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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
8
A catalog of dress patterns describes an Aubergine visiting dress with silk trim, a linen costume with deep plaits and blue accents, and a flowered cotton home dress with tucked sleeves. It lists fabric amounts, widths, and trimming details for each outfit.
Buttons are a favored trim for gowns and gowns for summer and evening wear. They run along skirts and bodices to create a long line and stylish effect. Readers can craft distinctive buttons, from embroidered star designs to crochet covers, showing personal flair.
A new season trend features lining a jacket just inside the reverse for a neat look. It suggests adding a touch of coffee or magenta to brighten a plain dark suit. Linen bands are popular on dresses for girls aged 12 to 13.
The guide explains using cord or loops for buttons and hooks on delicate garments. It covers placement at hem edges, loop creation by forming uniform lengths around a forefinger, securing with seaming stitches, and finishing with even edges. It details tightening for hooks and placing loops near hem edges for a neat invisible closure.
A smart model in a bordered coat suit attracted attention. The design suits stout figures with a four‑panel pleated skirt and a half length coat with four lower points. Border trim decorates the coat fronts, cuffs, and neck while sleeves are coat shaped.
A Vogue description highlights black net sailor hats with crape cords and edge bindings, wide crape band, upright wing effects, and a marinette ruche tilting the brim. The hat is presented as a smart, stylish accessory with refined line and vintage detail.
A nervous neighbor watches a door with no keyhole yet a visible keyhole, triggering a plan to confront the resident across the street. A detective guards the approach as the neighbor discovers the opposite door’s inventor explains his self-made knob keyhole illusion.
In Memories Maj Gen Sir O T Burne recalls a Highland preacher urging gratitude for living in Scotland. He contrasts frost and storms with a milder Ben Nevis view, yet a fierce wind bursts through the kirk windows abruptly ending the sermon.
Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw reflects on aging, noting he feels as active as ever yet senses growing old. He cites longer-lasting shoes as proof, saying he now buys fewer pairs each year and moves less rapidly than in his Iowa business days.
Gentlewoman contends that people are valued for usefulness rather than virtue or charm, noting that friendship often ends if one party cannot be of practical help. The piece warns that reliance on utility governs social continuity and relationships.
A survey of stage stars reveals how nicknames dominate backstage life. Cecilia Loftus diaries as Cecilia but friends call her Cissy while Willie Col lier becomes Will for intimates. May Robson is Mother after twenty years on stage. Billie Burke names her daughter Billie, while Sammy sticks to Heawtrey. May Vokes is Teddy in and out of the public eye. Ruth Maycliffe, real name Perne, is dubbed Ruth by Clyde Fitch and nicknamed the Child of Childs for lunch runs. Others include DettIe for Maxine Elliott and Jeff for Jefferson De Angelis. Bobby Janvier remains a beloved but widely known Bobby, and Wora J sticks with Fiora Juliet Bowley from Smith College. Helen Ware shuns Nellie as a nickname, while Frances Stary is called Child by wardrobe staff and friends alike.
A quirky office scene features Frederic being scolded by his boss for whistling while at work. Frederic responds that he is not working but simply whistling, highlighting a playful tension between duty and distraction in a lighthearted slice of life.
Charles Frohman and Charles Dillingham tour Europe theater scenes. In London Dillingham arrives early at Frohmans Hicks theater offices for a 6:30 dinner. A visitor seeks Frohman, but Dillingham says he cannot take a card as windows must be washed before six, and the man departs.
Grace George closes a 21 month season with a London trip and plans two new plays in America and London. Rose Stahl sails for Europe for 94 weeks rest and returns to resume Patricia O'Brien in The Chorus Lady. Adeline Genee is secured for Coppelia and The Little Dryad pantomime.
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