Frocked Attire and Accessories Highlight Social Styles
The Philadelphia Ledger describes elegant garments and accessories. A dark green velvet and black braid dress with embroidered velvet bands, lace and fine appliques is paired with a draped velvet girdle. hair adornments include painted chiffon butterflies and jeweled leaves. A January moleskin jacket with royal copper buttons and a satin blouse features lace edging and pink rosebud clusters. A plaited chiffon toque with sable bands and a white lace crown completes Mrs. Collins' showcased ensemble.
Fashions In Millinery With Lace and Chiffon Trends
Lace thins and chiffon mingle in hats with chenille trim and astrakhan accents. Beavers in petit gris and toques feature flowers and sable fur stoles with ermine linings and granite muffs. Persian kaftan shapes revive amid armament of stones, black hats pair with cords and gold tips, and bright emerald green aigrettes top black beaver and felt.
Fashion Notes From Parla Show Turbans and Tivets
A report on current hat and gown trends notes fluffy neckwear fading, six materials in trims, and simple styles. Nasturtium and burnt orange dominate, with tea gowns blending princess and empire lines and light coats. embroidery and long vertical silhouettes shape modern form with bright blues and golds in evidence.
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Parla
Nasturtium
A Wonderful Gown Described In Fragments
A fragmentary description notes an imported gown perceived with admiration. The linen and chiffon blend features a white silk base with an overdress in white and black colors. Neck detailing includes white accents and sheer chiffon elements described but not fully clear.
New Oak Golf Screen Lets Easy Take Down For Move
New golf screen built of oak stands about a yard high and is quite ornate. It can be taken apart into several pieces, a feature that aids moving and storage.
Pink Satin Dinner Frock with Renaissance Lace
A dainty pink satin dinner frock features a long clinging shirt appliqued in renaissance lace. The waist is relieved by touches of black for contrast.
New Hat Shapes Outline Spring Wardrobe
A paragraph describes spring hats with flat broad shapes and simple designs. Notable models include a black and white straw braid hat worn over the face with a narrow brim and a soft white silk scarf at the back.
Spanish Salad with Bananas and Walnuts
A sunny Spain inspired salad uses ripe bananas sliced thin with a silver knife and English walnuts in a ratio one third of the bananas. Choy tae nuts are mixed with the fruit and the platter is lined with crisp lettuce leaves. Senkon mayonnaise dressing with red pepper is poured over the mix and the dish is chilled in the icebox until serving time.
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Spain
Minever In Style Loula XV Silhouettes Sealskin Outfit
Minever and sealskin ensembles with collars and cuffs of chinchilla and minever mark a coronation era style. The luxury material gains prominence in forestige linings and grand wear, reflecting high fashion of the period.
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Loula XV
Chinchilla
Minever
Simple Fountain Pen Inexpensive, leakproof design
The article describes a simple fountain pen with an ink holding barrel and a bulb at one end, using a capillary tube to regulate flow. A hygroscopic packing retards ink release. filling is done by inserting the point and applying suction. It notes the pen is pocket safe when inverted and aims for economical use as per Philadelphia Ledger. Also covered is a new Russian radioson torpedo detector tested at Cronstadt, enabling locating speed and path of torpedoes, with potential automatic countermeasures, and details of its mounting for riverine cruising craft. The inventor is Irwin B. Miller of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Scientife Autertcin
Philadelphia Ledger
Makaroff
Cronstadt
War Department
St Petersburg
Europe
Irwin BR. Miller
St Paul
Minn
Balloon Voyages Over Oceans
La Nature describes methods to control balloon flights over seas. A conical top prevents rain dampening spirits, and a trailer with a long rope and a balance weight in water manage ballast. A reservoir and citation hose supply ballast, with two deviators guiding course for angles up to about 20 degrees and greater inclines up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
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la Nature
Angiea
Seid
Gasoline motor attachable to stern for small boats
An illustration shows a compact gasoline motor that can be attached to the stern of a small rowboat. Fuel and batteries are stored in a caning, offering a cheaper alternative to purchasing a new boat with engine, ideal for long pulls on warm days.
Pocket Telephones for Portable Battery Circuits
A compact pocket telephone designed for common battery circuits improves the portable set range. The transmitter and receiver are arranged in series with resistance matching regular telephones. As a testing set flexible wires use spring clips to connect to terminal heads or line points, enabling call signaling to the exchange when the receiver hook is raised.
London Plans Eight Mile Overhead Rail Over Thames
A London project proposes an aerial single rail line from Southwark Bridge to Barnes along the Thames. The London Mall image shows the design, with an aerial station on the London leg costing about 25 million dollars and an estimated five years to complete. Elevators at major bridges would provide passenger access to the line.
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London
Thames
Southwark Bridge
Barnes
Elderfield
Prussia
London Mall
Mexican substitutes for cotton in Modern Mexico study
Modern Mexico notes two native fibres show promise as cotton substitutes. One plant yields a coffee colored seed and grows year round with thicker fibre. The other produces light blue seeds, needs irrigation, and can yield a fine fibre like the best cotton when cultivated properly. Hilario Cuevas of San Luis Soyatlan in Jalisco promoted seed distribution for suitable hot lands.
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Mexico
Hilario Cuevas
San Luis
Improving Steamship Screws Cavitation and Propeller Efficiency
The article explains cavitation as a key cause of steamship screw inefficiency. It notes that when screw velocity exceeds a limit a water cavity forms, halting speed gains despite more power. It cites mathematical and practical tests showing cavitation can be avoided by balancing resistance and propelling surface, and that some vessels increased speed by altering driving screws.
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K. J. Collins
NEW York Society
George Gould
Mies
Greta Pomeroy
Popular Science
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