White Dresses Bloom in June
In June brides and graduates seek dainty simple white dresses. The article highlights two graduate dress designs with Swiss lace, bobbinet, and organdie fabrics, showing bands, tucks, and a surplice front. It notes an aviation cap and veil as a modern novelty.
New Parasols Unfurling in the Sun and Style
New parasols revive amid a broader revival of dressier sun protection. Short handles with silk cords or rings let parasols be hung from the wrist. White enameled handles paired with white silk parasols and Dresden borders present a chic, practical finish for mid summer dresses.
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Turban Styles Sweep Milliner Shops This Season
A variety of Chu-Chin Chow style turbans dominates millinery shelves. The soft straw headwear comes in oriental green or Bakst blue and is folded Bagdad style with web fiber fringe for a distinctive look.
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Pinky and Clover Rabbits Share Dinner With Oriole Visitor
Pinky and Clover the two rabbits share a quiet evening in their burrow. They discuss names and favorite foods while the oriole arrives in a vivid suit to sing at their supper.
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Home Distilling Law Tightens Control and Tax Rules
Federal internal revenue rules define home stills as manufacturers of stills. A $50 annual tax plus $20 per still applies, with penalties from fines to imprisonment for illicit distilling. Exemptions exist for small glass laboratory stills and certain industrial uses requiring permits and sworn evidence.
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Safe Charioteer Warns Against Caprice in Will
A brief admonition from Girl's Companion on steering life with conscience. It warns that surrendering to caprice leads to a crash, while a will guided by conscience prevents disaster. Determination without conscience invites failure.
Curious Ideas About Golf
A historical snippet recalls 20th century notions about golf from amusing conversations among women at dinner. One wondered if red coats require dogs to play, another described caddies seeking stones in grass and hitting them into rabbit holes, and a third mischaracterized the game as played by a gentleman and a common man using a lump of dirt.
Basket of White Clothes and Red Cross Ball Blue
A housewife smiles at her basket of clear white clothes and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue. Grocers sell it for 5e. The text contrasts men who prize home life with those who trifle with it, noting that the best profit is shared with others in the deal.
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A Good Audience
Elizabeth studies music and elocution with much practice while Edith waits. Their mother nudges the value of practice. Elizabeth hopes Edith will grow up to be a mighty good audience.
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Love's Labor Lost quip cited by Brooklyn Citizen
In a Brooklyn Citizen column, a mother asks Clara about a remark from Mr Duummings who struggled to button her glove. Clara recalls he said gloves as hard to button should quit the business, prompting the mother to advise against pursuing that path.
Spring Fever and Impurities in Blood Remedy
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to restore vitality and energy by purifying and enriching the blood. It promises a strengthening and invigorating effect with a price of 60 cents.
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Daily Thought and Story Craft Insight
A reflective note contrasts silence and speech with La Rochefoucauld ideas, then touches on Dorothy’s view that brains are key to a successful short story. It contrasts bright hopes with gloomy experiences as part of writing’s inner struggle.
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Russian Famine Widespread as Soldiers Return Home
Russian troops coming back from Germany report vast famine in Petrograd and surrounding areas. Supplies scarce, bread sold for 25 rubles, oats given by category, cabbage and nettle smoking, two potatoes per person at Christmas. Some prisoners join the White forces seeking relief from Bolshevik rule.
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Judge Dismisses Wife’s Charge in Hoboken Case
John Kelly told the judge his wife had him arrested 160 times. The judge declared “That’s enough” and dismissed the wife’s charge.
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