Fashionable Southern Elegance in Lilac Time Attire
A detailed look at high society winter and midseason fashion trends featuring lilac gowns, velvet capes, jeweled accessories, and ornate hairpieces. Notes emphasize tailored short jackets, slim skirts, and white ensembles for formal nights, with Paris veiled hats and velvet fabrics highlighted.
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About Face of Smith Is Bared
Washington DC columnist discusses Al Smith’s shifting stance amid Roosevelt’s renomination, criticizing his past and present political moves. The piece contrasts Smith’s rhetoric with his Tammany-era record and examines reactions from Roosevelt supporters and GOP figures on social and economic policies.
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al Smith
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Pleated skirts charm with slim figure appeal
A description notes that fully pleated skirts suit slim figures and offer charm for evening wear. The design features create a buoyant air for the wearer, highlighting the elegance of the pleat.
Glad Hands: Gold and Silver Tissue Evening Gloves
A brief note praises gold and silver tissue evening gloves as elegant and luxurious with long, striking design. The piece emphasizes their ornate appearance and high style for formal occasions.
Real Flowers in Hair Debut as New Fad Headdress
Real flowers in hair become a fashionable accessory with gardenias orchids and daisies seen in various wear from half caps to corsages. Juliet caps jeweled in rhinestones or pearls and Schiaparelli chenille snoods add sparkle. young women favor jewel accents among curls.
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Schiaparelli
Patou Reintroduces Hobble Skirt With New Silhouettes
Paris report notes Patou showcases hobble skirt revival with bands of fabric from shoulder to hem and front tight skirts with wide back gores. Evening models feature front and back slits while silk taffeta gowns emphasize back fullness. Black silk taftas and scarlet velvet ribbons highlight the collection alongside black tailored cocktail frocks in silk satin or crepe.
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Patou
Orchids in Hair Highlight Mayfair Fashion Note
The piece praises debutantes and Miss America for updating Mayfair style with three orchids on a velvet or satin head band. It compares real orchids favorably to the original white feather trend, noting their beauty and coordinated flowers.
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London
Mayfair
Household Tips And Craft Remedies From The Bell Syndicate
A collection of practical notes covering plant care, cooking tricks, meat handling, fruit salad dressing, wood care, and food preparation tips. Includes guidance on pruning, creosote treatment for tree wounds, maras chino cherries in dressing, coconut coating for marshmallows, and preserving leather chairs. News service notes.
Germinating World's Largest Seed in Honolulu Barrel
The Pan-Pacific Press Bureau reports a barrel in Honolulu nurturing what may be the world’s largest seed weighing 832% pounds. When mature the tree will be a Seychelles palm from the Indian Ocean, known for double coconuts though not true coconuts. Seed germination needs a year and up to ten years from fertilization to ripening.
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Honolulu
Seychelles Islands
Indian Ocean
Pan-Pacific Press Bureau
Quote on humor and humanity by Van Amburgh
A concise reflection asserts that humor preserves fidelity and pathos in people, warning that humor safeguards us from our own excesses and follies. The thought stresses wit as a moral compass and emotional ballast in challenging times.
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van Amburgh
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