Fashion Notes on Slit Skirts and Tin Hats in War Time
A column discusses the return of the slit skirt in London, fashioning with minimal wool, and notes sugar shortages in France and England. It also describes tin helmets with straw brims as wartime headgear and offers craft ideas for stamped scarves and gingham patterns with color outlines and stitched details.
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London
New York
France
England
Indies
Christopher Columbus
Blue and White Spring Costume with Bands and Embroidery
A vivid description of a spring costume in blue and white featuring bands, frills, and embroidery. The design emphasizes attractive styling and clever combination of decorative elements.
Gingham Plaids Adopted In Everyday Needlework
Gingham plaids are used widely in home crafts from scarfs to runners as the neat regular checks lend practical symmetry to stitching and edging. The trend highlights the appeal of simple cloth patterns in domestic projects.
Fashion Notes Brightens Wardrobes With Lace and Color
The report highlights lace usage in outfits with two color coats, linen country frocks, fringe edged parasols, ribbon sashes, and shawl collar coats. Black lace over white dominates, baby ribbon knits emerge, satin suits spring frocks, blue serge shows red embroidery, color revival evident, and cinnamon brown decorates hats.
Reworking Old Comforters into New Bedding
From two worn comforters craft a thicker single piece by salvaging the good parts and discarding the worn areas. The top and lining can be combined, sometimes making a child's or baby's comforter. With a thimble needlebook and thread, do not discard usable fabric.
Sleeveless Coat with Detachable Cape Gains Popularity
Reports from New York manufacturers indicate the sleeveless coat paired with a long semimilitary cape is a late spring style development meeting general approval nationwide. The detachable cape is noted as a highly desirable feature, with outfits also shown with separate skirts and popular across many regions.
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New York
A Vogue for White Trends in White Fabrics and Frocks
Quantities of delightful models in white materials are described, including white wool, silk, linen, and cotton in oyster white and ivory white. The piece highlights frocks and three piece costumes in oyster white crepe, and notes deep ivory whites paired with old blue and Chinese blue for stylish effects.
The All-Georgette Frock
An authority says the all georgette frock in a good color is a smart investment for women. The material wears splendidly and keeps a summer gown cool and delightful while remaining dressy and stylish.
Two Tone Pink Neckwear Bespoke by Dry Goods Economist
The Dry Goods Economist notes new neckwear colors blend two pink tones with the underside deep pink satin and the top flesh shade. When rolled the collar reveals both shades, finished with a narrow white Trish crochet edging on colored linen and pique collars.
Relief or No Pay in Rheumatic Pain Cure
The piece argues three vital life processes must function to avoid sickness digestion nourishment and elimination. Poor digestion and elimination cause weakness anemia and toxin buildup. Rheumatism is linked to elimination problems and cannot be cured unless the underlying waste elimination issue is addressed.
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Nature
Locust Eggs Used as Fertilizers in Mediterranean Lands
Locust eggs treated with sulphuric acid and lime are employed as fertilizers in Mediterranean countries during insect swarms.
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Mediterranean
Why Women Dread Old Age Ad
A vintage advertisement urges women not to fear aging and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules for urinary and kidney health. It claims the product cleanses wastes, boosts vigor, and preserves youth, noting only the original GOLD MEDAL imported capsules are reliable and available at first-class druggists.
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Haarlem
Adv
Man's Good Intentions Often Fail to Increase Income
A reflective aphorism notes that moral aims or helpful plans rarely boost earnings, suggesting practical outcomes depend on action and opportunity rather than good intentions alone.
Eatonic remedy promises quick stomach relief
Advertisement touts EATONIC tablets from H L Kramer as a cure for indigestion sour stomach heartburn and bloating. It claims the tablets neutralize acids aid digestion and stimulate appetite with a dose after meals and warns to watch for imitations. Printed by Eatonic Remedy Co Chicago IL.
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H. L. Kramer
Kramer
Eatonic
Eatonic Remedy Co
Chicago
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