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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
7
A Western Newspaper Union feature outlines dual purpose Swiss organdie frocks for graduation. It highlights sheer fabrics, eyelet embroidery, delicate ruffles, and slim ta ffta sheathes, with pastel tones and red accents, designed for summer wear and post ceremony events.
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas highlights a last minute arrival featuring a green brown and red madras front paired with a beige brown wool three quarter coat. A wide chamois gray belt secures the coat and a gray felt hat completes the ensemble.
Designers craft bags from dried butterfly cocoons, arranged to resemble gray brown tree bark with a rough woody surface. The process preserves the natural shell texture, turning cocoons into fashionable accessories.
Fashion notes describe bold button ideas for sport blouses using number buttons from one to nine in plastic or imitation ivory. Bright colors or contrasting fabric create eye catching effects while others imitate tortoise shell or pale amber. Zodiac motifs and Chinese script on mother of pearl or lacquers add cultural flair.
Lingerie and deshabilles gain popularity with mossy crepes and rayon sheets. Preferred colors include periwinkle turquoise blue pale pink and salmon. Also seen are maize champagne canary and mauve tones chosen to match new purple shades such as Bishop and Parma violet.
New tiny watches with colored leather backing and fobs are pinned to suit lapels. Larger, simpler versions appear in business suits. The main drawback is that wearers must strain to read the time while passersby can tell the time easily.
The piece advises testing violet shades in daylight as indoor lighting can dramatically alter appearance, noting the hues look different outside. It stresses first checking true color before purchasing any violet tones.
Horace Plunkett of England known as Hod Plunkett faced a death escape in Siberia while traveling with a sleigh horse. A timber wolf chased him through a forest. he hid in the sleigh as the wolf leaped over him and attacked the horse, then he lashed the wolf and drove into a town where locals killed the animal and praised his survival.
In a colorful Salt Lake City game against the Portland Beavers, catcher Joe Jenkins rises from slump to hit a dramatic go ahead home run. His infamous teeth story frames his unlikely moment of triumph as Salt Lake wins 6 to 5 in the ninth.
Humming Bird Stevenson of Columbia Tennessee recounts Blinky a one eyed Irish gray rooster famed for pittings in Maury county. A glass eye and corkscrewed neck are noted as stylistic touches while a city champion Allen round head is defeated in a dramatic finale.
Very little information exists about the Standing Stones of Stennes. It is believed the stone circle dates to the Bronze Age and some authorities suggest the interior area served as a burial ground, though this has not been proven. The stones are linked to burial ceremonies of the builders.
Delicate lilac motifs decorate bedspreads with lazy daisy stitches and French knots. The pattern includes a main 18 by 21 inch motif and two smaller reverse motifs. Send 15 cents and your address to The Sewing Circle for transfer details and materials.
A compact list covers phrases such as Ad interim a la bonne heure bis dat qui cito dat Chateau en Espagne coup de maitre and in loco parentis with brief Latin and French explanations. Each entry notes origin language and approximate meaning in English.
Reports state that in certain districts of New Guinea natives use dogs teeth as a form of money. The citation notes teeth are traded for goods and services within local economies and serve as a customary medium of value.
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