Brooklyn girl poet dreams of college or Juillard path
A Brooklyn teenager Katharine Carossa, almost fourteen, unveils her second poetry book Crystal Arabesques with seventy poems. The precocious writer, nosed into music and literature by her Russian and Spanish heritage, weighs college versus Juilliard as her future unfolds amid urban life and a busy city environment.
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Nathalia Crane
Miss Crane
Katharine Carossa
Miss Carossa
Nathalia
University of Geneva
Brahms
Beethoven
Chopin
Juillard School
Deanna Durbin
Stokowski
Alice Brady
Adolph Menjou
Mischa Auer
Plaid Fall Fashion Rages Across School and City Wear
Fashion notes from a Chicago style clinic showcase autumn plaids for schoolgirls and college outfits. Washable plaids suit bikes and daily wear, with velvet and wool options, matching linings, accessories, belts, and scarves highlighted.
Household Hints on Curtains and Laundry Machines
Ruth K discusses wash day struggles and the efficiency of using a washing machine and mangle for curtains. She notes avoiding folding curtains through the machine, tinting curtains with yellow pink and blue to achieve peach and off pink hues, praising the results and ease of handling large batches.
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Ruth K
Pencil Slim Frock and Home Makeover Tales
A fashion note promotes pencil slim silhouettes in purple silk jacquard gowns. Esther M and Joe refresh a farm home with white walls blue accents and new curtains, showing thrifty renovation and bright room with blue touches and updated oak furniture.
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New York
Esther
Joe
Esther M
Betty Wells
Fashion Spotlight on Fabric Richness Drives Simple Daywear
Fabrics dominate this year with velvets, lames, brocades, laces and tulles shaping simple yet elegant dresses. Lame provides a daywear middle ground with rich belts and trims. Silk and rayon laces pair with colored fabrics or two tone combos as seen in Worth. Lelomy features heavy white wool lace over a plain black velvet skirt. Patou highlights rosepoint collars and trim while Schiaparelli uses gold cord lace for bold medallions on black marocaine ensembles. Headgear remains expressive amid simple dress designs.
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Lelomy
Patou
Schiaparelli
Style sobriety urged for daytime chic wardrobes
A leading French couturiere advocates “sobriety of the best quality” as the rule for daytime fashion. She urges tailored suits and fine wool sweaters, fitted by a skilled tailor, with every accessory high quality to avoid spoiling the overall look.
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Couturiere
Constance Bennett to Launch Cosmetic Firm After Topper
Erin O’Brien Moore faces mixed acclaim for her Scarlett in Gone With the Wind as Constance Bennett plans a new goofy comedy after joining Countess di Frasso in launching a cosmetic company per the Western Newspaper Union.
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Constance Bennett
Countess di Frasso
Erin O’brien Moore
Nana
Emile Zola
Scarlett
Western
Union
Ask Me Another General Quiz
The questions cover earth dimensions the gentlest art historical figures tolls through the Panama Canal repeating decimals US diplomatic ranks conversion between centigrade and Fahrenheit and a list of seven follies of science.
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United States
Panama Canal
The Earth Shape and Early Mathematical Puzzles
The excerpt notes Earth’s polar flattening, explains the term writing, cites Attila as “king of the Huns,” and lists famed scientific follies such as squaring the circle and perpetual motion. It also includes a math rule to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and an example using a repeated digit sequence.
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Attila
J. Borden Harriman
Norway
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