Paris Turns to Tailored Suit and Fashion Blouses
Fashion notes from Paris highlight the return of the tailored suit as the costliest but chic ensemble, with blouses reemerging in simple lines and frilled collars. Lanvin remains influential with hipskimming fabrics and wide skirts giving way to tailored looks, while designers like Redfern and Worth maintain dignified elegance through structured suits and refined dressmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jeanne Lanvin
Parisiennes
Lanvin
Wenen
Paris Fui
Lativia
Che
Actres
June Revoyard
Seve
Tellere-Negre
Marie Louise
Renvaard
Lonvin
Fashion Notes Fall Trends Cuffs Turbans and Wide Laces
Fashion notes highlight fall favorites including deep enff and high choker collars, dark blues greens and browns, and turbans for street wear. Duvetyn satin and maline dominate evening looks while pale organza skirts and embroidered wool accents appear. Laces such as filet Irish crochet and wide silk lace rise in blouses and tops.
Roulade, Bananas and Hearty Meals From Kitchen Notes
Historic kitchen notes offer recipes for Roulade de Boeuf and Camelon a la Royale, plus methods to revive leftovers like mutton and beef. Also includes frozen desserts, Vegetable care via steaming, Irish Stew, Eggs a la Bechamel, Chicken a la Reine, and a bright selection of sauces and savory sides.
French Guiana Penal Colony and Curious School Essays
French Guiana, a penal settlement for France, rises from coast to hills where fevers like yellow fever decimate convicts. Dreyfus’s exile is linked to the isle near the coast. Juvene Wladorn notes school essays with odd lines about sugar from linen rags and butter from eyes, while Gomselin hoarding house chickens sparks ridicule.
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French Guiana
France
Alfred Dreyfus
Juvenne Wladorn
Thoughtful minds and independent thinking urged in quotes
A collage of aphorisms and quips on independent thought, fear of conformity, and the value of vitality. It cites Herbert N. Casson and Orison Swett Marden with brief humorous exchanges about cake and doughnuts, reflecting light editorial snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orison Swett Marden
Chicago Daily News
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Promises Clear Complexion
A vintage ad extols Cuticura Soap for the complexion, promising a clear skin with regular use. It adds Cuticura Ointment for scalp and hands, and Cuticura Talcum for fragrance, presenting the trio as the ideal beauty routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
P. D. Q Pest Killer Claims Strong Results
An ad for P. D. Q Pesky Devil's Quietus promotes a quart of the strongest killer on earth. The product coats eggs to prevent hatching and is said to outdo old-fashioned bug killers. It claims safety for clothing and dogs and lists Chemical Works Terre Haute Indiana as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killa
Chemical Works
Terre Haute
Indiana
Old World Wit and Oddities From London to Minnesota
Quoted snippets describe a London inn talk on happiness through country life and a comical exchange about love. A Swede in Minnesota admires America and jokes arise over money orders and a derelict remark, illustrating lighthearted transatlantic humor and nautical asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minnesota
America
Niels
Clock Awakens Man and Other Short Tales
A Birmingham Age-Herald selection compiles quirky vignettes: a sleeping man jolted by a waking alarm clock, a benevolent streetwise man offers help, a blunt courtship exchange, a medal boast, and a brother awaiting news from New York as a telegram is deemed unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Twobble
Tonce
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Cecil Bam
New York City
Vierdraggia
J. Puller
Redfern
Worth
Une
Datnett
Emat
Vutec
Elizabeth Prentiss
Gomselin
Were
Mae Wet
Herbert N. Casson
Bayer
Mammon
Wright
Indian Vegetable Pill Co
Tack
Ward A
Bostom Transcript
Sam
Fletcher
Russia
F. J. Chenny & Co
Toledo
Ohio
John Spinks
Evelina
Spook
Mabel
Eugene
New York
Yale
Postum Cereal
Battle Creek
Mich
EF. Curtis
Crpana
Chile
Doan
Hist Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Ys
E. L. Gridin
Franklin
N. H
Eatonic
Advapor
Catarsis
Piassactte
Benton Harter
Wick
Amehere
Amer. Bus. Exchange
Benton Harbor
Blual
Pat Ori
Fregeles
W.N.U
Fort Wayne
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