Little Folks HEN Winter Children's Fashions Sketches
Models shown for girls and boys propose simple yet artistic frocks and smart wear. A Russian blouse suit in white pique leads, with English embroidered collar. pink chalice dress for a five to seven year old. cream cashmere dress with old rose messaline trim. handmade Mother Hubbard in French nainsook with Valenciennes lace. a ten year old girl in light blue Tyrian silk with soutache, tassels, and lace guimpe.
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Mother Hubbard
Dainty Novelty Lunch Ideas For Bridge Parties
Hostesses seek inexpensive refreshments for bridge settings with hot weather, favoring morning events from ten to 12:30. Menu ideas include cantaloupe halves with blackberries, jellied gumbo cups, boned chicken or Virginia ham, aspic vegetables, tiny rolls, iced coffee, stuffed tomatoes, olives with mayo, sherbet with wafers, plus ready prepped options. Card cake cutters shaped like card suits, fudge iced cakes, iced coffee served tall with whipped cream, and substitutes like Russian tea or ginger ale offer variety. Crackers with Parmesan cheese toast and home made candies provide simple additions, all at low cost.
Soutache Braid In Hats Dominates New Millinery Styles
Soutache braid enters hat composition as decoration in modern models. Tam crown braided on rows with satin brims appear in black and colors. A satin hat used guinea hen and duck wing trims with hose arranged at the front and secured by large braid disks linked by knotted loops.
Silk bands fall from fashion as braid takes lead
The piece notes silk bands are out of style for trimming. Wide folds remain but stitched bands for seams and gut designs on voile and cloth frocks disappear. Braid appears as the preferred trim, used on skirts and coats in all widths.
New Silk for Scarfs Appears in Market
A new kind of silk for scarfs has appeared in the market. It is trifle heavier than chiffon and similar in weave to crepe de chine. It is printed with handsome designs carried out in lovely colorings. It runs 22 to 24 inches wide and costs two dollars a yard.
Large Hats Remain Fashionable With Flat Trims and Plumed Variants
Despite forecasts, the large hat endures as the season’s leading accessory with flat trims on most styles while dressy plumed hats for afternoon and evening wear remain popular. A standout street wear shape features a very large crown, wide base, and a rolled brim with corded silk top and black moire unterbrim, offered in two trim options.
Fashion notes on hats, fabrics, and trims for winter
The article surveys prevailing fashion trends with taupe hats satin in vogue pearl and crystal accents and crepe de chine fabrics. It notes broad patterns such as short waisted coats washable children’s wear and the return of fur felt hats while detailing trimming techniques like panels of buttons and the Pocahontas feather braid sold 75 cents to six dollars.
The Obsequies of Ole Miss Jug
On a remote Big Red ranch an unusual funeral for Ole Miss Jug unfolds as five children stage a moonlit cremation drama. Tony directs with a red tablecloth and bread knife while siblings in sheets enact the heavenly choir and mourners.
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Mrs. Allbright
Mrs. al
Mr. Allbright
New York
Allbrights
Tony
Billy
Ethelbert van Twiller Allbright
Miss Jug
Ole Miss Jug
Hamlet
Heavenly Choir
Ola Lisa Jug
Prohibition Rules At Home and A Secret Engagement
A Baltimore American note and Chicago Journal fragment show a girl’s engagement ring as a signal of ongoing involvement, while a family scene from a Pennsylvania style home quotes a boy named Bobbie pressed by parents about fishing swimming playing and newspaper clipping.
How He Did It
A four year old is described as a comfort and helper to his mother. Mrs Eastside praises him for caring for his baby sister, noting he plays in the next room with Dorothy. The child is seen as a playful barber in a domestic scene, quoting a dialect inflected self-description.
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Mrs. Eastside
Dorothy
Walter
What's the matter with Jenks in vacuity critique
The Baltimore American quotes a quip about Jenks venting over life's hollowness after he started working for a vacuum company. The remark frames a small social observation linking personal disillusionment to employment.
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Jenks
Baltimore American
Evening Callers Report in Miss Smith’s Note
Bridget reports three visitors named Jim Barkis Tim Blarney called on her this evening. Miss Smith asks who they are and Bridget says they called on her, mistaking the caller for someone else.
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Miss Smith
Bridget
Jim Barkis
Tim Blarney
Misa
Why She Liked Paris and the Curious Crab Incident
Excerpt from the Royal Magazine recounts Miss Dasher praising Paris and its French schooling, then a humorous river-journey moment as Simkins naps aboard a bank holiday trip. A crab in a bucket crawls from the hat rack and clings to Simkins' ear, prompting tense passenger suspense before calm.
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Miss Dasher
Paris
Simkins
Crab
Simpkins
Elza
Royal Magazine
Fault of the Sex in a Sailor Yacht Exchange
Mrs B comments on a yacht's tack while Mr B jokes that anything feminine tacks clumsily. A humorous couplet about campaigns follows, with a quip about how to craft a campaign speech by repeating a candidate's name to provoke applause.
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Mrs. B
George
Mr. B
Helen
Washington Star
Back Again from Vacation in Unusual Ways
Detroit Free Press notes an unusual vacation with no major catches rescues or financial pleas. The piece emphasizes the oddities of the trip despite a calm, uneventful outing and a light tone about no need to report distress or wealth.
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Detroit
The Clarion of Victory Auttymobile Horn Jest
A fragment from a playful table scene features Mrs Railfence and Mr Railfence reacting to a tooting car horn. Puck comments humorously about crowing too much after an apparent incident, capturing a light wartime or rural chat tone.
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Mrs. Railfence
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