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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1948
Page
13
At a New York Toy Guidance Council exhibition the latest lines include bubble bath dolls like the inflated rubber dolly and Burping Baby with milk bottle. Other items feature near human Baby Con and Puppsies dogs with puppies and a Milky Moo cow toy.
A department store in New York advertised a personal alarm device for women that fits a pocket or purse. The device emits a shrill, penetrating siren when the trigger is pressed and continues until it drains, reportedly audible for blocks around.
A collection of quirky laws from Texas South Carolina and New York describe forced car seating and splitoons for rail cars, penalties for railway workers waving to female spectators, and mounted officials required to ride ahead of trains at New York crossings to warn traffic until 1937.
Glove fashions revive wrist and forearm styles with wide flaring cuffs and ornate embroidery. Passementerie in black on pastel skin gloves contrasts with velvet cuffs and pleated trimmings matching cuff linings in pastel and dark shades. Embroidered mitts in gold thread and jewels lead the fashion news.
In London a BBC telecast with Px Club dancers was halted moments before air as performers wore revealing costumes. The incident led to costly re fittings totaling about £500 funded by the British taxpayer. Paris Soir called the event a Paris show censored from the waist up.
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