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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
The Smart Set highlights two piece and three piece millinery, matching hats with bags or capes in silk, velvet, and chenille. It notes green satin brocade sets, trimming details, and the boost given to accessories for elevating plain gowns. It also urges readers to knit woolen garments for the Red Cross in France, praising wartime female activity and social shifts.
London and Paris advance masculine fashion with separate waistcoats for women. Made from soft fabrics with striking patterns they are roomy and often holey. Side pockets hold a watch fob while plain shirtwaists, jabot or fichu and sheer sleeves appear beneath. Women frequently remove the suit coat.
A fragment discusses updating blouses that seem out of date and suggests sewing tips. It mentions shortening a waist for a long-waisted dress for a girl and using plain material for a boy’s skirt, reflecting simple alterations and family sewing ideas.
A fashion note previews fall buttons as a popular accessory. New spate coats feature soft gray and tan shades and olive drab, touted as the fashionable “soldier color” for the season.
A Washington stenographer, obsessed with astronomy, flashed a pocket light on a star map to view celestial charts. Police intervened, mistaking the Morse signals for potential enemy bombing instructions, leading to a tense confrontation before the man escaped.
A theatergoer and companion share umbrellas on a rainy night. The wash lady helps a rose georgette guest to safety, risking her own comfort. The next morning the umbrella is returned with flirtatious thanks, prompting a wry reflection on curbing rules that hinder helpful acts.
In a Georgia setting the speaker asserts abundant food in the state. He boasts a million watermelons and promotes Georgia as a potential host for starving nations. He compares crop wealth to California gold and mocks high prices while defending watermelon surplus.
In Washington you can find highly priced gardens on Dupont circle and along Connecticut and Massachusetts avenues where mansions and wealthy districts surround long patches of corn tomatoes beans and potatoes. Men tend plots daily as part of a back yard garden movement in the heart of the city.
An Efficiency Study notes Briggins does less work and spends time talking about efficiency. It contrasts self wasting habits with idle talk and cites Red Cross Blue promoting brighter clothing and white garments, alongside grocers.
Bernard attended a dinner party where some guests brought children. A little girl wanted to play with his toys. He refused, claiming she must be a lady while he remained a gentleman.
An advertisement urges retiring readers to apply Cuticura Ointment to the face then wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water for a quick skincare routine. It claims the treatment affects facial pores through the night and offers a free sample by mail with a book.
A humorous remark wonders how people spent leisure before motion pictures noting that once photoplay houses grew popular many knew less about neighbors private affairs. The exchange compares past and present gossip habits with a light tone.
A khaki clad boy laments army life and meager rations. He recalls sharing a cucumber with the camp cook who baked it, prompting his mother to joke she would have boiled it nicely. The exchange underscores wartime home front contrasts and family care.
A humorous exchange notes the couple’s breakup after realizing they could live on love only. The pair conceived marriage in a cottage but found they planned nothing beyond affection.
Jones complains his wife never remembers. Brown shares a recipe to help: write it on a slip of paper and gum it on the looking glass. The tale presents a humorous domestic tip.
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