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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1922

Page

8

Tailored Suits Shape Paris Fashion Shift For Women

A Paris fashion note in New York Tribune describes the rise of tailored suits and one piece dresses, shifting from strict tailoring to soft drapery. It highlights designers like O Rosson, Cheruit, Rolande, and Patou, detailing hip length jackets, contrasting fabrics, and bold colors with decorative trimmings and new coat silhouettes. The piece also mentions Mephisto lines and Parisiennes in jacquard serge fabrics.

Paris New York Tribune O’rossen Place Vendome Madeleine Vionnet Cheruit Rolande Worth Jean Patou Bianchini

Survey Finds Tractor Costs Higher But Profits Favorable

A USDA preliminary report shows tractors cost more for drawbar work and stock upkeep than horses, but three quarters of owners found tractors profitable. On 354 farms in Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska, tractors supplied 40 percent of power, with average annual power and labor cost near $1 025 per farm.

United States Department of Agriculture Wheat United States Department of Agriculture Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Cdges

Paris Fashion Houses Highlight Sportswear And Tailored Attire

Yellows and Reds Patou presents tailored and three piece suits with afternoon dresses and evening gowns for jeunes filles plus vibrant sports wear in high tones. Martial et Armand emphasize wool tailored suits with capes and robe manteau style dresses. Paris showcases novel outdoor sports garments for women with knitted suits coats and sweaters and new sports wear ateliers from several houses.

Patou Martial Et Armand Paris

The Overblouse Camisole Emerges In Fashion

The overblouse camisole offers new charm with sheer overblouses. A dainty item in linen lawn or crepe de chine, it features drawn thread work and edging, adaptable to various materials to suit the worn overblouse.

Sense of Beauty in Ageless Living

The woman who remains young cultivates a keen sense of beauty and takes enjoyment like a child, quickly forgetting petty annoyances that cause worry lines in life.

Rat Declared Worst Animal Pest in World

Treat seeds for smut and inoculate oats wheat and rye as armour while noting rats are described as the worst animal pest globally in this grain protection note.

Women Farm On Easy Street In Western Canada

Article highlights women farmers in Western Canada who succeed on their own land. May Hazlett, once a stenographer, runs a Touchwood hills farm after her brother died at Vimy Ridge. Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn doubles as a dairy farmer near Hardisty, going from a sod hut to a fine residence with 60 Holsteins and thriving profits. Two Manitoba sisters expand from 160 acres to 1,120 acres, handling all tasks with no male help, proving farming can be a woman’s enterprise and profitable with soil and sun.

Canada May Hazlett Touchwood Hills Saskatchewan Miss Hazlett Vimy Ridge Miss Blackburn Oak Lake District Manitoba Western Canada Canada West

Why a widow attracts more than a young girl in talk

A conversation notes that a young and pretty widow often wins men by steering topics firmly. It compares her to a younger, equally attractive girl who may let discussions drift.

Castoria Reminder Guards Infants with Trusted Signature

Consumers urged to check CASTORIA bottles for the signature serving as a mark of a remedy used for over 30 years. The notice emphasizes trusted identity as a safeguard for infants and children, reminding caretakers that Fletcher's Castoria is the safe choice endorsed by decades of use.

Fletcher

Why water isn’t flammable despite hydrogen and oxygen

A two part hydrogen to one part oxygen recipe makes water. The student asks why water does not burn. The reply notes water is wet and not a fuel.

Poetry of Love Becomes Prose in Matrimony Stage

A brief note suggests poetic notions of love turning into prose as marriage reaches a paregoric stage. It conveys a metaphorical view of romantic language softening under union. The line frames matrimony as transforming lyrical expression into ordinary prose.

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