Beatrice Grimshaw the South Seas authority in fiction
Beatrice Grimshaw is celebrated as the premier South Seas writer whose long residence and travels from Papua to Polynesia endow her novels with unmatched authenticity. She vividly portrays natives travelers officials and adventurers while capturing the region’s waters mountains flora and mystical aspects in romantic plots.
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South Seas
Beatrice Grimshaw
Europe
America
Papua
Polynesia
Drift into a dangerous fate on the Catacara voyage
A weary English survivor in tropical Australia meets a daring red haired actress aboard the Catacara. He saves her from a shark and from the ocean’s edge, earning cheers from crew and passengers and a wary, white eyed connection with a mysterious girl aboard. The scene hints at a life changing moment to come.
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Hongkong
Coral Sea
Cairns
Queensland
Torres Straits
Thursday Island
New Guinea
Harrow
Varsity
Jong Avenue
England
Cambridge
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Sun Lands
Australia
Papua
Wild Lands
Catacara
Daru
I. I
mid-Pacific
Niue
Ave
Jimny
Jinny
Washable Silk Fashions for Children and Adults in 1930s Styles
The article surveys washable spun silks in spring and summer 1930 fashion, emphasizing colors like haze pink baby blue green and violet. It describes silhouettes with low fullness skirts peplum jackets and matching beige clair accessories, noting divergence in children's hemlines and chic details such as scarf necklines and short puffs sleeves.
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Paris
Spring Rural Cookery Delights Apples and Puddings
A 1939 kitchen column outlines versatile apple preparations and simple desserts. Recipes cover Pierrot apples with cream, fried apple pudding, apples with cheese on buttered bread, chicken custard, biscuit ham sandwiches, windmills pastry dessert, honey tips, honey sauce, apple meringue, beef bone soup, oxtail soup, and a mixed combination salad with apples, walnuts, orange, and watercress.
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