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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
3
Paris fashion notes Madeleine et Madeleine present midsummer and autumn collections with bold Egyptian inspired belts and wide ribbon sashes. White organdie paired with black taffeta dominates, with versatile jackets in white organdie and black taffeta, ideal for chateau life and social events.
Fashion notes highlight self plaited taffeta coats shown with light summer dresses. Madelein et Madeleine offer a seven eighths length style with curved back openings and diagonal front crossing, paired with yellow chiffon embroidery. Emphasis shifts to black Chantilly lace dresses and evening silhouettes with simple bodices and long transparent sleeves.
Fur and embroidery dominate the new fall suits. Jackets measure 84 and 86 inches in length. Many styles display lines while others show a snug bodice with a slightly gathered skirt.
A chemise tunic of white chiffon features trim at the hem with white woolen squares arranged in a circle of beads.
Read in People’s Magazine June piece on Where We Get Our Moods. Alfred Adler links physical traits like red hair or small size to lifelong inferiority feelings rooted in childhood. He notes two defense paths: ambitious life effort or overcompensation through boasting and ostentation.
In a compact moral vignette a wealthy, frugal man known as Uncle Harmon helps a trusted youth by giving two cents for a stamp, fearing others would steal it. The tale underscores his distrust of common gullibility and graft, as recounted by a Companion contributor.
Emerson argues poetry and rhyme arise from sight and habit, noting how water reflections transform ordinary scenery into beauty. The essay compares rhyme to visual symmetry in architecture, calling order and repetition pleasing to the eye and ear.
The article notes perfume prices rising toCelebrity levels with drops priced around 11 dollars. It explains jasmine and rose sources are scarce as 25,000 jasmine bushes and 5,000 rose bushes yield little extract. A 30 mile square plot is barely enough for violet essence.
A humorous note describes prohibition agents halting people to smell their breath, implying a tactic to catch whisky thieves. The quip ends with the line that they expect to win by a nose.
An irritated speaker challenges the notion of meeting rising living costs while another replies that the burden will overwhelm them, framing the exchange as a clash over financial strain and resilience. The dialogue emphasizes pressure from inflation and personal responsibility.
London dispatch reports the Polish government leaving Warsaw for Kalisz amid Soviet advances toward the Narew river and Przasnysz captured. Bolshevik forces bombard Warsaw outer forts while propaganda urged Poles to resist aristocracy and join the communist cause. Allies in Hythe agree to blockade and Polish support without entente troops.
French authorities disclose documents found in the Sarre valley from Herr Climens former Reichstag deputy outlining a German plan to undermine the Sarre commission. The Helmatdienst propaganda bureau is said to have 5,000,000 marks for the Sarre campaign and directed the strikes in the region.
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe, recommended by physicians for over twenty years to treat headache toothache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It promotes unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions and notes inexpensive tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
A humorous exchange with Farmer Corntessel as a summer boarder jokes about politics. He says he is already in for election interest and aims to be recognized as a sphinx rather than joining conversations.
The exchange notes Flow played the fop in the production and earned the label of a dandy for his portrayal.
An advertisement touts Petersons Ointment with a 35 cent refund guarantee for eczema running sores and many skin conditions. A testimonial from Mrs EF E oot of Buffalo cites 11 years of leg sores and prior hospital care, claiming cure after using the ointment. Also notes orders from Buffalo NY and tobacco products from Paducah KY origins.
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