New Silhouettes in Style Parade for 1932
Fashion observer notes how Dame Fashion shifts from short flapper chemises to floor length gowns with high waists, long sleeves, and bold bustlines. She traces influences from Victorian and 1890s fads to directoire and medieval lines, highlighting long waist silhouettes and low hip joins in 1932 gowns.
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Western Newspaper Union
Christmas on the Bowery The Tale of Tom Mason
Tom Mason, a Bowery drifter, confronts a fourteen year arc of decline and separation from his family as Christmas week returns to the grim neighborhood. He recalls happier days in Briarcliff Manor while facing despair, temptation, and a fragile thread toward staying alive. He stands at his old home doorway as his wife Pauline greets him with a candle that dies in the wind.
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Ten Commandments for Fashion Emphasize Quality Accessories
Harper's Bazar associate editor Miss Helen Cornelius urges women to buy fewer items but of the best quality. She stresses quality, versatile accessories, and suggests focusing wardrobe funds on tailored gowns and new collar and cuff ensembles for those with smaller incomes.
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Helen Cornelius
Harper’s Bazar
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Velvet Fabrics Dominate Paris Fashions This Year
Velvet fabrics appear in many forms from crepe and fur velvets to soft silk velvets used in gowns coats and daywear. Paris embraces velvet for evening wraps gowns daytime suits pajamas robes gloves hats and almost every modern item worn by women.
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Paris
Velvet Picture Haf Hat Prompts Wide Fashion Debate
Black velvet wide brim hat described as the best item for many days. The author notes the image and impact of a large hat, praising its bold style for wearers of distinctive headwear.
Capered Bolero Set Tops Evening Wear In Novel Style
The article notes slim sheer bolero and muff ensemble of tiered white ruffles worn with a black velvet dress and matching black evening toque. A refined debutante option for wedding attendance, featuring a lit tle ermine cape tied cravat fashion over a corduroy stripe brown velvet dress by Vera Borea.
Plaid Velvet Tricorne With Anascot Scarf Debuts
A chic plaid velvet tricorne with anascot scarf adds color to a fur coat ensemble. The ensemble offers stylish contrast to an all one color costume.
Crusoe's Isle Imagined in Fancy's Realm and a Concrete Road Flagged
A London Times piece critiques a botanist's claim of finding Crusoe's isle on Juan Fernandez noting the real island's rock and prisoners not Friday. The New York Times recalls Warren county New Jersey's claim to the first concrete road laid twenty five years ago, marked by a guiding sign and good overall condition.
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Warren County
New Jersey
Turn About’s Fair Play Quips and Courtship Reflections
A witty quote from Buen Humor in Madrid contrasts engagements with the speaker’s own experience. The dialogue hints at draw from social norms about engagements and self-reproach. The tone blends humor with sharp social observation.
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Dorothy
Madrid
Meteorite sale aids Arkansas farmer during drought
Wealth from the skies fell on Julian Bailey a farmer northwest of Heber Springs Arkansas when a 37 pound meteorite struck his field. He sold the meteorite to a Rochester New York firm for 650 dollars aiding his drought stricken operation.
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N. Y
Border City Star Menu Plea Sparks Dining Delay
A humorous Border City Star item shows a staffer asking a hungry customer for a menu while a service delay prompts a quip about tablecloths and waiting. The exchange highlights kitchen pace and diner frustration in a light civic column tone.
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Border City Star
You cannot win hostile people with praise
A concise sentiment notes that praising individuals who are temperamentally opposed to you is ineffective and counterproductive. It emphasizes recognizing adversarial traits and adjusting approach rather than overpraising. The idea warns against wasted effort in attempting to gain approval from combative individuals.
One Sure Way to End Coughs and Colds
Creomulsion a new emulsified creosote medicine claims to soothe inflamed membranes and inhibit germ growth. It asserts healing of persistent coughs colds bronchial asthma bronchitis and other respiratory diseases with money back if not relieved after following directions.
To Be a King Encounters Exciting Moments and Challenges
A tentative reflection on the role of kingship, noting the constant pull of excitement and the potential for overwhelm as rulers face demands, duties, and dangers inherent to their position.
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