known American design
er—adds a sophisticated touch to a
stunning tailored frock of sheer beige
wool and black coat. For all its
seeming flatness this bag -is very
spacious and conveniently fitted
with a safe billfold and chained
coin purse. It is also available in
scratch proof racer-grain calf.
A smart daytime item is the se
verely tailored full-length coat of
heavy imported natural coating
linen as pictured to the right in the
group. Keep in mind that this linen
is the new non-crease type and that
it launders successfully and eas
ily. You will appreciate what m
much-to-be-desired possession a
coat of this type really is. It has a
small Peter Pan collar, four pock
ets with inverted pleats, bone but
tons and bound button holes, also a
vent in back of the coat to give
freedom of action.
The dress to the left will prove a
perfect treasure for informal wear.
It is of sheer black linen with multi
colored wool embroidered flowers
at neckline and decorating the split
pockets on the skirt, the front full
ness of which is an important
fashion-correct detail. The open
crown poke bonnet is of matching
linen.
Centered in the group is a two
pieca spectator sports dress of im
ported pure linen. It plays up un
expected color combinations, which
are so definitely in the scheme of
costume design for the coming sum
mer. The skirt is of linen in the
fashionable shocking pink; the linen
jacket is chartreuse. Pink and blue
embroidered flowers patterning it
have loose fringe petals, done in a
very novel way.
Dress linens that go back to na
ture for their colorings are very
smart this season. Natural linen in
the open coarse weaves seems to
be the season’s pet.
Many of the new petticoats are
made of fine handkerchief linen
trimmed with eyelet embroidery
with gay baby ribbon threaded
through quaint beading.
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Baby Blouse Asks
Camisole in Lace
Because of the revival of the
dainty and sheer lingerie “baby”
blouse, there’s a “cami-craze” com
ing on in fashion land. So be pre
pared, do it now, buy your cami
sole—make it plural, for you will
need more than one—in advance.
These dainty, little lace-trimmed
vanities are a necessary luxury,
you’ll find that out the first time
you wear your new peek-a-boo
blouse. Ingenious designers are cre
ating camisole-top costume slips
which really are the most practical
to buy. They do away with super
fluous bulk at the waistline, being
an ideal all-in-one garment.
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Lace and Lingerie
Touches on Hats
Ask your milliner to show you the
latest in lace-trimmed hats. Some
of the newest types have brims of
heavy snow-white starched Venise
lace. Others trim black straws or
navy with narrow Val edgings, or
with very wide lace bows. In the
flower departments you can buy
sprays and bouquets of white lin
gerie lace flowers. Wear one for
your boutonniere and trim your navy
straw hat with the other. Pique
flowers are also smart as are also
organdy frills on hats.
Coats With Flared Skirts
Coats of the new wool sheers also
of the smart bengalines and moires
are cleverly styled with full skirts
that gives them a decidedly “new
look.”
Perak Taps U. S.
Cash Registers
Every American Family
Pays Tribute to Sultan
Of Little State.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Thousands
of cash registers all over the United
States reverberate faintly but con
tinuously in the treasury of Perak,
in British Malaya, halfway around
the world, as millions of shoppers
make purchases of toothpaste, tin
foiled confections, cigarettes, canned
goods, and particularly automobile
tires.
“Probably every American family
pays ‘tribute’ to the Sultan of Pe
rak,” says the National Geographic
society. “Three-fourths of the tin
and three-fifths of the rubber used
in the United States today comes
from British Malaya and a fat share
of the totals is produced in the little
state of Perak. One of the richest
tin deposits known is in the Kinta
valley of that and it is also
one of the three states having the
argest rubber acreage.
Great Source of Tin.
“A new sultan is now collecting
the American ‘tribute’; Abdul Aziz
has just been installed on the throne.
His domain, which is under the
protection of Great Britain, is one
of the four Federated Malay states
near the southernmost tip of Asia.
It is about the size of Massachu
setts but has only one-fifth as many
inhabitants as the Bay state. The
population consists of Malays, Chi
nese and East Indians, and a sprin
kling of other nationalities.
“The Malay states are the great
est source of tin in the worlds de
posits which attracted the civilizing
agencies of Europe and converted
the jungle savagery into a well or
ganized society. Back in 1650 the
Dutch built a tin ‘factory’ or trad
ing station on the Perak river and
from then onward tried to monopo
lize the exportation of tin from Pe
rak. In 1818 the sultan signed a
free-trade treaty with Great Britain
and shortly came under British pro
tection, but the British had little to
do with the 'affairs of the state until
after 1870.
“About 50 years ago the British
introduced rubber trees into British
Malaya, from seed smuggled out of
Brazil, and today rubber trees prac
tically cover Perak and other Malay
states. In Northern Perak 60,000
irrigated acres are devoted largely
to rice; coconuts and oil palms flour
ish in the south. Some tea and
coffee are grown in the states, and
a little tobacco.
Under British Protection..
“Perak is mostly in the fertile val
ley of the Perak river, with moun
tains in the north and east rising
five, six and seven thousand feet,
affording relief from the humid
heat. The river is navigable by
coastal steamers for 40 miles, and
also supplies hydro-electric power
for the machinery and lighting of
Ipoh, the capital, and other towns
and villages.
“In 1895 the four states, Perak,
Pahang, Selangor and Negri Sem
bilan, agreed to form a federation
and to maintain a contingent of
troops. Legislation for the federa
tion is in the hands of a federal
council organized in 1909,, and
presided over by a British high
commissioner. He appoints the oth
er 23 members of the council.
Council enactments are then assent
ed to by the rulers of the four states.
Each state has its own council ap
pointed and presided over by the
state ruler.”
American Hunters Find
Luck Poorer in Canada
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN.
—Midwestern sportsmen who hunt
ed big game in Canada during last
fall’s open seasons had rather poor
luck, according to records kept at
the American customs office here.
The records, which tabulated the
game in pounds and not in numbers,
showed that only 29,645 pounds of
moose were brought into the United
States as compared with 113.086 for
1937.
American hunters returned home
with only 55,333 pounds of deer as
against 81,645 pounds last year. Im
portation of bear meat dropped from
3,141 in 1937 to 2,250 pounds last
year.
Duck hunters, however, had bet
ter shooting in Canada. They
brought in 4,089 pounds of duck as
compared with 3,141 last fall.
Magic in Colors
NEW YORK.—Unlike the “white
fairs” of the past, the New York
World’s fair 1939, representing “The
World of Tomorrow,” is a fairyland
of color. Exhaustive research has
made available to architects and
decorators 499 carefully graduated
shades.
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Boy Never at School
To Receive Diploma
LORAIN, OHIO —Charles Far
is, 18, never ha 6 attended school,
yet he will receive a diploma in
June.
Crippled since birth, Charles,
although able to walk, never has
been healthy enough to attend
classes.
Young Fans has studied with a
tutor since the age of seven, and
completed 12 years of study in
11 years.
Roast Meat Made
In 1824 Still Good
Is Relic of Expedition to
Arctic by Parry .
LONDON.—-Roast veal more than
100 years old but still palatable and
nourishing is on view in a glass tube
in the museum of the Royal United
States institution in London.
It comes from a tin which formed
part of the stores taken by Sir Wil
liam Parry on his expedition to the
Arctic in 1824, but brought back un
used. Also on exhibit is the tin
carrying this instruction: “Cut
around with chisel and hammer.’*
This probably is the earliest
known example of canned foods,
and is one of the exhibits at the
museum connected with polar ex
ploration.
At the request of the international
tin research and development coun
cil, the museum authorities permit
ted the tin to be opened for chem
ical and bacteriological examina
tion. No trace of preservatives was
found in this meat, but it was in
perfect condition. Ten rats, which
were experimentally fed upon it fo*
several days, grew fat on the diet.
Although the process of canning
was invented by a Frenchman at
the end of the Eighteenth century,
it was left to the English firm
of Donkin. & Hall to make prac
tical use of it. This firm set up
business in 1811.
It is said tha: the duke of Welling
ton, then Lord Wellesley, and yet to
fight the battle of Waterloo, tried
and approved the preserved beef
and in 1814 Sir Joseph Banks, the •
botanist and explorer who accom
panied Capt. James Cook on his
voyage and was largely responsible
for the first settlement of Australia,
wrote in praise of the nutritious.
qualities of what he termed “your
embalmed provisions.”
The firm of Donkin & Hall pro
vided the 1824 polar expedition with
canned meat, soup and vegetables,
which did much to prevent scurvy.
Court Gives Back Name
Sergeant Took From Vet
CHICAGO.—It was 1917 at Fort
Snelling, Minn. When the top ser
geant came to the bottom of the roll
call list he paused and sputtered:
“Gosh, George, I can’t pronounce
your name. I’ll just call you
Sprague.”
The private remained George
Sprague during his 19 months ot
war service. When he was honor
ably discharged his papers carried
the name of SprAgue. An alien at
the time of. his enlistment, George
was naturalized automatically under
the name given him by the top ser
geant.
George, now an employee of Ed
ward Hines hospital, appeared be
fore Judge Cornelius J. Harrington.
“I’m tired of being called by a
name other than the oee I was given
at birth,” he said. “I want my real
name again.”
Judge Harrington granted his peti
tion.
George Sprague left the courtroom
as George Stanislauskas.
Error in Punctuation
Threatens Grab of Land
PHOENIX. W. E. Patterson,
Yavapai county senator, and Sen
ate President Paul Keefe, also of
Yavapai, squirmed in their seats in
the upper house of the Arizona legis
lature as a misplaced comma very
nearly deeded half of their county
to the United States government.
The bill, introduced by Keefe and
passed by the senate, was to deed
the site of the Tuzigoot Ruins to the
federal government for designation
as a national monument, and the
clerk droned through the third a»d
final reading.
Describing the property con
cerned in the bill, the clerk read,
“52 minutes we5t—1,369.1 feet to
the point of beginning, containing
approximately 42,665 acres.” A
comma, instead of a decimal point,
had been placed after the 42.
Youths of Saskatchewan
Will Learn Fur Farming
SASKATOON, SASK.—Reporting
on the recent youth training con
vention in Ottawa, Robert MacGreg
or, Saskatoon, chief guidance and
placement officer of the local re
habilitation committee, said today
that a system of apprenticeship and
training in fur farming would be
among changes affecting Saskatche
wan.
Among other changes outlined for
Saskatchewan's youth were forestry
training, a system of apprenticeship
in major trades and extension of
physical training.
The youth training program will
be carried on for the next three
years, MacGregor reported.
Mail Chess Tournament
May Extend Through ’42
SEATTLE.- Fifteen chess players
scattered over 11 slates are compet
ing against a team m England in
a correspondence tournament which
may not be completed until late in
1942
The longest moves in the game are
between England and Seattle, where
Bartlett McCool, a post office clerk,
and I A. Walker, a printer, are
members of the United States team.
Each move takes about a month
because of the exchange of letters
and the time it takes each player
to make up his mind.
A Revival of Hand-Crochet
Sweaters Is On —Get Busy
By CHERIE NICHOLAS.
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O'OR those who crochet or knit
* there is no lack of inspiration in
the new sweater fashions. The
models brought out this season fas
cinate with their clever new ideas
and their versatile styling which
tunes them to every occasion.
Now that the new hand-crochet
vogue is on you will be wanting to
crochet a sweater, for the vacation
wardrobe calls especially for them.
You are supposed to wear sweaters
when you play and when you work
and.it has come to be the fashion
to don a lovely evening sweater
when you go to parties.
The sweaters pictured were care
fully selected for illustration be
cause they reveal the latest trends
and-because of the fetching “ideas”
that give them an entirely new and
out-of-the-ordinary look. The knot
stitch (a. very easy, simple' and
“quick” stitch) is used throughout
the entire* sweater shown to the
right. Simple in line and worked <in
lightweight mercerized cotton, this
model sweater will be ideal to wear
under suit jackets on cool days and
you’ll love it as a* blouse-sweater
during the burning-sun days. Note
the cluster of crochet flowers around
the front of the neckline.-
Centered in the picture is shown
a cool under-suit blouse hand
crocheted of lightweight pearl cot
ton and featuring the popular pearl
stitch. It is easy to crochet and
will give lots of warm weather
wear. The shoulders are unusual
in that they have slit openings fas
tened with three glass buttons. And
if you don’t think this clever shoul
der treatment is flattering, just cro
chet the sweater exactly as pic
tured, put it on and await the
verdict of admiring friends.
White for Evening
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IT HAS come to be quite a fad
* to wear white without even the
slightest suggestion of color in the
evening. In her lovely evening en
semble the young woman pictured
above stresses the allure of white
sans-color to a glamorous degree.
You’ll be interested to know that
the dress is made of a handsome
linen weave for the smartest mem
bers c i the younger set are so in
trigued with the idea of linens and
piques and swisses and such for for
mals they are wearing them to their
vsry most dress-up parties. The
tiny ruffles that edge this pretty
dress emphasize the chcrm of sim
plicity. The all-white idea is main
tained in the flowers she wears.- A
great play is being made also on
•haik white, or frothy white or por
celain white jewelry to the extent
that it is worn with daytime dark
frocks as well as with evening cos
tumes that are white throughout
It you go in for sports (and of
course you do, for the trend is
more and more toward frolic and
fun of life in the great outdoors)
you’ll be wanting • a lightweight
sweater jacket, designed for activ
ity and comfort. Here’s one, shown
to the left in the picture, just the
sort you will appreciate and treas
ure the entire season and on into
fall and winter. It's crocheted eas
ily and economically of lustrous
mercerized crochet cotton. Choose
your own color combinations, but
turquoise and ecru are particularly
recommended for a nice harmony.
In this model the front is worked in
ecru with bands of turquoise trim
ming the pockets, closing, collar
and shoulders, while the back is
crocheted in solid • turquoise. The
design calls for unusually simple
crocheting, using only the easy sin
gle crochet stitch with alternate •
loops front and . back for the ridge
effect.
The field of hand-crochet reaches
out beyond , sweaters this season. If
you will! take the time to inquire
at fancywork departments you will
find that entire dresses are being
beautifully crocheted in mercerised
cottons that come in delightful col
orings. There is every encourage
ment in undertaking the crocheuhg.
of a complete dress, chiefly because
modern mercerized crochet cottons,
have been so perfected they work
up without bulkiness or undue
weight, making the ideal garment
for summer. The openwork of lacy
crochet makes it the coolest thing
you can wear on a torrid, day.
Most important is the* way in
which the new crocheted frocks fit H
and mold the figure. Dressmaker
touches are stressed while skirts are
made to swing with the new “young
look.”
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Jingling Jewelry-
Still Holds Favor
And still the colorful, picturesque
gypsy fashions go on in a mad,
merry program of jingling brace
lets and necklaces, worn with sheer
lingerie waists the long sleeves of
which add interest to the mode. The
skirt in peasant fashion achieves
fullness via yards and yards of ma
terial gathered or pleated all around
or arriving at an expansive hem
line via a circular cut. A cummer
bund in bright colored silk wound
round the hips in true Romany fash
ion completes the picture. The
newest version is the skirt of viv
idly flowered print, silk, cotton or
linen weave as the case may be,
together with a blouse of the filmi
est, daintiest, lace-trimmed en
trancing type that fancy can pic
ture. Clothes for night or day wear
are styled along this picturesque
gypsy technique, the floorlength
skirts distinguishing evening moods.
Red Accessory Fad
Seen in Style News
Red hat* red shoes, red gloves is
the starting news relayed from
leading fashion centers of the world.
A black evening frock with red
shoes, and gloves and corsage
makes :« stunning picture. With
your navy daytime dress carry a
red bag knd wear red doeskin
gloves. A few venturesome ones
are wearing red kid shoes, and to
say they carry the style message
definitely expresses it. You
get black or whit£ shoes piped in
red if I you prefer. The new red
touches are devastating with white
summer costumes.
Dutch Cap Influence
Cunning bonnets of Dutch Cap in
spiration, not only give new and be
coming “lines” but they also stress
the importance of starched chalk
white laces for hats.