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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
3
Paris and American designers push elegant simplicity for summer hats and gowns. Georgette sketches a chic morning hat with orange yellow shantung and yellow straw, while soft crowns use beads, braidings, or kid trim. The shift favors wearability, handwork, and restrained glamour over sensational fashion.
Designers debate comfort versus style as the reappearance of the stock dominates the season. Women favor plain fabrics with a distinctive embroidered center where a stickpin sits, featuring a small diamond or square surrounded by radiating lines for an eye catching background.
The article notes factory and office workers knitting during commutes as the season grows colder. Sailor boys at sea will need mufflers soon, while many women continue to knit during travel, even while standing on crowded streetcars.
The fashion editor notes European women have worn men’s workwear since the war and American girls now favor sturdy summer overalls. Shops show percale and denim sets in solid colors stripes and khaki. The coat and full overalls suit a feminine young wearer.
Fashion writers note a shift from straw hats to velour, velvet, wool velour and other heavier fabrics. Velour hats in purple, navy, gold, khaki, red, green and white appeal for summer sports and garden parties, offering a novel alternative to light straw styles.
The article notes women often overlook polishing benefits for walking shoes. It advises polishing a new street shoe once before heavy use to resist scratches, with emphasis on tan shoes.
The Italian secret police revealed two striking cases of espionage linked to neutral Switzerland. One reports a Zurich fraud tied to the Austrian consulate and Mgr Gerlach with arrests of Austro German spies in Italy. The other centers on Count Luca Cortese a bogus Neapolitan nobleman whose banking swindles may cloak espionage activity and whose accomplices were arreste d.
An Italian organ grinder's monkey fights off a large yellow dog in the street. The animal climbs a barber's pole, dodges and bites, then drives the dog away. The monkey returns to its master unharmed.
A brief blunt remark notes that even a heavyset woman appreciates being flattered and spoken of highly. The line reflects a sharp, social observation rather than a narrative event.
The piece notes cigars becoming a major social substitute for opium in China with rising imports around 350 000 dollars annually, mainly via Hongkong. Dutch made cigars gain in South China while Philippine varieties lose favor, and a Chinese controlled German factory in Hongkong continues producing cheap cigars for local and European markets.
A six ton building housing the Y M C A at Mercedes Texas was moved without machinery by 250 North Dakota soldiers on the Mexican border. They braced the frame and used runners to lift and carry the structure the 200 yards to a new site, each man bearing less than 66 pounds.
Ottawa urges Canadian fishermen to add two hours of fishing daily to offset Britain’s postwar shortfall. With 60,000 Atlantic fishermen, a two hour extra effort could boost daily catches and help supply England as fish becomes an army ration.
A dialogue between George and his partner about gambling and expectations. George defends his poker club while his companion argues about sharing desires. The exchange hints at marital fault lines and the tension between passion and domestic ideal.
Dialogue about Gladys and Jeanette shows family strain as Jeanette contracts German measles. Mother questions behavior, mentions illness as turning point, reflecting social tensions during wartime.
Willie prepared flour paste but Fred warned it would turn sour. White chopped fine cloves into the paste, preserving a sweet flavor as he finished powering his playhouse.
A fragmented note praises a waitress ability to handle meals with perfect control. The line references a lunch counter scene and mentions henna wenp and aeserospitla bean in unclear terms.
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