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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1921
Page
2
A bride planning a May week end trip considers travel friendly coats sport clothes and dresses. Emphasis on a smart topcoat a tailored suit frocks sport outfits and a easily packed negligee for brief honeymoons or country escapes.
A fashion note recommends a knitted bathing suit for spring and albatross negligee for travel. It describes a pink albatross negligee lined with rose silk, hand embroidered edges, and a sweater blouse ensemble with tailored lines and trim cuffs. Colors suggested include burnt orange fawn or gray with buckskin shoes and a straw hat. May weather is noted.
A collection of quaint desk ornaments draws attention with useful and decorative pieces. A lacquer calendar shows a Chinese lady fan under lanterns with readable calendar figures. A stamp moistener shaped as a Mandarin, a carved ivory style head, and a sponge moistener hide inside. An incense burner features a Chinese boy tending a lantern lamp under an orange silk umbrella with turquoise beads.
The era of shabby bags is past as modern luggage of black seal grain leather and deep blue maire lining dominates. Box and overnight bags along with dressing cases compete for space, with mirrors, locks, and removable panels enhancing convenience for Pullman, taxi, or express shipping.
The article advises travel with a wardrobe trunk or dress trunk for easy packing and avoiding embarrassment at stations. It also notes fringed linen doilies returning to fashion and provides simple steps to make fringe doilies from dress linen leftovers for porch and breakfast tables.
The theatre draws a fashionable audience and the back view shapes coiffure. High styles pile hair high at the back with a side comb. low looks feature a soft puff by the ears and a curved comb. Regular care like shampooing, marceling, and tonics keep hair lustrous and adjustable nets hold the style.
A detailed description of a dresser ensemble matching rose and French blue brocade and ecru lace trim. The set includes hairbrush, comb in a brocade case with lace, hairpin tray, mirror, pincushion, powder jar, photograph frame, lampshade, and a silver toilet set, all coordinated for a boudoir.
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