Back Shoulders and Bustline Revived in Fashion
The column notes a return to bare shoulders and straight backs, urging women to discard the old corset for a straight look that lifts the bust and eliminates hollows. It promotes posture, neck length, and a positive bust developer, with walking and standing as the method. Virginia Vale contributes a domestic tale about a boy named Arthur and farm animals, ending with a lesson on gentleness and animal behavior. Advertisements list fresh fish and prices from W. D. Cookson and partners, with a closing note on vases and window boxes from John Heck & Son.
Elegant waist dress design from Practical Pome Dress Making
This home dressmaking feature presents a gray chiffon waist trimmed with embroidery and purple satin, adaptable for many occasions. It details fabric requirements, cutting guides, and construction steps for a tailored waist with a Japanese collar and peplum, plus sleeve and cuff assembly options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesson i
Duties of a Chaperone Cited by Mrs Brown Advisor
Mrs Brown asks a renowned socialite about chaperone duties. The friend says chaperones must arrive on time, be discreet and dignified, introduce themselves to all party members, and not depart until all girls are safely escorted home or with reliable supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Brown
Miss Libbey
Visiting Nurses Open Milk Station At 475 State Street
The Visiting Nurses Association opened their milk station at 475 State street today with Mrs Remsen in charge guiding milk distribution and mother care education. Future stations at Past and West End will open soon, led by Mrs H Hamilton and Mrs J A Marr who oversee all work. Donations of money or milk are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visiting Nurses’ Association
State Street
Remsen
West End
H. H. Hamilton
J.A. Marr
Laura Libby's Daily Talks On Heart Topics
A column by Laura Libby discusses courtship rituals and male flirtation in the street corners at dusk, warning young women about unsolicited advances and outlining proper introductions through mutual friends. It includes letters from readers on love, attention, and social etiquette with Miss Libby’s replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Jean Libby
Priscilla Delights Bridgeport Audiences in Opera Debut
About 150 Bridgeport residents attended the amateur production of Priscilla by the Operatic Society of Bridgeport last night. The two act show featured strong performances by Alois Havrilla as Myles Standish and Alvin Ross as John Alden with Mrs Ada Tuck Whitaker as Priscilla and a lively chorus. The Day Nursery benefit drew praise for the dancing, especially the Pilgrim children number, and the finale of the first act. The cast included many choristers and dancers, with frequent encores and high audience praise for the overall staging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Operatic Society of Bridgeport
Shiara
Plymouth
Avas
William” McNaughtor
Ada Tuck Whitaker
Vera Bertilson
Barbara
Annamae Hammett Robinson
Faith
Marie
Sweeney
Prudence
Edith Lundin
Standish
Miss Slocum
Edith Lyon
Harold Peck
Margaret Barr
Hertha Berger
Louise Sperger
Bessie Bradley
Dorothy Browne
Hether Browne
Gussie Brust
Addie Bliven
Marjorie Boyden
Hazeltine Clark
Anna M. Clark
Grace Curtis
Mabel S. Cleveland
Frank Pales
Eugene Farren
Harold Farren
Timothy Fallon
Max Gerschefsky
Gordon Hounslea
T. S. Huck
Everett Jersey
Daniel Loudon
William McClellan
Victor Noren
Harry R. Peck
Edw
W. Price
H. E. Seim
Berton Shook
Reymond G. Sipperley
Floyd
Squire
Dancing at the New Fairfield Pavilion Opens Season
Prof. C. J. Collins, famed dancing master, is to supervise the dancing at the new Fairfield pavilion at Fairfield Beach opening Saturday night. Special auto bus service will transport city patrons, with trolley reach and ample auto parking provided. The pavilion, described as commodious and well built along the Connecticut shore, aims to welcome the best class of guests with courteous treatment and careful management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Collins
Fairfield
Fairfield Beach
Penfield Avenue
Connecticut
Prof
Collins
Grandmother Goose's Bed Time Rhymes at Shore Dance Hall
A shore dance hall opens next Saturday with Bentley's orchestra. Entertainer Tarren STAR and others arrange the first class event for patrons. location on Carroll avenue near the home of the bride's parents. The groom worked at a upholstery firm while the bride was a clerk in the Sot See eter Dry Gee company.
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Carroll Avenue
Georges
Weddings deepen town ties with three ceremonies
Miss Evelyn Doyle and Douglas Gutchess wed at the Universalist parsonage with Alfred Gerrish as best man. Olive Buck Nichols and Homer Nichols unite in Stratford at 1 PM. Alice Kempf becomes Mrs Otto Goebel at 5 PM, with Rev William Jep son officiating and white crepe gowns, lilies of the valley, and a prayer book bouquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Emiline Buck
Homer Edmund Nichols
George G. Buck
Elm Street
Stratford
George M. Brown
First Methodist Church
Arthur B. Nichols
Boston
Mass
Killarney
Howard J. Sanborn
Ernest J Kingston
Lulu E. Farist
Helen D. Clinton
May E
Jessie K. Madden
Chester E. Nichols
Laura R. Nichols
Nichols
Henry Kempf
Carroll Avenue
Alice Kempf
Otto Goebel
William H. Jepson
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Miss Baith Humphrey Weds Wilbur Yates in Stratford
Yesterday afternoon at the home of her mother on Third Street, Miss Baith Humphrey married Wilbur Yates of Stratford. The couple planned to return to their Clifford Street home next week after a brief wedding trip to New York. Many friends extended best wishes.
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Yates
Baith Humphrey Wae
Fucanite
Third Street
Wilbur Yates
Joseph Yazes
Stratford
New York
Personal Mention and Military Patents from a Divergent Record
Migs Margu EB T Co left today for an extended stay with her Boat Mrs W Menaber of Chicago. Til A son was born yesterday mornin to Mr and Mrs W G Bunnell of 7 Seaview avenues Mr Bunnell holds a responsible position with the Lely Torpedo Boat Co. A chief gunner's mate in the prig because he did not count correctly the number of guns he fretty salute when Secretary of the Wary Daniels was a visitor at the Mares Academy in Annapolis. Starving and demented Andrew 4 Mills of Toronto was foul in a freight car in the Weert Torevic yards of the Cansi ien Pacific rail road. From his mutterings it wee learned he had been in the cartel days promotion was held for the event jury in default of bail. The French government announced the annexation of the Wellis Islands in the Southern Pacific. The islands have been a French protectorate since 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Migs Margu
EB. T. Co
W. G. Bunnell
Seaview Avenues
Bunnell
The
Lely _Torpedo Boat Co
Daniels
Mares Academy
Annapolis
Andrew 4. Mills
Toronto
Weert
Cansi@ien Pacific railroad
Gillette Barnum Nuptials Amid May Weddings
In Danbury May 30 Clarence Gillette wed Miss Myrtle Barnum. Shelton hosted Thornfelt and Tina Hein on May 28. Denbury saw John Peterson marry Eben Anderson’s sister May 27. Greenwich united August Bush and Margaret Teufel on March 24. Daeburr linked James Furcell to Mle Manta S Kanouse on June 1. Norfolk joined Joseph W Munson and Ida E Hotchkiss on June 2. New York wedding tied Louis Buxton Greenwich to Mabel Parks Port Chester on March 29. Norwalk saw Carl A Pabiteech wed May 1 aged 73 years.
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Gillette-Barnum
Danbury
Clarence Gillette
Myrtle Barnum
Thornfelt-Hein
Shelton
Volmar Thornfelt
Christina Hein
Peterson-Anderson
Denbury
John Peterson
Eben Anderson
Bush-Thufel
Greenwich
August Bush
Margaret Teufel
Purcell-Kanouse
Daeburr
James L. Furcell
Manta S. Kanouse
Munson-Hotchkiss
Norfolk
Joseph W. Muncon
Mim
Ida E. Hotchkiss
Buxton-Parke
New York
Louis Buxton
Mabel Parks
Port Chester
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Beauty Chats
Blanche Beacon
Tesh
Virginia Vale
Arthur
Gishang
Panother
Aten
Jagan
W. D. Cookson
Cook & Son
Water Street
John Heck & Son
Gary
Aercons
Pictorial Review
Asi
Association
W. Co. A
High School Bible Club
Broad Street
Elizabeth Williams
Strout
Ruth Willams
Esther Frandsen
Helen Hall
Swen Nordling
Mary Ludman
Emily Cunningham
Dorothy Short
John B. Beam
Tyrone
Selma Lagerlof
Swedish Academy
Bobby
Fman
Bertha
Florence J
Ethel
J.P. E
Fairfield Pavilion
C. J. Collins
David M. Cory
Tarren Star
Bentley
Jone
Gutchess-Doyle
Evelyn Dorothy Doyle
Maurice Doyle
Fairfield Avenue
Douglas Gutchess
F. A. Dillingham
Universalist Church
Cottage Street
Alfred Gerrish
Concord
N. H
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Mr. Gutchess
North Avenue
Henry Perry
Southport Savings Bank
Gutchess
Stephen Gutchess
Gutchess- Business College
University of Michigan
Port Huron High School
Locomobile Co
Goerbel-Kempf
Wellis Islands
Pacific
Bayes
Norwalk
Rem
Margaret
Ferititteer
Hayes
Pahlitzsob
Carl A. Pabiiteech
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