Pockets Adorn Frocks in Paris Decorative pockets dominate gowns
Paris fashion notes celebrate pockets as key decor in frocks from Francis collections. Various designs feature pockets embroidered in pastels, beads, or crystals, shaping silhouettes and color accents on afternoon and evening dresses. Sir Charles Wakefield has acquired the Sargent portrait of General Smuts for potential gift to South Africa.
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Ithnes
Francis
Hinck
Belre
Panges
Erimgon
Pragenta
Lille Jersey
Charles "Wakefield
General Smuts
Union of South Africa
Color It New With Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye
A short guide explains two home color methods for fabrics and fibers. Dip to tint offers quick shade changes using dye bath dips. Boil to dye covers more thorough saturation for even color, with cautions on fabric compatibility and heat safety.
Diamond Dyes Ad Claims Easy Coloring For All Fabrics
The 1 cent Hackage promotes simple directions for tinting and dyeing wool, silk, cotton, and mixed fabrics. It touts permanent colors for berle, ribbons, skirts, dresses, stockings, and curtains with Diamond Dyes and advises informing the chemist of fabric type.
Cincinnati Symphony to Be Featured in Winter Program
The Charleston Symphony society announced five winter concerts under conductor Fritz Reiner with out of town artists invited when possible. Tickets for the five concerts are $1, with sales at the museum or Miss Kuta Staunton, ticket chair, and feature a schedule from November 29 to March 21. Kilkenny honors Chevalier Matrick Hal, a Washington House of Representatives reader, for freedom awarded to the city corporation.
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Cincinnati Symphony
Wwe Tates
Ecember
Marah
J Muse
Ilss Kuta Staunton
Ucket Caimnilttee
Kilkenny
Dublin
Kilkenny Corporation
Ras
British Rail Accidents Report 1924 Fatalities and Injuries
Report shows 462 people killed and 28 44 injured in British rail accidents during 1924. Includes details on derailments crashes fires and other incidents. Official ministry port compiled figures for the year with breakdowns by accident type and station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretish
Telish Aminnistry
Prohibition Race Between Bombay and Madras Rages
Bombay and Madras provinces, together a quarter of British India, race to total prohibition. Bombay uses rationing of liquor to curb use, while Madras pursues outright prohibition through local bans. Both aim for swift results, with Bombay already cutting consumption from 2,800,100 to 2,500,000 gallons by 1924 and Madras pushing for broader bans district by district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Madras
British India
Anos Banibe
Bombay Council
Prohibition Efforts Spread Across Indian Provinces
Discussion of liquor rationing in Bombay and Madras provinces shows Bengal’s system cutting consumption by about 20 percent. Bombay officials favor gradual prohibition via rationing, while Madras adopts a different pace. A 1924 Taluka ban in Tenhant is cited as a model, with excise conferences considering broader adoption and extending partial rationing to other regions.
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Bombay
India
CN. Metba
Exette
Madran
Madras
Jegulativn Council
Tenhant
Jprovinte
Gotacamund
Sir Petro
Lydia £. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Providence
Mrs
Frank Derby
Clober St
Rutland
Vermont
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Joe
Abera
Bhat
Carriee
Tracy-Wells CO
Columbus
Ohio
Atere
Lay Foley
Torr
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