Nifty Sport Sweater in Black and White Striped Silk
A sport sweater features black and white striped silk with a roll collar and patch pockets. A back belt uses two widths of the striped silk and self buttons fasten and trim the front and sleeves.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
9
A sport sweater features black and white striped silk with a roll collar and patch pockets. A back belt uses two widths of the striped silk and self buttons fasten and trim the front and sleeves.
Gasy and Practical Frame Dress Making presents a belted jacket suit in shepherds check with a V neck, white cloth with black braid, and high waist circular skirt. The article details cutting precision, material requirements, collar options, and tailoring notes, plus leather sports hats on Millinery Land.
The Rev. Robert Ernest Skene, vicar of Raveningham Norfolk, 44, urged fit men to enlist. A Boer War chaplain and former rector of Corozal Honduras, he will leave to drive a motor transport truck at the front.
All kinds of credit are offered for apparel and household necessities to help buyers appear prosperous. Caesar Misch, Inc. touts nearly 25 years of success with cheerful credit, no deposit, weekly payments, and friendly service. A new display of fashionable goods will be shown Saturday at attractive prices.
A local note praises Hubby’s Good Fairy clothing store for savings and praise from wives. A Saturday night sale offers 50 coats at 1.95, 50 dresses at 2.95, and 50 dresses at 3.95 taken from regular stock.
Laura Jean Libby’s 1913 column warns young women that flirtatious suitors tire quickly and drift among many friends. It urges patience, warns that fickle men seek novelty, and advises against expecting constancy from any man easily drawn to other women.
An undecided girl recalls meeting two young men over two years and dating them briefly without real interest. She wonders whether inviting both to call would have helped pass time, possibly shifting her feelings, while awaiting the right one to arrive.
A young clerk writes Miss Libbey seeking advice about a male friend who courted her while living with a relative. The adviser suggests he is fickle, warns against pinning hopes, and urges the writer to seek steadier suitors, noting there are many nice young men who will ask for her heart.
A nearly 23 year old woman writes to Miss Libbey seeking a suitable partner. She notes she has had many chances to date but has not met a young man she considered right. The letter expresses a wish for guidance in finding a compatible suitor.
A Detroit Free Press verse honors June weddings and a new bride, weaving mothers past and brides born of love. It echoes blessings for lasting affection as Bulgarian reservists in Switzerland are ordered to stay ready to join the colors. Funeral designs and Bouquess John Rece & Son appear in the closing line.
Sixteen year old Grand Duchess Marie daughter of the czar asks to accompany titled women to front line field hospitals. Her presence aids in the recovery of many wounded Russian soldiers.
A food column describes making corn chowder with potatoes onion salt pork and canned corn, layering ingredients in a kettle and finishing with milk flour crackers and gelatine desserts. It also covers candy coloring with fruit juices curried shrimp and whitefish prepared in a chafing dish with butter tomato and seasonings. The piece ends noting DOJ agents probe alleged recruitment in California for the allies.
Paris reports a wartime marriage surge with 2500 soldiers wed in two weeks after war began yet red tape blocks many unions. Procurator orders leniency, marriages at the front allowed, but thousands remain irregular. Dr Chervin cites 60000 Paris families in legal limbo while reform efforts push to remove obstacles and curb depopulation.
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