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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
6
A fashion column surveys spring sweater trends highlighting silk and wool knitwear for young women. Silk slipons and Tuxedo styles in new browns and greens are pictured alongside Navajo striped designs, plaid accents, and coordinated linen outfits for summer leisure and hotel mornings.
An article notes Endelion as the color trend in sport wear and jewelry, highlighting a bright yellow stone. Jade and aquamarine follow in popularity. Parisian women wear many bracelets while American style favors two bracelets with sport blouses, and large unobtrusive drop earrings in coral or jade.
The piece reflects on household linens as a bride's dowry and social signal, contrasting past and present views. It notes mothers selecting linens, the lasting value of linen sets, and the shift from domestic craft to modern concerns like cars after marriage.
A fashion note describes good luck mice, ivory and lifelike, worn on silk stockings. Women display one to three mice positioned along the leg, the single mouse offering the most lifelike effect.
A girl at dances features a new style pairing bandeau worn low on the forehead with satin slippers. Both bandeau and slipper are decorated with hand painted ornamentation. Sets come in black satin dandelion yellow and violet with painted centers on the forehead bandeau and toe of the slipper strap.
The article surveys breakfast cloths napkins and tea towels in white linen with colored appliques blue teapots blue cups and fruit motifs. It notes Spanish linens delicate luncheon sets Italian lace Empire style pieces and French influenced table details including a mahogany table with silver accents and a fruit bowl.
The article urges weekly cleaning of iceboxes with tepid water and ammonia, then rinsing with baking soda. It describes removing contents, washing walls and shelves, and flushing the drain pipe with boiling water and soda, using a long-handled pipe brush for thorough cleanliness.
A guest room is described with cool white and green decor for summer. The plan features green gray flooring with padding and a gray green rag rug, white enamel furniture, white dotted swiss drapery, pale green linen on tables, and dotted swiss valances and cushions.
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