20 Nov 1922
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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 20, 1922
Page
1
Readable pieces cover millinery trends with untrimmed hats and colored plaques, new summer dresses with georgette and voile, and easy home recipes for honey cake and snow cakes. Also notes fashion for bathing wraps, hair care tips, and dental exam extracts from school children.
The issue spotlights fiction from Donovan Bayley Douglass Gordon Fred M. White and others with serials like The Elon Tree and Margaret Bateman. Also featured are Violet Simmons Violet BR and Goulburning stories plus The Australian Journal content on youth home crafts and Winward patterns. Todd’s Areads distributes copies.
London society views secured gowns as envy of Englishwomen with cost and beauty sparking discussion. A plain outfit by a Parisian fashion dictator could cost £1000, while adding a jeweled coat gown dramatically raises the price.
Universal Films presents Cheated Love with Carmel Myers in the lead at the Empire Theatre. A melodrama about Sonya Immigrant Noe 02 and her tangled loves crosses a ghetto grocery, a seamstress opening, and a lifesaving moment at the Tittla theatre. Supporting acts include Diamond Queen and Tough Lock with proceeds benefiting the family of Mrs Clark.
Town Hall screens a dramatic feature titled Habit. Set in a Fifth Avenue importer’s atelier the story centers on Irene Fletcher Mildred Harris who battles for love amid financial ruin. A daring scene, a key murder, and a hopeful ending unfold in a First National production alongside The Applicant and short features.
Scenes from Island Wives shown at Mt Barker Saturday night include a voyage aboard a hired millionaire’s yacht 115 miles offshore for rough weather. Miss Griffith rescues a freezing youth clinging to a buoy after three ships pass unaware. The tale follows a South Sea wife seeking northern comforts and finding harsher truths before returning to inland life.
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