Late Summer Blouse Trends Show Crepe de Chine and Bead Embroidery
The piece surveys blouses and hats for late summer, highlighting crepe de chine and crepe back satin as core fabrics, with velette duveryn georgette combinations, beaded and embroidered details, and white satin and black white hat pairings. It notes three quarter sleeves, V necks, collarless necklines, and retiring summer pieces that transition into fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velette
Duveryn
Georgette
Mer
Like Mother Used To Make Pickles And Preserves
The text shares home kitchen formulas handed down in families. It describes Sliced Green Tomato Pickles, Tomato Catsup, Spiced Peaches, Tomatoes With Macaroni and Cheese, and a quote from James Russell Lowell about small private sorrows.
Home Cookery Guide: Peas and Classic Desserts
A compact collection of simple recipes includes Green Pea Soup with mint and parsley, Hot Cherry Pudding steamed in cups, Spanish Salad with chicken cucumber walnuts and peas, Peas and Peppers baked in pepper shells, and a Pound Cake with butter and sugar.
Odd Finds and Quirky Tales From Newspapers
A collage of brief items: a Auntie joke from the Chicago Tribune about aging and appearance, a German village note from Liskau about a stork carrying a leather message from East Africa, and Buenos Aires inventor ideas for suspender pockets to deter pickpockets, all from Milwaukee Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liskau
Germany
East Africa
Willi Bucha
Victoria
Bucha
Antonio Monaco
Buenos Aires
Milwaukee Sentinel
Famous Russian dancer praised for firm tread by guest
A renowned Russian dancer, also a capable musician, once attended a reception. He listened to a vigorous pianoforte recital by the hostess's daughter and, when asked his opinion, gently replied that the young lady had a very firm tread.
Some Lawyers Do
A humorous exchange shows a lawyer remarking on a client’s grounds for divorce as she reveals having met another man described as a “perfect dear.” The punchline suggests he doubts how to argue such a case in court.
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Auburntown
Tenn
Stearns Electric Paste Co
Chicago
Robert T. Donnell
Stearns
Kennedy Brothers
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Lloyds
Lloyd Manufacturing Company
Menominee
Michigan
Drug and General Stores
Western
Canada
United States
Ada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
M. J. Johnstone
Monument Place
Indianapolis
Ind
Loy
Radio Publishing Corporation Dept
Madison Ave
New York
Cty
Wakefield
West 32Nd Street
New York City
Ss. Sahleen
Blaisdell
N. Dakota
Oriental Novelty Company
Corpus Christi
Texas
Fea ‘Hessig Ellis
Chea
Q-Bank
Memphis
N. Y
Clix Steinley
Thackeray
James Russel Lowell
Calumet
Bobby
STORK
Auntie
Chicago Tribune
Bird
Africa
Fatherland
Jeannette
Mamma
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
Toa
Afood
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