Matronly fashion: negligees and hats for mature wear
In a 1926 Western Newspaper Union feature Julia Bottomley notes summer negligees in sheer fabrics and wide lace with long flowing lines, plus a group of matronly hats and turbans. Bold black satin patterns and flowered chiffons appear, with soft colors like yellow, rose, blue, and green dominating.
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Julia Bottomley
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Two Yards of Green Silk Creates a Dream Job
Annie Bryan, a store clerk among gleaming linens, forms a new life plan after a chance customer asks for green silk to match a dressing table. A chance encounter leads to a suburban caregiving offer for two boys, paying her own emancipation, tied to a single length of silk.
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Prisoners Use Wall Tapping Code Across Centuries
Political prisoners in Russia still communicate via wall tapping using a five by five letter code, with L and J merged. A single tap signals A, then a pause and another tap, expanding to four taps for E. In Peter and Paul Fortress, cells were built with cupboards to keep inmates isolated and unable to talk.
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Russia
Fortress of
Peter and Paul
Petersburg
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