Biography of a Home Economist

Lovely to look at-delightful to wear, are the dresses designed and created by Yolanda Prosperi, \u2725. Miss Prosperi, who was born of Italian parents, has been a designer for Nelly Don in Kansas City since 1926

Color Passports to Spring

Beauty that dims the moon, and hues that beg to be used in twos and threes are characteristic of the novelty colors in unusual casts that have been introduced in the color calendar this spring. The color pendulum swings with the season and gives you what it takes to catch that new feeling - new with a tinge of smartness and freshness

On a European Honeymoon

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Root, who spent the past year traveling in Europe, believe they learned as much during their 10 weeks in Germany as in a year of college. We learned as much German, said Mrs. Root, the former Ferne Karns, as the average student would learn in 2 years of college study. Not only that, but I learned more history than in all my years of study put together, and we both acquired a greater appreciation of paintings

Money Matters Little

Money does not matter! So say Iowa State co-eds on the matter of dates with gentlemen about the campus

Home Economics Women Take the Air

Gaynold Carroll relates the success story of Iowa State\u27s Homemakers\u27 Half Hour

She Dresses for You

There\u27s a trick in every trade! For Chicago\u27s Louise Mulligan, one of America\u27s best known designers for youth, it is creating models, not on the usual dress form but on her own figure

Where Dress Designing Is Done With Dolls

Miss Beryl Spinney, \u2728, as head of the Dress Design Department of the Chicago Art Institute, uses mannequin-dolls to demonstrate dress designing. This system is similar to the method used by famous Parisian designers whose work she has observed at first hand

The Iowa Homemaker vol.17, no.4

A Handful of Flour by Marie Larson, page 2 15 Years at a Cook Stove by Welch Richardson, page 3 Vegetables To Be Seen, Not Eaten by Helen Clark, page 4 Does It Work? by Peggy Schenk, page 5 Jottings From Sally’s Notebook by Gaynold Carroll, page 6 Blind Date – He Says and She Says, page 8 Discourage That Sniffle by Frances Hoffman, page 9 Beauties by Courtesy of Grooming by Ruth Hendrix Stouffer, page 10 Furs Dislike Hot Radiators by Betty Grant, page 11 What’s New in Home Economics, page 12 Sky High, page 14 Alums in the News by Faithe Danielson, page 15 Behind Bright Jackets, page 16 It’s a Good Idea, page 18 It’s a Popping Month, page 19 Dear Folks –, page 20 Formals Begin, page 21 A Child May Overthink, page 23 All Hands on Deck for Red Cross, page 24 Talking Turkey by Peggy Schenk, page 2