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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
7
Fashion notes from The New York Times mark a trend toward elaborate summer gowns in light organdies and volles. Designs feature hand embroidery, medallions, and color play with blue, green, white, and yellow. Details include wide belts, flute necklines, and trimmed skirts with intricate handwork.
Interesting silk dresses draw society crowds at the emart place this summer. The feature piece blends coffee colored crepe de chine with black velvet ribbon appliques at the waist and neck. Wide hats with tan tops and black velvet fringes complement the gowns whose circular panels and godets create sweeping, flattering lines amid printed silks and chiffons.
An odd combination of fabrics shows little frocks highlighted with shining em bellias hed with applied figures to broadcloth. An especially attractive group developed in this fashion employed Russian embroidery motifs.
Amateur shooting on Straddle Ridge Arkansas is mocked as villagers recall six weeks of childish capers by local men. A Kansas City Star piece notes a novelty phonograph display in New York attracting crowds by sounds from beneath a sidewalk. Ad copy touts Red Cross Ball Blue for linen care from grocers.
A husband complains his wife spends on clothes and jokes it would be cheaper to move to a new neighborhood as the pair spar over expenses and status. The quip reflects domestic budgeting and social pressures in a humorous exchange.
Mrs Caraway efforts to teach generosity to her son Tommy yield a lesson when he shares candy with a poor neighbor boy. Tommy reports the boy thanked him by kissing him in the crowded school yard. The anecdote underscores childish morality and social conduct.
Mrs Wopping and I argued over how we would vote. Mrs Godspur asked how they decided. The result reminded us of the evie we argued with Mr Wopping against buying a motorcar. We bought the car.
Muriel Harris reflects in the North American Review on how Paris holds varied appeals for visitors from royal memories to modern luxury. The piece notes the city’s enduring symbols from Napoleon to Balzac and classic streets, contrasting past and present with cultural echoes across centuries. The late Mrs. George Gould’s views on divorce surface during a Lakewood dinner party, where a young divorcee praises her wedding ring and a quip about its age echoes fashion’s shifts.
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