Chic Florals Redefine Afternoon and Evening Fashions
The season features large wide spaced floral prints in many fabrics from sharkskin to silk crepe. Designers use bold applique and cutouts on tulip and hand blocked prints for both day and evening wear. Hawaiian motifs and Chinese inspired dresses appear, emphasizing quality silk and wide brim hats.
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Button On Yoke Captures Chic Neckwear Trend
The season favors a basic dress upgraded by crisp neckwear and refreshed lingerie touches. The youthful yoke collar, offered in lace trimmed sheets and pique for a tailored look, features a wide lace-trimmed flounce and eyelet organdy with matching lace. It buttons at the center for practical charm.
Irish Crochet Lace Trims Dresses and Accessories
The article notes a summer fashion swing to Irish crochet lace with cotton boucle dresses edged in lace. It highlights pique collar sets yokes trimmed with Irish crochet, lace trimmed party frocks, jackets handbags and gloves to pair with the lace, and milliners trimming hats with the same lace.
White jewelry accents summer prints and pastels
White hats pair with white jewelry to brighten summer looks. The new white plastic jewelry, especially lacy pieces, offers a flattering contrast to dark dresses. Glass bead jewelry adds colorful accents to summer prints and pastels.
Peasant Blouse Trend Tops School Fashion
The peasant theme remains popular among schoolgirls and debutantes with full peasant skirts paired with gaudy foreign looking blouses. Older shoppers seeking native Hawaiian South American or Mexican styles will find a grand array in blouse sections.
Hollywood notes celebrate Harry Carey and new stars
The piece recalls Harry Carey’s celebration for a year of directing films including The Shepherd of the Hills his 305th. It notes Red Skelton campaigning for Panama Hattie and Alice Sherrie Goodkin landing the Step mother role after Uncle Ezra auditions. It lists 14 new RKO hopefuls and discusses star power versus public choice, plus fashion notes from Paramount and various industry tidbits.
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Barbara Bell Pattern No 1359 B Dress and Bolero
Pattern No 1359 B offers a frock with a matching solid bolero in sizes 12 through 20 with busts 30 to 38 inches. The size 14 dress uses 2 1 2 yards of 36 inch fabric, bolero requires 1 1 2 yards, and Ric rac outline uses 4 yards. Complete with sew chart. send orders to the address listed.
Simple Sleeveless Backless Dress with Bolero Pattern
Wear a cool one piece in hot weather with a low front, backless bodice and shoulder straps. Pair with a street bolero for warmth. Pattern 1359 B offers youthful lines, easy front entry, and wash fabrics like cottons linens rayon percale and chambray.
Early Use of Fire Through History and War
Fire has existed since antiquity and was widespread in primitive societies for cooking and warmth. Ancient rituals linked fire with religion in Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Persia, and several indigenous cultures. Histories note early substantial wartime use by the Assyrians during sieges of Syracuse in 413 B C and Rhodes in 304 B C when incendiaries were hurled over walls.
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Ask Me Another General Quiz Sample Questions
A set of trivia questions covering baseball batting averages metals the Age of the Enlightenment continents and musical instruments. Includes queries on malleable metal and the difference between carillons and chimes.
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Ty Cobb leads with batting averages Cobb .367 Speaker .345 Ruth .341. Gold is second. Eighteenth century era. Asia as a region. A reward offered. Carillons differ from chimes with stationary bells tuned chromatically and at least 25 bells to span two octaves in semitones.
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