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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
6
A Western Newspaper Union excerpt details college girl wardrobes shaping autumn and winter trends. It notes white fabrics, Chinese-inspired coats with asymmetric closures, round turbans, slim belts, and roguish vibrant crepe frocks. Plaids, moss shirting, sheath skirts, massive bracelets, and soft felt hats top the list.
Describing autumn fashion, a renowned Parisian style icon favors black for all day parts. She details a typical Paris wardrobe including a lightweight black wool coat, a sheer black frock, a yellow and black crepe dress, a black satin jacket suit, and a simple back crepe frock with pale accessory accents.
Paris designer Moly neux unveils pack flare coats in satin or chiffon for evening wear or swagger sports outfits. Coats feature shoulder fullness, a length just under three quarters, straight sleeves to the wrist, and rare fastenings aside from a throat bow or button. The coat opens to reveal the underlying dress and pairs with matching gloves hat and shoes.
A description of plaid taffeta fabric used to create girdles for striking evening frocks this season. A white organdic dance frock features rifles running from hem to knees, trimmed with a wide belt and long sash of blue red and white taffeta ribbon.
The stage fashion rater notes a return to the Ru whrdian age with long silken skirts that sweep the floor and trail behind Ines. A black taffeta dinner gown exemplifies the new movement and formal winter fashions.
Cardigan sweaters jackets and sports shirts with zip fastenings may replace front buttons. A slide fastener has been perfected that opens and separates at the bottom. This new method is touted as a more expensive option than traditional apron buttons on a fall cardigan.
A New York lawyer recalls a talk between a bank president and his son about starting a business. The father urges lifelong honesty, while suggesting the son study corporation law to learn how one can be both honest and commercially successful. Also notes a high school choir practice with a brisk, humorous remark about breath and singing.
A daughter asks her father why he objects to her fiancé claiming he is a kind and devoted hust band. The father retorts that with a little business sense he will become a poor son in law.
A reporter contemplates changing his manuscript after leaving the editor’s room. The editor retrieves the draft from a trash basket and notes time constraints. A separate remark about a wrist watch highlights a humorous view on time and taste in gifts.
A brief, humorous dialogue centers on a fellow who nodded off in a bathtub with running water. The joke plays on a mistaken risk of flooding, then delivers a punchline about his open mouth and luck, keeping the tone light and casual.
The text references a fourth wedding invitation from She Mabel and commentary on presents. It includes a social joke about not needing to give a gift for each divorce and implies a patterned sequence of weddings and divorces.
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