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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
7
Fashion in Paris wields global influence as designers shift cultures, economies, and arts. The article highlights two gowns: a pussy willow ta ffe ta ensemble in green with pink roses and matching pink accessories, and an ivory ta ffe ta gown with an ivory chiffon tunic and blue accents, showcased as American fashion imports.
The piece praises fichus and guimpes as versatile spring and summer upgrades for women. It highlights white net surplice fichus, medici style collars, black velvet straps, folded satin ribbon cravats, and net flouncing as easy to fit and inexpensive embellishments. It advises repurposing worn blouses with guimpes and net accents to extend wardrobe life.
The article describes innovative dainty watches by ARIS in varied forms. Pendant watches with sapphire gems hide the time behind art, while miniature, quarter sized and opalescent quartz bracelets, shoe and umbrella watches, a glove button watch, purse watch, and hatpin watch reveal time only with close inspection.
A collection of aphorisms on women and power from Anon Arsene Houssaye and Jean Jacques Weiss. The quotes compare constancy in hatred to love, deny long term female sovereignty, and note that a woman’s death occurs when life ends and when she stops pleasing others.
A description of a charming negligee with a long diaphanous mantle over a high waisted frock. The white voile garments feature coral and amethyst bead trimming along the mantle for a refined, intimate attire note.
A home kitchen collection includes veal stew with layered veal potatoes and salt pork, chili sauce from tomatoes peppers onions vinegar and sugar, chicken croquettes with lemon juice and batter, a butter sugar cream mixture for a cake, and a cornmeal graham rye loaf with molasses sour milk steamed in a buttered mold.
A vintage guide extols hooks placed outside bath rooms doors and in hallways as versatile organizers. It notes hanging mail, keys, telephones books and writing pads for quick access, and suggests hooks in kitchens bedrooms and stairways help suspend mop handles, utensils, robes, and frequent items to reduce clutter.
The article praises affordable flower holders such as fish bowls and pressed glass baskets with velvet ribbons. It also notes Japanese metal holders as delightful, and describes large ceramic or frog-style stands with multiple holes as particularly interesting for spring bulbs like narcissus and daffodils.
A noted writer discusses perfume psychology and the evocative power of scents. violets recall memories of romances, music unsettles the mind, aloes cures melancholy, frankincense lends mysticism. Easter lilies and orient spices form a refined fragrance blend used in face powder and talcum.
Describes a calla sheath as a white crepelisse collar wired to stand around the neck. Notes the back height is tall, the decolette at the front less favored, and a net gulmpe with a feliclar attached completing an open front blouse style.
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