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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1930
Page
7
Readers discuss living separately to test love, divorce risks, and the idea of a home built on real devotion. Letters from UNCLE TOM and a bachelor weigh high ideals against modern sensibilities, urging love, truth, and mutual respect over mere arrangements.
An old advertisement warns parents to look for the name California on the package to ensure they buy the best and harmless laxative for children. It touts a fruity taste and full directions on each bottle, urging caregivers to say California.
Photo by Cress-Dale shows a blue tricotine dress with braid trim and a right photo featuring an accordion skirt and a trendy Eton jacket with elbow length sleeves. Daisy Henry notes both outfits as attractive and invites young ladies to visit The Star editorial rooms for two tickets to Mis Nelly of N Orleans at the Metropolitan next week featuring Minnie Maddern Fiske.
The article extols soil care and hoeing as essential for good crops. It warns that waterlogged or sun-baked earth hardens soil causing rapid moisture loss and plant thirst. It suggests a wheel hoe or scabled hoe to reduce back strain and notes a common hoe suffices but costs less.
In Cuba a brilliantly luminous firefly species is used as a lantern by locals. A few insects are placed in a glass lantern to carry or hang in huts. Evening outdoor festivities see ladies decorate gowns with these glowworms, which outshine gema. The United States produces half of the world’s rock phosphates for fertilizer.
A narrator watches over Ann Lorimer amid murder rumors surrounding Claude Ives. Newspapers hint at a city society scandal while the Lorimer household reorganizes as Ann moves to a new home. The narrator debates speaking with the prosecutor before private talks with Ann.
New York fashion critic Cora Moore notes velvet garments expand beyond winter to pair with organdies linens or ginghams. Illustration highlights a black velvet summer coat by Harry Collings with irregular length double cupped cuffs crushed gird and side fastening. The accompanying skirt features French blue silk and a wide straight cut with wrist-tightening straw and button detail.
An advance fall style note suggests refreshing satin or taffeta blouses that are still good but faded. One fall blouse design shows a bolero or Eton jacket of embroidered weargette over a satin or taffeta under-blouse. Designers agree fall blouses will be simply trimmed while rich fabrics like brocades and Oriental prints gain strong favor.
Hats and parasols that harmonize with summer outfits were shown in a local display. A black chantilly lace large hat trimmed with roses paired with a matching lace parasol, while a sports set featured ribbon strips woven in two colors with a fringe edge on both pieces.
Caird Leslie and Ruth Van Valey lead a special summer ballet and interpretive dancing class at Cornish School now enrolling. Leslie returns from New York where he danced with the Metropolitan Ballet and Bolm Ballet Intime, with ties to Chicago and Seattle engagements.
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