Colors and Styles Return in Embroidered Evening Dress
The article describes black and white ensembles with white satin blouses and black satin skirts, heavily embroidered with beads and jet accents. Velvet dresses with bright beads, contrasting sashes, and the revival of ombre via brush-dyed chiffon highlight the luxurious, sparkling revival in fashion with bold color blending and draped textures.
THINGS FOR THE WAISTLINE IN FASHION NOTES
A New York fashion columnist surveys waistline trends with belts sashes girdles and fringes dominating gowns. Rich silks fringe trims and colored leather belts appear on street dresses while Grecian girdles and knotted fringes add volume, as studios push trains and dramatic sashes in gowns.
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Orient
Occident
Ritz
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Ladies’ Apparel House
Color and style tips for fair blondes in women fashion
The excerpt discusses fair blondes with pale skin and blue eyes, noting how skin tone and hair color impact appearance. It suggests color choices like orange to enhance contrast, and mentions dress colors and the idea that a color expert can help bring out features.
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Aleo
Joining Lace Seam Is Nearly Invisible In Time
When joining lace align edges and buttonhole loosely. Stitch closely on the wrong side, then press to hide the seam so it becomes scarcely noticeable.
Pale blonde in violet tones described in color note
A pale blonde with a rose leaf skin tone is not at her best in violet. Delicate shades of lilac hellotrope and parma are suggested as more favorable, described with a yellowish tone to the skin.
Tassela Ornamentation Prompts Home Dressmaker Trends
Embroidery shifts toward bold simple designs that replace fine wreath motifs. Large circular motifs use coarse wools and mercerized cottons in darning stitch. Hem finishes include raw edges in stitch and three inch hem squares with decorative darning rows and tassels.
Ambiguous Clues in Wartime Riddles and Old Advertisements
A patchwork of notes including Roman Eye Balsam ads claiming 75 years of public confidence from Wrights Indian Vegetable Pil Co New York City and a courtroom quip about a sentry Kelly facing questions about post location. The basement vacancy joke about a Brooklyn job seeker completes the fragment.
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Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pil Co
Pearl St
New York City
First Highwayman on Record
A quip answers who first appeared as a highway robber with a pun on Atlas. The joke frames Atlas as the earliest robber by saying he held up the world.
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Atlas
Saw Soldiers of Five Wars and John Pemberton Oak
The John Pemberton oak in Bristol Virginia Tennessee is linked to soldiers from five conflicts. Col John Pemberton mustered troops there for Kings Mountain, with markers placed by Sycamore Shoals chapter. The tree witnessed the War of 1812 Mexican War Civil War World War I and II era mobilizations.
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Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
American Forestry Association
Washington
H. F. Lewis
King’s Mountain
Sycamore Shoals
American Forestry Magazine
Pak
Plain Talk Dirigible Dialogue Sparks Rural Banter
In a comic exchange a child asks what a dirigible is provoking a playful admonition from his father about handling questions and metaphorical “cyclorama of inflammation” in a rustic backcountry scene. The dialogue captures local humor and family banter.
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Wille
Bad memory shapes a year’s hidden skeleton
Hobbs asks Jephson for advice and is told to have them cleaned. The line hints that a bad memory haunts the year’s records, implying a hidden skeleton in the closet.
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Jephson
Hobbs
Pretty Nearly the Right Idea in the City Visit
A line from a Louisville Courier-Journal piece notes Anna visiting the big city and marveling at electric lights asking if they try to lengthen the day. The item mentions Dr Peerys Dead Shot with 73 years of approval and Wrights Indian Vegetable Pill Co. as its maker.
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Dr. Peery
Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pill Co
Pearl St
New York City
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