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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
2
A review of this season's blouse fashion highlights embroidery as a favored trim and versatile fabrics from satin to velvet. Convertible sailor collars, long sleeves, and practical patch pockets appear on sport and school blouses, with rose velvet decorated in black, and new flannel and silk blends featured across colors and patterns.
The piece notes a wartime fashion trend emphasizing simple, well cut garments with large pockets. Colors like blue, corduroy, yellow and red figures appear, highlighting military influence as a dominant theme in the current fashion scene.
The article discusses extensive spoilage of fresh produce in warehouses and markets due to moisture, proposing drying technology as a remedy. It profiles Waldron Williams and colleagues developing a low temperature air-drying method to preserve flavor and nutrition, reducing moisture to about 12 percent.
The piece advises a woman to harmonize all costume accessories with her dress for a polished look. It notes the challenge of selecting hats veils shoes and other items to match and suggests careful planning as essential to true stylishness and well grooming.
The article describes a three piece frock in Tain and figured pongee with a plain pongee skirt and coat, a vest and rolled collar in the figured material, and a bodice in the fig ured pongee. It notes pongee’s color limitations and suggests choosing figures to suit individual coloring, warning gilt colors may not flatter many.
A change in fashion fuels lace use as Belgian refugees in France gain work by reviving lace for gowns, wraps, blouses, hats, and accessories. American designers welcome the surplus, with lace appearing on satin frocks and afternoon gowns in new shadow lace styles. The peplum trend boosts loose waists, girdled by procade or antique ribbons, with blouses paired with chiffon or net and various skirts.
The article notes patriotism influences feminine dress, highlighting the Miss Columbia handbag crafted from red, white and blue braid. It emphasizes how wartime sentiment shapes style choices and adds a patriotic touch to milady's ensemble.
A catalog describes gloves revived in medieval style with tinseled embroidery and crystal monograms. Velvet fingered gloves feature gauntlets, embroidered with tinsel, inspired by Elizabeth I era and Catherine de Medici. The piece suggests the era's intrigue and danger connected to ornate gifts.
A Japanese army officer reportedly invented a waterproof knap and com mitted hair. British patent covers cable attached tanks to spread oil on rough seas. Indian experiments force air through hollow walls for cooling. Rice straw paper in Arkansas. Far-back items include lizards, electric irons, and a hot air engine using denatured alcohol.
Readable portions hint at scattered phrases about a cant canting and medical references. The legible items mention a midwife of seven years, vegetables and herbs, and a dialogue about women writing letters to someone. Overall content is unclear and disjointed.
A conjuror performing at a local theatre boards a street car with two companions and pretends to find scattered coins. He produces them from under seats to the passengers’ astonishment, while the conductor demands the twelve 25-cent pieces. To avoid police, the conjurer hands over the coins.
Red Cross Magazine states that in modern European warfare about 5 percent of an army becomes sick or wounded. For a force of 1,000,000 soldiers, roughly 60,000 would be in hospitals. It notes a typical war hospital ratio of ten patients per nurse.
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