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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1926
Page
8
A New York Herald Tribune fashion writer outlines outfits for winter sports including an outfit with jacket skirt and knick ers a coat and knickers ensemble and a coat skirt sweater and knickers. The piece weighs whether to include a skirt based on age and activity noting that skirts are dispensed with for skiing and vary for skating or matronly wear.
The piece outlines a wardrobe chart for winter sports. It compares outfits for skating, snowshoeing, skiing, sleighing, and tobogganing, noting skirts, jackets, knickers, scarves and hats in bright orange wool with contrasting jacquard holders.
A fusion writer in the New York Tribune says spring silks and Riviera wear will show radical style departures. Pastel shades replace autumn and winter vivid hues while green fades from favor. Border patterns and dotted effects appear in furuturistic designs with ombre revival rumored.
Blouses and tunics in many styles are shown and worn belted, echoing European peasant fashion. Belts mark the waistline more than the gown’s curve, with longer tunics reaching the hip to knee held by flexible girdles or sashes. The fashion has caught on with many Americans.
The article surveys the metallic cloth trend in intimate apparel, noting brassieres crafted from gold and silver brocade and metal lace. It describes lavish fabrics, embroidery, and complete lingerie sets where brasieres, girdles, and garters harmonize in one material, with silk, satin, crepe, and chiffon among favored fabrics and minimal use of linen or muslin.
Fashion notes describe the season’s frocks influenced by Spanish dance, with Versia flair, China sleeve cuts, and modernist geometric designs. Debutantes showcase colorful silhouettes, while a new black taffeta and lace dance frock with bright red roses on shoulder or skirt gains popularity.
Winter fashion emphasizes ensembles in velvet wool and silk shown by noted couturiers for day and evening wear. Black ensembles gain prominence with white or colored broche tunics or dresses and gold or silver trims. Metal embroidery appears for striking accents.
Paris fashions bring back the round garter with varied novelties. Fland-painted lace frills flower and feather trims decorate garters. Gilt or silver Inca ruffles with ribbon, side jewel accents, and tiny painted faces appear. Gold buckles with stones accompany the latest Paris items. Elastic garter material covered with ribbon offers easy, frilled options.
Julia Bottomley notes that the fashion shift favors costume slips over petioleon, urging mothers to supply or craft undergarments for children. She suggests pongee silk slips, washable white satin, rayon knit alternatives, and net frocks with decorative detailing, plus affordable options like smocked ginghams and dotted Swiss for spring and summer wardrobes.
A silver fruit dish and a blue china sugar bowl narrate their odd lives on display in a home. The fruit dish recalls never holding fruit except during holidays and now rarely, while the sugar bowl laments being always empty despite a century of service.
Ethel comments on the baby's red face saying he looks awful red. Marie explains the redness is due to being new and shy since everyone is a stranger to him.
A poetic line imagines the sun tipping clouds with gold, casting light and warmth. The speaker questions the sun’s generosity and uses vivid weather imagery to evoke a serene, luminous moment of daytime.
A Burlington Iowa testimonial touts Tanlac from Mother Nature's storehouse as a cure for general weakness, nervous strain, stomach trouble, sleeplessness, rheumatism, and constipation. It urges readers to visit the druggist for Tanlac or Tanlac tablets.
An advertisement promotes a drugless healing method by Dr. Clayton in Los Angeles. It claims to treat headaches, stomach and intestinal issues, heart and liver disturbances, eczema, neuritis, sciatica, lumbago, and disorders affecting women. Readers are invited to request instruction with no obligation and to write to 21228 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles.
The quote notes mixed praise for a car’s climbing ability. It mentions a garage test and a skeptical remark that the car is not exceptional but can run up a garage, attributed to a Boston transcript.
Rach 13 cent pick directs women to tint lingerie silks ribbons skirts waist dresses and more with Diamond Dyes no other kind. Tell your druggist if the material is wool silk linen cotton or mixed to avoid color issues.
A brief quip from a Texas newspaper snippet raises curiosity about a woman described as working at a bottling works. The fragment hints at gossip value without providing further identifying details or context.
An advertisement touts a lady's refinement via Cuticara Soap and Cuticara Talcum powder for clear healthy skin. A quip about a man who rarely acts until anger blinds him notes frugal living and minimal home furnishings.
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