Colorful straw chapeaux shape summer fashion trends
Julia Bottomley notes the season's millinery: exotic dyed straw hats with long back brims, matching organdie frocks, and natural tones. French organdie gowns for formal wear highlight white ensembles and higher waists, while hats feature versatile contours and color-coordinated trims.
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The Auction Fades Into a Paris Dream of Gloria Green
Richard visits a late auction and buys a Ming piece while noticing Gloria Green. He learns the house sale finances her family’s debts and offers to buy sheet music tied to memories of her mother. A quiet romance blooms as they depart into the fading afternoon light.
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Phillips Milk of Magnesia Beats Indigestion Fast
When digestion sours many misread indigestion. An acid condition corrected in minutes, Phillips Milk of Magnesia restores digestion quickly. It eliminates sourness and gas after meals, preventing distress two hours later. Unlike soda, it neutralizes much more acid. Next time a hearty meal sits heavy, try Phillips.
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Hawaii Sugar Planters Lead World in Yields
Hawaii planters can grow four to five times as much sugar per acre as any other country, driven by scientific study and experimentation, according to local authorities.
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Statistical comment on birth racial rate sparks humor
A reading note jokes about a statistic claiming one third of children are Chinaman inverts the line to praise having only two as a blessing. The line shifts to a quip about compound felonies versus pounding a felon.
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Climax in Play Writing Highlights Credulity Trap
George Cohan spoke at a Brooklyn Y M C A address on play-writing noting that climaxes must be engaging but not false. He cited a grizzly bear tale of a guide boasting of a kill, ending with the punch line that the sun was going down for the second time.
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Me and the Goat Portrait Session
A photographer toured the neighborhood with a goat and wagon collecting photos of children. Three year old Jane eagerly posed and later recounted the joke that she would be hitched to the wagon when the pictures arrived.
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Scientific Term Aerodynamics Defined
Aerodynamics is the branch of pneumatics studying gas motion and forces from air, gravity, and other forces. It covers air currents, propeller thrust, and liftoff powers of moving surfaces.
Stocking Remark Sparks Laugh in Hosiery Counter
A humorous exchange at the hosiery counter has a fair customer asking if the stockings will run. The clerk replies that it would be easier to get a car with an empty gas tank and a dead battery to run than those stockings.
Hammer and Tongs on Monolog Versus Dialog
Capper's Weekly explains that a monolog is a conversation between husband and wife, while a dialog involves two people speaking. The piece contrasts common language usage and clarifies terminology for readers.
Night Bloomer and Rambler Women Probe Marital Roles
A Louisville Times line contrasts old and new female roles, noting the old-time girl as a clingling vine and the modern as a rambler. It adds a wry remark that husbands aren’t made to order while some wives act as if they are.
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