Velvet Frocks Rule the Fashion Day for 1930s Socials
Julia Bottomley highlights black and white velvet gowns with sheer midnight velvet and white ermine accents. Designers pair black velvet with white velvet, show intricate seaming, and feature artful fabric manipulation. The styles suit daywear and formal events, echoing ancient Grecian silhouettes and understated luxury.
Why Is Two-Dollar Bill Known as Jinx
The New York World questions the belief that tearing corners of new two-dollar bills wards off bad luck. It notes all small bills resemble each other and asserts mispayments of two dollars for one are rare, asking for the superstition's origin.
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New York World
Deauville Dinner Quote on Average Girls Provokes Roars
E Barry Wall at a Deauville dinner quips about the proverb that the more a girl takes off the more she gets on. He contrasts with today’s beach fashion calling the average girl not a Clara Bow and notes the rhinoceros joke about the keeper’s reply to a lady’s gender question.
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E. Barry Wall
Clara Bow
U.S. Cucumber Pickles Produce Billions Annual
The United States Department of Agriculture notes about 3 billion cucumbers produced yearly in the United States on roughly 74 000 acres with yields near 4 million bushels and over 4 million dollars returned to growers. The source adds social remarks about conviction and jail crowds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Homemaker Wins Husband Over With Flour Rolls
A homemaker recalls how her husband laughed at her idea of using Gold Medal Kitchen Tested flour but changed his mind after sampling her rolls and cakes, secretly eager for a second sack.
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Washburn Crosby Company General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
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