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Newspaper

Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Nov 07, 1947

Page

13

Kentucky styles bus to meet dash signers fashion trends

Readers see a fashion feature on Kentucky styles and silhouettes from urban America. The piece highlights slim hip lines, wide belts, vivid plaids, and tailored slacks with tapered trousers plus a dhoti style pyjama top. It suggests pairing linen slacks with sweaters or blouses for day wear and white embroidered tops for evenings. Beachwear options include midriff cotton sweaters to match swimsuits.

America Tina Leser

Shoes and fashion trends favor closed toes and platforms

Fashion columns note open versus closed toe styles, with a shift to closed toes and longer skirts. Slender lines, mid calf evening dresses, and platform heels rise in popularity while color contrasts and decorative soles become key. Practical walking shoes remain essential for wet days and country outings.

Take Your Pick Seersucker Gown Options In Style Preview

Modelled by Sybil Jacobs the seersucker gown features large pastel bouquet patterns and shoulder straps that can be worn on or off the shoulder. An Australian model priced at 42 guineas offers a 42 guinea supercorey satin design with black and white medallion work and a slight train finishing the bustle back.

Sybil Jacobs

Invisible shoe with nylon thread cage by Ferragamo

A fragment describes an “invisible” shoe by Ferragamo, featuring nylon threads running around a cage and fine black suede cutaway under the heel. It references Italy and designer David Jones and continental shoemaking.

Italy David Jones Ferragamo

Cotton Fabrics Rise in High Fashion For Evening Wear

American designers show a comeback for cotton fabrics in both evening and day wear. Washable striped cottons with metallic threads join heavier cottons that drape well and provide warmth, helping cottons rival traditional evening fabrics for young women.

Adele Simpson

In Your Kitchen For Tastier Corn On The Cob

Nourishing advice on selecting fresh corn by husk fullness and juice. A stewed corn recipe follows with steps to cut corn, simmer in milk or water, season, and finish with parsley or a flour thickener. Final note mentions wallpaper hanging tips but unrelated to corn.

How to boil corn and make corn cakes with bacon

Fresh corn tips describe selecting young milky cobs and boiling 8 to 12 minutes with sugar, no salt. Also covers making corn cakes from cooked corn, self raising flour, egg, milk, butter, paprika and sugar, then frying on a greased griddle and serving with bacon or maple syrup. Also a note on removing linen stains with ripe tomato and washing.

Corn Relish Recipe With Spices And Vinegar

A corn relish combines fresh corn cabbage peppers celery onions cucumber and spices. The mixture is cooked with wine vinegar sugar celery seed mustard and turmeric then thickened with a flour blend and sealed in hot jars for storage.

Baked Corn Custard From Old Recipe

A reading of a vintage recipe that blends corn with eggs and milk. The method instructs whisking eggs with sugar salt and spices, folding in corn, adding hot milk, and baking in a buttered dish set in a water bath until firm and hot. Nutmeg is sprinkled on top before serving.

Corn Saute With Parsley And Cheese

A simple corn saute blends 2 cups cooked corn with onions and tomatoes, butter, and parsley. Simmer covered, add cheese and seasonings, reheat thoroughly, and serve hot with toast and grilled bacon.

Fifth Avenue Fashions Embrace New Lengths and Silhouettes

American designers on Fifth Avenue unveil a chic shift toward longer hemlines around 15 inches from the curb and 14 inches for petites, with shorter skirts fading. Flashy belts, padded waists, sling sleeves, lantern sleeves, and long torso pleats redefine day and evening wear for a modern, elegant look.

America Fifth Avenue

Man Shaves at Cafe Table After Powder Incident

Tom Simmons 35 shaves at the table after a girl powders her face at a cafe table in Memphis. He leaves, returns with razor and shaving cream, announces he will shave at the table in the future if makeup continues.

Memphis Tennessee Noowder Eer Tom Simmons Simmons

Hair care tips and small fixes from daily routines

This passage suggests ways to keep hair tidy under a snood or veil and to create scarf matching cotton gloves. It also offers a quick home remedy to loosen stuck items by applying vinegar and then turning sharply, implying practical, at hand household techniques.

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