11 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
1
A fashion sketch describes a spring street frock in serge or gabardine with white satin cuff trim and a matching turn over collar. The straight line design features a two yard hemmed skirt with a circular overskirt and six two inch panels, three and a half yards of material for 54 inch width.
Fashion notes from hotels highlight pokes with crush crowns in blue crepe and rose appliques alongside turbans with short back and extended front trims. Sections of corded strips create striking domed effects, while overall use of lisere remains limited.
A New York fashion writer weighs whether the short jacket will stay atop fashion. The article notes the buttonless jacket admired by the French, its surplice front, long crossing ends, and knotted back. It describes a waist length version inspired by winter sweaters and mentions Eton, botero, bell boy, and Dagobert coats as current high fashion requiring direct purchase.
Polka dot styling returns this season with Batch Price’s afternoon gown featuring black and white polka dotted pussy willow taffeta embellishment over a draped black georgette crepe dress. Demand indicators suggest strong interest in this playful look.
Fine white garments that have yellowed can be bleached by washing them as usual then plunging into thin boiling hot starch slightly blued. Leave in starch until cold, wring out, and hang to dry in bright sunlight.
Milan is a favorite with French designers and is linked to flowers or feathers. The passage notes chrysanthemum and rough braid as part of the imaginative material scene as fashion shifts evolve.
A woman sought guidance to clean jet necklace and pendant. A friend advised applying olive oil very gently with chamois skin and polishing afterward, and the method proved effective.
Instructions explain preparing curtain frames for quilting. Lay goods over batting, top with second fabric, pin with first piece, tie the comfort, roll onto end pieces, and lift the tied section as on a standard quilting frame.
The Stratford, England revival led by Marie Corelli over three and a half years restored Tudor facades and revealed Shakespearean era charm. The Sword of State remained unsheathed since August 1914 as war loomed, while American tributes earlier in World War I drew cheers, including banners from Marie Corelli and John Harvard's mother.
The piece argues that military service erases class distinctions as recruits, regardless of family wealth, enter training and noncommissioned life together. It cites impressions from Detroit Free Press on how war reveals virtue over heredity and dissolves snobbery, noting English observers and the United States army’s leveling effect.
Maynard Owen Williams recalls an offhand remark by an opthurst at a Tiflis gathering. The discussion with Kropotkin and Reclus in London framed anarchism as opposed to coercive government, yet acknowledged a government all must bow to for the sake of their wives.
Observers note that blackbirds convene in dense woods to discuss matters, favoring thick forests for gatherings. They report sentry roles among leaders, with scouts allegedly patrolling for danger and food supplies to sustain the gatherings, while avoiding powder smoke.
An editorial urges forest conservation noting birds in the United States eat millions of insects that harm tree growth. It argues large funds for forest conservation largely go toward insect control rather than habitat protection.
The note from the Atlanta Constitution quotes Brer Williams speaking in the dialect of a bygone world. He jokes that if the world ran his way it would collide with the moon and burn in the sun, a whimsical relic of memory.
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