She Painted Her Face and the Secret of Brief House
An unnamed narrator recounts a beggar’s tale of Rudolf Elbert Virgil, ninth Count of Brief, whose life spirals through forged escapes and family plots. Gering’s dying confession reveals a hidden Austrian lineage and a dangerous secret tied to the House of Brief and a tower doorway. The narrator remains skeptical yet unsettled, awaiting the continuation.
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Rudolf Elbert Virgil
Brief
Innsbruck
England
London
Ferdinand
South America
Ina
Innsbruck Road
Asta
Australia
Gering
House of Brief
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Virgil
Percy Elbert Virgil
Knights of Old
Richard Exon
Brief’s
London Glassworks Kept Ancient Craft Across Centuries
A Boston Globe correspondent describes London’s Whitefriars Glassworks outside the city, still using Tudor era methods 3 000 to 4 000 years old and keeping a museum of rare pieces. The article details the plant layout with chairs for blowers, the gaf fer chief, and the long glassblowing processes, including hand blown flint glass and Fontainbleau sand glass.
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London
Boston Globe
Whitefriars
Tudor Street
Fleet Street
Samuel Pepys
Duke of York’s Playhouse
Europe
Fontainbleau
Chic Fall Sweaters Offer Knit and Crochet Charm
Paris reports and Western fashion notes highlight chic fall sweaters. Knitting and crocheting trends feature short hip-length designs, zippered closures, two color schemes, and bow fringed trims. Cardigan styles favor versatility and lustrous mercerized cotton.
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Paris
Western Newspaper Union
Summer Ermine Boleros Highlight Evening Fashion
Cherie Nicholas notes summer ermine boleros as a top chic layer over white crepe frocks. The beige natural fur bolero suits summer parties while a brown fur version is forecast as a smart fall daytime item.
PART FABRIC PART KNIT NEW FORMULA
College girl, here's your cue to smartness in dress this fall. The article describes matching a sweater with a cloth skirt in accurate color, offering options from shetland, cashmere, or angora to patterned tweed or monotone wools. It notes three piece ensembles using identical yarns for sweater and suit components and wild fashion mixes with fur jackets and colored yarns.
Brushed-Up Coiffures With Doll-Sized Hats
The piece notes a fashion trend of brushed up hair paired with tiny doll-sized hats by Schiaparelli. Consumers returning from midsummer trips report wearing the look with higher hairstyles that lift curls off the ears, though its popularity remains uncertain as fashion moods shift.
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Schiaparelli
Cerise Adds to Popular Pinks via Paris Stylist
Paris stylist Cerise introduced a new pink shade stepping beyond fuchsia. Lelong uses the cerise as a flowing sash around a deep blue evening gown, with a vivid backdrop of a white dotted Swiss bodice paired to a bouffant tulle skirt. The bodice drapes over the right shoulder and under the left arm, leaving the left shoulder bare while the right remains covered.
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Paris
Lelong
Bright Touch Flowers Adorn Evening Frock and Hair
Adding bright touch flowers to the bodice of an evening frock and decorative flowers in the hair supplies all the decoration needed for festive occasions.
Moldy Colors Displayed as High Style
A public display features moldy colored items presented as fashionable. The exhibit highlights unconventional palettes and aims to provoke debate on taste and trendsetting within the art scene.
Smart Dresses for Now and Later
Two adaptable sewing patterns offer immediate summer wear and future fall and winter use. Patterns No 1462 and 1561 suit sizes from 12 to 46 and 14 to 20, with simple five-step charts and fabrics like pique, gingham, dotted Swiss, crepe de chine, wool, or rayon jersey. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in Chicago. patterns cost 15 cents each.
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Jersey
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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Dornford Yates
Oxford
Red Lead Lane
Matthew Gering
Exon
WNN
Faffier
By Cherie Nicholas
Summer Ermine
Cherie Nicholas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Dean
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