Dame Fashion Smiles By Grace Jewett Austin
Dame Fashion notes a shift toward dashing evening wear yet modest day costumes with blue and white gowns and vine leaf designs. Grace J Austin recalls a favorite blue and white evening dress with dipping train and backless elegance. The piece muses on ensembles, color trends, and the evolving notion of fashion in summer wear.
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Grace Jewett Austin
Dame Ashion
Grace J. Austin
Paris
Western Newanapes Union
Ensemble for Little Girls Dress and Eton Jacket Trimmed Hat
A one piece dress features a matching Eton jacket with scalloped linen hem and long or puff sleeves. Skirt uses printed lawn with smocking. A straight flannel coat with hidden pockets lines the jacket. Hat mirrors scalloped brim and crosswise crown sections.
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Eton
Soi
Watran
Feminine Figure Here to Stay in New York Fashion Talk
A fashion writer notes the feminine figure endures in modern style with lines shaping the silhouette. Spring foundations feature supple girdles and all in one pieces in satin, silk, and crepe de chine with elastic panels, flesh tones preferred and boning minimized for comfort and fit.
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Tarig
New York ‘Times
Couturiers
Paris
Old cotton and linen fashions return in fresh guise
Fashion notes revive early century fabrics with dotted swiss frocks and new resort wear. White Swiss dotted with blue sleeves and embroidered edges appear, while a belt of black velvet bow at the square neck adds period charm. Sports dresses trend toward strap designs, omitting shoulder coverage for summer wear.
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Jong
Grecian Note Dominates Early Spring Fashion Shows
The spring openings featured a Grecian note in costumes with Suzanne Talbot presenting draped shoulder dresses and faithful use of directoire elements. Designs included palm leaf motifs, poke bonnets, shawls, and matching fabrics, with belts adjusting the high waist to the silhouette.
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Suzanne Talbot
Money and its long journey through world currencies
A sweeping exploration of money from cowry shells to copper and silver, tracing the evolution from barter to metal coins and token coinage. It notes the rise of paper money as trusted currency and highlights historical practices, such as using oxen and sheep as value markers, while touching on dietary advice and thrift.
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National Geographic
Washeurien
Wis
United States
Tomy
Thology
America
Australia
Hatha
Mediterranean
Corie
Cowrie
China
New England
Germany
Ethiopia
Yap
Carolina
South Seas
New Guinea
Greece
Egypt
Palestine
Sheen
Cyprus
Ag Ube Prinery
Attractive Foods and Garnishing For Everyday Meals
This piece extols garnish as a moral and practical aid to appetite and digestion. It urges consistent, tasteful decorating of dishes using herbs like chives parsley and mint, warns against over ornamentation, and notes that even simple meals for the poor or sick benefit from careful presentation.
In New York Speech Senator Praises Rural Virtue
An Oklahoma senator gave an after dinner talk in New York claiming rural life embodies virtue beyond city sensibilities. The anecdote contrasts fast and slow in town and country and ends with a humorous farmer remark about his sister Storyvathy's morning work.
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Thomas
Oklahoma
New Yorke
Storvathy
Danger Laxatives and Safe Use Warn Readers
Warns against choosing laxatives impulsively and describes symptoms of constipation. Promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe, thoroughly effective laxative tested in thousands of cases. Claims suitability for women, children, and the elderly and availability in drugstores.
Parisian designer decries neutral tone looks on women
M Phearpet, a renowned Parisian designer, states that young women in neutral tones are often labeled dowdy or demure, but argues she can be clever by matching color schemes with any automobile that may come into fashion.
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America
M. Phearpet
Stray Stories Verse Fragment About Aunt Martha Scene
A fragment from Stray Stories presents a dialogue with Fresidie urged to kiss Aunt Martha while Preddie resists. The piece captures a domestic moment with informal speech and playful tone typical of the column.
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Fresidie
Martha
Preddie
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Europe
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West
Western News
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Perec
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oDen
Leonard
Fifth Ave
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Hanford
Riyrrh
Cetetor Fordsam Nursery CO
Sandy
Utah
Salt Lake City
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