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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
3
Fashion notes describe spring frocks in navy blue or white dotted organdy and embroidered dots, with organdy trims, bias bands, and three tiered skirts. Emphasis on elbow sleeves, surplice fronts, and satin piping. Describes dress materials, finishes, and coordination with accessories.
The piece notes neckwear remains essential to finish suits and coats, with organdie and lace trimmed collars and chemisettes. Variations in net batiste or georgette offer many styles, often with tucked organdie and lace accents, while high collars and turnover collars define tailored wash silk and voile waists.
Charming dresses feature full skirts of rose petals on dark tulle, creating a ruffled petal look not a flower gown. Pink metal gauze versions appear, with plain bodices and voluminous tulle scarfs that contrast vividly with rose or blue gowns.
A playful tale of two mosquitoes inviting relatives to a porch banquet on a first warm evening. They boast of biting people including children, debate compliments, and drift from piazza to piazza as the feast begins. The swarm revels in the bites while showing little empathy for their targets or each other.
A historical note states that red haired individuals are less prone to baldness than people with other hair colors. The claim contrasts red hair with all other shades and suggests a lower likelihood of hair loss.
A dealer notes a marking proving the item is only twenty years old. The comic exchange highlights how quickly items can be branded antique in a rapid age.
Ad praises Cuticura Soap for clear complexion and clean scalp, soft white hands, with Cuticura Ointment for occasional use and Cuticura Talcum for fragrance, presenting the trio as essential daily care.
Chauncey M. Depew narrates a Philadelphia club tale about sport writer humorist Ring Lardner. A man ready to leave to satisfy his wife hears Lardner triumphed with a phone booth call. Lardner claims the wife says he may stay, and the crowd laughs at the ruse.
A father names the month old twins Haig Pershing Foch Marie Mons Lloyd George Clemenceau Jones at an East London church while the rector struggles to read the long list. The mother names the other child Maud as the crowd murmurs at the comic baptism scene.
Ethel and May discuss love and money in a Stray Stories exchange about choosing a partner. They joke that past earnings matter more than future potential.
Four year old Mary Ellen loves to imitate her brother and his friends. She now plays outside games and has begun playing ball. Her role is mainly chasing stray balls but she aspires to be a pitcher and demonstrates a pitching motion, though the ball often goes astray.
A household scene describes a mother guiding children in tidying the living room. Betty insists on taking a task Edwin is assigned, prompting Edwin to declare he is the only middle sized person capable of completing that middle sized work.
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