Dark Accents Boost White Summer Costume Style
A Western Newspaper Union feature advises pairing white outfits with dark accessories to achieve chic contrast. It highlights a white topcoat with green accents, gingham ensembles, black velvet berets, and complementary velvet neckpieces, plus cotton coatings that launder well.
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Cotton Designs Dominate Latest Print Showings
Medium pastels and white gain favor in cottons and linens while dark grounds rise as backgrounds for colorful designs. Coin spots and multicolored prints shine. new stripes appear in blazer styles, seersuckers, and piques for shirts and shorts. Plaids expand in many line variations and multicolor wear.
Candlewick Muslin Frocks Light Summer Fashion
Candlewick muslin evening frocks lead summer fashion with unbleached fabric and colored yarn tufts. Casual country and resort wear feature candlewick styling including a fur coat muslin with thick white tufting resembling ermine.
Supple Taffeta Popular in Variety of Designs
The vogue of taffeta rises with supple fabrics replacing stiff types. Designers favor little tailleurs and basque front dresses in plain and fancy weaves. Worth promotes taffeta ensembles and costumes, including a black and white checked model with subtle gold lame threads.
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Back to Nature Fashion Trends With Fig Leaves
The piece notes a growing return to natural clothing styles with fig leaves as ornamental trims for hair and accessories. It mentions diamond leaves and carvings in ivory or jade adorning Sunday outfits and pocketbooks as fashionable details.
Smart Crochet Collar and Bib Make Fashion Impact
Cherie Nicholas presents a cotton crochet collar and frilly bib in soft mercerized yellow with tiny button accents. The accompanying gauntlet gloves in chenille yarn complement the sports fashion trend and elevate navy or black summer gowns.
Slender Lines for Heavier Figures Dress Pattern
Fashion pattern for a slender looking dress suitable for heavier figures with up and down hip lines and a deep V neck with lace. Features bright silk, sheer or cotton prints with polka dots or colorful circlets on dark grounds. Pattern 1779 in sizes 26 to 46, requires 8% yards of 39 inch fabric plus % yard lace. sending 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. NYC.
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West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Accounting Trick Revealed in Job Interview Joke
A hardware dealer proposes a job to an applicant who boasts about double-entry. The applicant jokes that at his previous job he did triple-double entries for the active partner, sleeping partner, and income tax officials, masking profits.
Telling No Lie Judge You say you are a lock smith
A courtroom line from the Boston Transcript recounts a prisoner admitting he claimed he was a locksmith during a speakeasy raid, saying he was fleeing when nabbed by police, framed as a paradoxical testament to occupation in arrest.
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Hazardous Teacher- How did you break your leg
Pete explains he broke his leg after tossing a cigarette into a manhole and stepping on it. The event highlights unsafe behavior leading to injury.
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Pete
The Great Decision He-Do you know the difference between a taxi and a bus
The dialogue presents a joke setup about transportation choices with a punchline about taking the bus, highlighting a casual family exchange on travel options.
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