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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
8
The trimly tailored suit, favored by Dame Fashion for the Easter season, includes the Paletot Sac straight coat, redingote, short vest jacket, belted sports coat, and box coat. Rich materials span Poiret twill, serge, wool jersey, gabardines, and tweeds in blues, browns, grays, clay, and heather mixtures, with prices from 29.50 to 125 dollars.
The new top coats are charming and suit all tastes with sports models Polo coats and dressier styles. Featured fabrics include polo and camel hair cloth in natural tan navy and gray. Designs range raglan or set-in sleeves with flare plaited backs straight lines or waist drawn with narrow belts. Prices run from 29.50 to 95 dollars.
Advertises Georgette blouses in varied colors and styles. Describes buff blouse with navy chenille embroidery and beads as an over-blouse collarless with short sleeves priced at 25 dollars. Canary Georgette over blouse features short sleeves and heavy beading at 19.50 dollars. Mentioned are cheaper blouses in stock.
Fraternal groups in Norwalk plan a March 27 council opening with 50 members and degree ceremonies by Harmony council. National officers and Raymond W. Harris Post will be involved. The Ladies auxiliary of the post meets March 25 at Lyric Building, with 152 members. Magna Charta Lodge and Orange Lodge report activities and a large crowd attends. Initiation planned for 13 candidates at Magna Charta hall with Count J. B. Gardiner presiding.
A new spring shoe appears in glossy patent leather with Cuban heel wing tip and perforated designs. A tiny leather bow finishes the front and the price is 16.60 dollars. The same style is sold in dull leather without perforations and Louis heel for 16.60 dollars.
Buckles and gloves dominate the shoe department with cut steel bronze and jet buckles priced from 2.50 to 25. Easter gloves come in many shades to match suits including Palm Beach cape gloves with embroidered backs at 3.75, white cape gloves at 2, chamois gauntlet gloves at 3.75. Hosiery from McCallum in black silk clocks at 5.25. Gordon brand with reinforced foot offered at 3.50 and 3.75. Other good grades cheaper in stock.
The ad notes new corset models in American Lady and Madame Lyra lines with several styles guaranteed to fit. Athletic corsets suit slender figures with closed back and elastic tops priced $2 to $6. Bandeaux and bras in white and pink, some serving as bust confiners or camisoles, priced from 50 cents upward.
Stratford on the eve of a key Republican credentials hearing with Morehouse Lovell delegates asserting control from the prior caucus and a contesting Republican club slate poised to testify. Local figures Edward Birge and Harold Lavell defend their factions as the town awaits the credentials committee decision amid other obituaries and community notices.
London dispatch reports Rev. John Henry Jowett formerly of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York preached at Durham Cathedral to a large crowd amid opposition from Episcopal leaders. Bishop Welldon urged unity among churches as interdenominational ties rise.
A medical note praises Vicks VapoRub for whooping cough convalescence, claiming it reduces coughing violence and improves breathing through topical stimulation and inhaled vapors. It advises heavy chest rubbing, warm cloths, and a pea for persistent coughing, with free samples offered by Vick Chemical Company in Greensboro North Carolina.
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