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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
3
The article surveys spring suit styles from severely tailored to decorative varieties. It highlights conservative cuts, ornamented vests with velvet bands, and unique sleeve treatments, noting two five model suit combinations with lapped shirts, wide walks for comfort, and silk accents along collars and belts.
A vivid feature on seasonal hats highlights summer fashion from June to August. White brocaded silk crowns, taffeta brims, and fringed sashes define all white or pale looks for graduations, weddings, and sports. Other designs include blue satin braid hats with grasses and roses, green taffeta silks with white braids, and a black street hat with piping braid and velvet leaves, all captured as stylish icons of the heart of summer.
To launder georgette waists without shrinking soak in lukewarm water with soap chips for about 30 minutes, rinse in tepid waters, squeeze out water without wringing, and iron while wet using a hot iron. Wet georgette can be stretched gently during pressing and discarded, shrunken waists may be reclaimed and restored to size.
The piece notes rising popularity of long gloves and two color washable cape gloves. It suggests many women will wear long white gloves despite high prices, while fashion seekers look for the novelty of two color designs.
Wood fiber hats resembling shavings are worn for sport this season. Trims are shaved wood applied as curling quills. Hats come in rose, blue, orange and many colors, inspired by Paris sportswear trends.
The article lists color combinations for skins with embroidered backs. Pairs include pearl with putty, black with white, gray with sand, and Newport with brown.
White collars and cuffs are back in style this spring as fashion shifts to neck and sleeve touches on model gowns. Women welcome the revival after a period of decline and designers showcase white accents in new collections.
United States Department of Agriculture advises footwear care to stretch value. Alternate days wear two pairs, thorough airing on shoe trees, and proper cleaning preserve shape, reduce wear, and prevent moisture damage.
The article extols milk as the natural best food for children, urging a quart daily if possible and a pint as a minimum. It explains milk provides body-building protein lime and other salts for bones and teeth, energy for growth, and important vitamins especially butter fat.
An instructions fragment explains adding two tablespoons of boiling water to butter and sugar to secure a fine-grained cake with less labor and no interference with the usual recipe. The source text reads as a practical tip rather than a full recipe.
Instructs to drain boiled vegetables immediately once tender to prevent sogginess. Suggests saving the drained water for soup stock.
The column offers practical household tips covering substitutes and preservation. Vinegar as brandy substitute in sauces, suet kept with flour, thorough baking for bread, rinsing pans, cheese cloth rinsing for delicate onion flavor, reviving rusty black lace with cold tea, velvet brush from ribbed stocking, makeshift water wagon with casters, and removing black grease with lard before washing.
In a witty dialogue Mabel explains her true meaning to Marie noting she apologized for being out when Mr Boreleigh called but implies she would be in when he calls. The exchange hinges on miscommunication and social irony.
The notice urges mothers to examine every Castoria bottle and ensure it bears the official Ka signature, promoting the remedy as used for over 39 years and recommended for children. It references Fletcher's Castoria and its trusted status for infants.
To insure glistening white table linens use Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry. It never disappoints. At all good grocers, 5c.
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five young residents invested one thousand dollars in United States thrift stamps this year. Boys and girls worked in dishwashing sweeping dusting store clerking baby-minding and errands to earn savings. Some took on weed cutting coal carrying sifting ashes selling papers raising chickens and cleaning pavements. Time is turned into money and idle street hours may fade as savings grow.
A Baltimore Sun letter asserts that aside from rare isolated cargoes, no colonial house claims of English brick supply hold. George Alfred Townsend argued the point, noting that English bricks did not commonly appear in colonial construction.
Mrs Helen Hunt widow of Lee Bankroad Birmingham says she kept £3080 under a kennel cash-box rather than in a bank. She explained to examiners that a faithful dog protected the money and that she believed a bank was not safer.
Advertises Allen's Foot Ease powder to shake into shoes and foot bath to relieve tightness and improve fit. Claims women can wear one size smaller by using the product each morning. Sold everywhere. Ad.
A satirical sketch centers on a fashion-obsessed wife and her protesting husband. She flaunts latest styles while he resists, until he offhandedly demands a hairline change and she replies with a sly bargain offering diamond earrings.
A tired Mr. Stone climbs to bed at 11:30 PM only to be awakened by a phone call. After a second call from a salesman trying to sell a new car the guest asks if he inconvenienced him. Mr. Stone replies with quiet humor that he hoped someone would call.
The article explains how percentage increases relate to price changes. Doubling a price means a 100 percent increase. Many people misstate this as a 50 percent rise.
Commentary on universal empathy linking political and mystical bodies to shared pain. The quote underscores that any member's hardship resonates through the entire collective. No specific news event or individuals are cited.
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