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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
7
A fashion guide urges thrifty home sewing to lower wardrobe costs while keeping chic outlines. It discusses evaluating budgets, choosing selective pieces, and adding trims from organdie, ribbons, and patches. It highlights gingham, organdie, and cottons with accessible sewing tips and Parisian influence on trims.
The piece suggests bright inside colors for sewing tables and baskets as a decorative touch. Emerald green or rose tones can brighten the space, provided the color is planned wisely and not too startling.
Allover lace gowns remain in fashion with white and black options and bold shade varieties. A designer tailors a youthful look by adding numerous small chiffon ruffles in contrasting colors, four encircling the skirt.
Angeline Snow arrives at a summer inn where guests plot book sales and flirtation. John Travers and Barrie West vie to guide Angeline, who bears a hidden past linked to wealth. Her confession reveals a false identity and a planned life beyond the farm.
Mrs Jones scolds Willie to beat the carpets and complains he won’t do it, as he stays upstairs reading. Her husband vows to take action, asking what he is reading. Mrs Jones replies he is not reading about Jesse James but a book titled How to Be Strong.
An advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads, washing with Cuticura Soap in five minutes, and daily use to maintain clear skin, recommending Cuticura Talcum as well.
A Washington Post quip notes a young official in a government unit who performs well under a nominal boss regarded as a figurehead. A Washingtonian mentions a certain boss by name, only to learn the boss is the same as a deceased man in the shop, causing astonishment and humor about office politics.
In a light domestic moment a car stops when Mrs. Junebride complains her husband has not kissed her in the last mile. The couple shares a brief humorous exchange as the urgent halt interrupts their drive.
Mrs Norman Whitehouse ex suffragist now in leather trades stirred chatter at a New York tea with a quip about women succeeding in business. A gypsy tent teller swayed a fortune telling scene inflaming remarks on generosity and commerce ending with a raffle pitch and a toast to shared happiness.
Dinah, a South Carolina cook, observes Chicago waste and money culture. When the Joneses’ son faces a $40 dentist bill, Dinah exclaims that forty dollars could buy a whole new set of teeth, highlighting her thrifty mindset versus urban extravagance.
A customer praises a firm's unchanging ad image for corduroy pants in Home Magazine, noting four months of exposure and expressing readiness to order if still available. The remark, cited by Forbes Magazine, highlights how polished language can mask blunt truth about advertising consistency and product availability.
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