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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
2
A Paris designer suggests a fall or winter coat with a bold wrap design. The garment features a back-neck stitched slit and loose ends that can be drawn forward to cover the head, with fabric options including jersey cloth or heavy denim.
A descriptive note on outfits features coral beads and coral earrings contrasting with muted wartime tones. A guest at a hotel shows taupe and black patent pumps with spats while coral jewelry provides the sole bright color, framed by dark hair and softer gowns.
The article surveys fall and summer fashion details including deep hems, yellow trim on red serge, fringe revival, large pearl buttons, satin capes and cloaks, taffeta with straw braid, and belts. It describes airplane shaped hats reappearing, organza and organdie garments, long ribbon streamers on turbans, Leghorn hats with black velvet, and a new headover coat design. It notes coats with elongated back collars, small capes, and front opening ease for travel wear, plus rough wool plaids as smart fall options.
Miss B. M. Phelp of Macdonald College offers tips for Canadian mothers to conserve energy and money by dressing children simply during hot summers. Recommends rompers for 1–3 year olds, denim overalls for boys, simple one-piece frocks or bloomers for girls, and lightweight fabrics such as denim, oxford, gingham, or chambray for durable, washable outfits.
The piece highlights styles such as Selftrimméd hats with large bows and matching flesh-pink shades, plus simple turned down novelty straw hats with ribbon bands. It notes white organdie bands, pearl ends, and rosettes, and emphasizes accessories like parasols as essential for daughters and mothers in the wardrobe.
An account honors soldiers from oppressed nationalities fighting in Italy. They swear oaths to defend liberty, carry home fallen comrades, and endure harsh discipline to prove loyalty. The piece highlights their unity, tests of fitness by fellow soldiers, and the drive to uproot Austrian rule.
War gardeners nationwide answered Pershing's appeal to Keep the Food Coming. The National War Garden Commission reports 4.9 million gardens, a fourfold rise from last year, with 1.5 billion quarts forecast to be canned. Prizes totaling 10,000 dólares await the best canned vegetables grown in war gardens.
Ernest Chase of Corvallis Oregon was drafted after a navy discharge for physical unfitness. He had invested $40 in a rural carrier rig and horse, then faced a choice to sell the rig and quit his job or take a layoff hoping to be rejected again by the army.
V C Einick a Miltonvale resident, twenty one, announced he wanted to fight but was rejected after the navy recruiter found no suitable sailor suit for his 275 pound frame. The incident occurred at Salina Kansas where Einick visited the local recruiting office and walked out disappointed as he faces the new draft law.
The passage admires the beauty of striving to work and live well. It emphasizes happiness as a collective goal and expresses a hopeful view of the future through personal effort and perseverance.
War time guidance emphasizes conservation of wheat meals and simple breakfast options. Suggestions include cornmeal dishes like fluffy corn flour cakes and fried cornmeal mush with additions such as dried fruit or nuts. Vegetables should form a large part of meals after milk, with lighter lunches aiding wartime efficiency.
The text extols enjoying simple pleasures away from conveniences. It describes camp cooking with stones as a stove, salt pork or bacon, fish fresh from a brook, and wild mushrooms as satisfying meals. It warns that heavy or burdensome gear ruins the experience, urging readers to value basic, improvised sustenance.
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