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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
8
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas surveys a revival of shirring, tucking, and braiding in couture, noting heavy sheers and chiffons shine under these treatments. The piece describes jackets with all over shirring, tailored blouses, and refined white accents, plus braided evening dresses and new millinery trends with Milan hats.
The article proclaims flexible millinery fashion with brims and toques in any form. It highlights shallow or deep crowns, berets, wide hats, sailors, fezzes, and new tricorne toques, noting all styles are approved by fashion authorities and presented in varied models. It also mentions casual brimmed hats for sports wear.
Women show appetite for striped suitings as men’s wear houses report surprising demand. Hairline flannels and pin head checks join plain companions for tailored spring suits with mannish oxfords and greys in strong use. Worsted twill appears in tan tones evoking classic twill traditions.
Millinera styles stress colored ribbon trims, often in crude blends like yellow with vivid green and black or orange with green and navy. Talbot pairs pale gray with turquoise for a high style vanity, while tiny crab motif hats and tortoise shell accents appear among chic millinery trims.
Fashion note describes an ultra modern evening wrap in cherry colored matelasse velvet with fingertip length, crinoline lining on full sleeves, collarless neck and close buttons. Velvet fabric is new crinkled faced, jeweled buttons add style. Favored by younger set.
A humorous sketch traces Mrs. Wambo’s obsession with youth styles and the Seven Sutherland Sisters craze. From a dramatic operation to a public trend, her life becomes a satirical reflection on aging, gender norms, and social pressure in a provincial town. The piece ends with a cautionary moral about influence, vanity, and marriage dynamics.
The 1832 Preston pledge laid the basis for England's total-abstinence movement. Seven men, including Joseph Livesey, signed the pledge to abstain from all intoxicating liquors except medicines. The term teetotal originated after Dick Turner signed at a meeting and proclaimed the phrase.
The text describes the practice of arranging a marriage for a daughter prioritizing profit over kin, noting that after departure she owes obedience to her in laws and severs ties with her birth family and ancestors. She can then worship only at the husband’s family shrine Fu-den, Felping.
A reader asks for mushroom recipes and an expert lists methods from market picks to sautéing in butter. The guide covers cooking times, sauces, broiling, and pairing with crumbs, cream soups, salads, and mushroom stock to enhance flavor and reduce leftovers.
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