Milady's Fashion Notes Point To Riviera Style
Fashion writer surveys Riviera influence on spring 1936 silhouettes. Kinetic plaited fullness forms slim straight lines. fabrics include flannel crepe de chine taffeta and kasha. Pastels return with vivid prints, jumper reappears, and delicate details replace fundamentals. Capes and hats influence, with Spain Italy England America shaping couture at Cannes Nice Monte Carlo.
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New York
Horald-Tribune
Riviera
Cannes
Nice
Monte Carlo
Europe
America
Kigney
Ardent
Lucien Polang
Nelong
Tostead
Nias
Bnt
Tiviera
Fa Pal Beach
Hiviera
Spain
Italy
Planes
England
Couture
Tradt
Avery Varis
Ainl
Amrk
Pastel tones lead spring woolens in fashion notes
Julia Bottomley surveys spring fashion trends from the Western Newspaper Union, highlighting pastel woolens, cheviot and novelty fabrics, soft brown and ivory blends, and lightweight wool ensembles for women and children. The piece notes pastel shades, novel patterns, and trims such as belts, with advice for buying dresses, coats, and suits for immediate wear.
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O Milady
Sam
Fassion
Wisdon
Miss Green Snake Teaches Kindness To Other Snakes
In a tale of Miss Green Snake, a young green serpent is praised by peers for gentleness and helpfulness. She reassures the group about snakes, promotes safe, calm behavior, and shares a message that snakes, like people, can do good deeds and support farmers and gardeners.
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Sam
Tian
Miss Gree
Grass Snake
Miss Snake
Tim
Green Snake
Miss Green Snake
Alynys
Moultan
Tha
Stnshare
Tong Beach
Ike
The Vogue of Green Gown Shines in Crepe Ensemble
A fashionable description presents a smart green crepe dress with a white piped jabot and frilled collar. The piece emphasizes texture and color, noting a tailored fit and refined styling for a graceful, period-appropriate look.
Maturing the Kindly Old Party In Quired
A fragmented dialogue depicts a kindly old party questioning a boy about his younger brother and age. Willie cannot answer, then jokes that the Witte boy will soon be old enough to ship, reflecting a dark wartime subtext in a truncated exchange.
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Willie
Sufficient and Enough Offer a Pieful Punchline
A teacher questions if sufficient and enough differ. The student answers with a joke that sufficiency hinges on his mother’s pie and his own appetite. The quip turns on a child’s playful interpretation of language and hunger.
How Much Betty Knew In First Week At School
Betty asks her mother if she knows as much as she does, reflecting on her rapid learning after a week at school. The line captures a child’s humorous grappling with new knowledge and a parent’s quiet encouragement.
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Betty
Tamma
Tact and manners in social life through old stories
Nellie Revell recounts tales from Brig. Gen Mullally and others illustrating tact in social life. The anecdotes feature a black orderly, Irvin Cobb, BE. I. Albee, and a vaudeville anecdote, with reflections on bustling Broadway life, changing fashions, and unchanging human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Thomvwell Mullally
Sam
States
Waldens
Tab
Unclear OCR Headline Prompts Caution From A Crowd
The fragment shows a garbled New York Sun headline about a girl and a suitor, with lines about men being rough and teasing girls. It references refusal and potential marriage consequences, but exact names, places, or dates are unreadable.
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New York Sun and Glebe
McNaught Syndicate
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Milady
Kasha
Cate Faye Pha
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Daddy
Nellie ‘Revell
Irvin Cobb
Tom Ryan
BE. I. Albee
B. P. Keith
Eine In
Mr. Cobh
Paducal
Mr. Albee
Ford
Lew Thimpsnice
Broadway
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