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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
6
Fashion notes revive plaited skirts, dropped waistlines, and the one piece dress. Side and kilts suit skirts while accordion plaits fade. Embroidery and beading highlight blue serge gowns with quilting on trims.
The Directoire leads spring millinery with a high collar vestee featuring a one sided jabot. Embroidered Egyptian motifs trim organ de guimpes and sets in bold red blue green yellow and black. Round collars return in pique and Peter Pan robes with pearl buttons and organdie neckwear remain in vogue.
Poem fragment extols tree planting as a noble act. It contrasts gifts of fools and knaves with the lasting virtue of sowing seeds and cultivating nature. The lines praise Heaven and earth aiding the planter and suggest the work brings its own reward.
A poetic piece featuring the figure Johnny Appleseed and the stanzaic meditation Teachings of the Trees by Stephen Henry Thayer. The text intertwines Appleseed’s imagery with lines about planting a tree and the broader civic and moral blessings generated by trees.
A collage of poems and verses by The Mountainside Trail makers vanished and Dickinson Sherman Shade along with Theodosia Garrison and others. The verses reflect nature, shade as healing, plant a tree themes, pine and birch grove imagery, and memorial sentiments. An RP Balsam hymn closes the excerpt.
A single cookie recipe can be split into four parts to yield four varieties. Separate the dough into plain sugar, shredded coconut with spices, nuts and citron, and cocoa or chocolate to create diverse cookies without making too many of any one kind.
To protect a cushion with a delicate color pattern use a plain net covering. Even with thick netting the pattern remains visible while shielding the cushion from dirt. The net can be cleaned and replaced periodically.
A fashion brief notes that a costume looks off with wrong footwear and stockings. It mentions that fashionable wearers choose wool stockings in heather mixtures with tight silk stripes, spaced about a half inch apart, to accompany tweed and homespun sport costumes.
Households learn simple tricks such as boiling cauliflower whole in a muflin bag to avoid breaking it and lifting it easily. A metal towel rack is mounted upside down to the ward robe shelf to hold more hangers. Leftover pi mentos are saved by placing on a jelly glass, covering with cooking oil, and refrigerating.
Ultra Smart pinks and blacks lead the palette with gray close behind New blues olive tones and tobacco browns appear in taftas crepe de chine and Canton crepe Green remains popular across day and evening wear Copper russet tomato red coral and old rose shade gowns and coats White and cream fabrics are widely marketed for various weaves
The article notes a shift toward soft clingy gowns inspired by Directoire style. Hickson launched a princess gown that emphasizes simple drapery and a return to flowing lines. The trend, already adopted by fashion’s sharpest set, may shape this season’s silhouettes.
A study questions the extent of pure instinct in animal actions. Experiments with a frog show initial indiscriminate grabbing of moving objects and food, followed by learning. After eating hairy caterpillars, the frog begins to spit them out, and shocks with electric worms lead to avoidance, indicating adaptive behavior over raw instinct.
The text argues personal mindset determines outcomes, noting that antagonism or prejudice limits gains while a receptive mood yields more benefit. It states people often cheat themselves more than others cheat them.
Numerous small ads offer dry cleaning and dyeing by parcel post with return postage paid. Firms include Myers Cleaners and Dyers at 114 E Broadway, Regal Cleaning and Dyeing Co at 156-160 E 2nd So, Salt Lake’s Salt's Lake's lending cleaners, and Gill Piston King Co at 15 East Fourth South. Also Barber training at Moler Barber College, and Souvenir Novelty Co supplying post cards from 31 Richards Street. Special rush service offered if noted.
A collage of satirical clippings notes absurd decrees about arresting frogs and urgent church closings. It references humorous exchanges about diplomacy and an anecdote of a pocketbook found on Main Street with a courteous yet elusive loser contacting the finder.
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