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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1921
Page
7
The afternoon gown tops for style variety this season with silhouettes ranging from slim to bouffant. White and black schemes feature georgette crepe, soutache embroidery, and a black white girdle with long loops. The ensemble includes a white ostrich feather hat, white pumps, silk hose, and a parasol, backed by famed fashion houses.
The passage credits Paris with developing sport wear into distinct outdoor apparel. It notes French designers influence American fashion, showcasing two Paris outfits for sport or casual wear, a plain midlength skirt, a decorated middy blouse, and a belted straight coat with embroidery. Materials include wool silk cotton and linen.
The article contrasts Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper, praising Cooper for shaping a romantic vision of early America. It recounts Cooper's impact with The Last of the Mohicans and notes Irving's English literary lineage and international reputation. The narrative then shifts to a historic wartime episode at Fort William Henry with Major Montcalm and General Webb, detailing Magna the Indian scout and the rescue efforts of Hawkeye, Heyward, and Munro amid sieges and battles.
A greenish white gem known as the Maximilian stone arrives in New York for its first U.S. display. Found in Brazil about 1850, it weighed nearly 50 carats in its rough form and was bought by Archduke Maximilian, later sold after his execution. the diamond then passed to an American owner. The same exhibition includes a note on the 19th century imperial fortune and fate. In a separate anecdote a young pupil cries over a misheard alphabet lesson, mistaking the letter B for a different sound.
Alfred Noyes urged purification of the drama and recounted in New York a Fifth Avenue hair dresser window wax scene. A passerby noted the shop’s scene mirrored Broadway plays and accused the hairdresser of stealing plots, sparking a plagiarism chatter.
Fragmentary dialogue suggests Agnes may have wed, while a jest about a poor bridge player hints at social tension. The text also asserts a Providence shaping poetic outcomes, dismissing mediocre verse as fleeting.
A whimsical tale recounts a Woodsman cutting a whale sized tree who is halted by a Fairy urging him to take a regular job as President. He moves to Washington and later asks the Fairy to restore him to his origin with his ax, in a Richmond Times-Dispatch style vignette.
In a crowded waiting room a doctor calls for the next patient while a neat man reads of Admiral Dewey's Manila Bay victory. He remarks a gift is cheap yet costly when bought and paid for, as the room listens to the private office door.
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