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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
4
The item features a gray jersey tailleur with a skirt showing a plaited front panel and a jacket with a circular peplum. It notes yardage for medium and 36 inch silk fabrics and attacks a wartime digression about Huns. The column also lists local social and community notices including sewing circles, meetings, visits, and upcoming events.
The narrator lists tasks and distractions from planning, accounts, and reading. Amid calls and social invites, Louise prompts lunch and shopping. To calm nerves, the narrator buys a new hat with lemon-yellow trim meant to pair with white dresses.
Ellen Lane Spencer argues that Sunday work is essential for war effort and that night and weekend hours are acceptable now. She cautions that in peacetime seven days of work without compensation or a substitute day would be selfish on the part of employers.
Local society items list events and visits including Mrs. Warriner hosting a benefit afternoon, a Bridgeport Art League board meeting, officers on leave and furloughs, a successful bridge and knitting party for Ann Hatheway Cottage fund, an informal Smith College Club lecture, and a Maplewood PTA meeting with speaker Mrs. B. L. Mott. Other notes cover tea plans at Mrs. Woodhull, guests at various homes, military duties, and upcoming Needlework Guild meeting led by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, with numerous confirmations of attendees and host homes in Bridgeport.
Madge and Dicky move into a rented summer house with its harshly critical mother in law. Madge persuades him to stay despite her doubts about the place, while the mother-in-law derides interiors, lamps, wallpaper, and wallpaper while the couple finds a brief, fragile happiness in the cluttered but charming living room and dining room. Grace Draper lingers in the back of Madge's mind as they face a summer of adjustments.
An advertisement promoting services to supply eyeglasses and fulfill oculists prescriptions, highlighting the value of sight and the educational benefits of reading, urging readers to seek corrective lenses through the seller’s offerings.
The House of Read prepares for spring with progress across departments. Books move to a new corner while Women's Underwear moves to the main floor. Spring merchandise features English and French millinery, silks, dress goods, and laces as nations keep factories moving to sustain employment and commerce.
A craftsman shapes steel into an artistic bedstead. Posts measure two inches square with top rails of one and one half inches. Floral accents crown the post tops while two cane papers frame a lilac medallion at head and foot. Strongly built and ivory colored, the piece blends utility with design.
Advertising copy lists ivory finished models from 13.50 to 25.00 with prices for white enamel steel beds 8.50 to 14.04 and bungalow steel beds 10.00 to 16.54. Brass beds with two inch posts and heavy filler showcased alongside various patterns for selection.
A fine selection in brown indefinite shades that go with hard wood. The patterns are inconspicuous and bear every mark of durability and service. Small geometric designs and mixed patterns priced at $1.75. Fourth floor notice.
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