The Dim Lantern and Aid for a Distressed Stranger
A man named Temple Bailey while en route to Washington offers help to a tall lovely girl in distress. The scene unfolds with concern and quiet civility as he assists her in a moment of need.
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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1939
Page
3
A man named Temple Bailey while en route to Washington offers help to a tall lovely girl in distress. The scene unfolds with concern and quiet civility as he assists her in a moment of need.
Baldy and Jane host Frederick Towne as Edith Towne's note and a gold ring surface from a suede bag. The bag contents trigger questions about Edith's disappearance and Delafield Simms yacht sighting. Towne assesses Edith's flight and a potential plan to reveal all without risking harm.
Fashion columnist Cherie Nicholas outlines suede as a pivotal element for college and college-aspiring wardrobes. She highlights suede coats dresses and accessories from Paris trends to Hollywood screen style, featuring outfits worn by Jean Parker and Joan Perry and noting suede’s autumnal color range and versatility for day and evening wear.
Two animal acts showcase training methods for lions and seals in the circus world. Charles Gay of El Monte California explains a six month process to teach a lion to walk narrow planks and finally high tightropes using staged progressions and safety mats. The trainer notes gradual height and lengthening of supports before the act reaches 20 to 30 foot ropes.
Readers tour reveals Eliastone near Haysthorpe and the cottage linked to George Eliot's childhood. The Staffordshire landscape inspires the Loamshire locale in her novels as visitors explore the novelist's early life sites.
The article notes the enduring prestige of silver fox trim for cloth coats and as a separate fur piece. It highlights lavish use across coat collections and a new sailors collar treatment trending in fall shows.
Town fashion brief notes the revival of turbans and apron dresses for fuller figures, pink pet accessories, and period style focus from Paris openings. It highlights lapel ornaments matching sports hats and between-season rayon jersey frocks in mauve-tinged gray.
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