Paris Fashion Notes Highlight Early Summer Styles
A Paris fashion authority in the Boston Globe previews early summer trends from Paris dressmakers. Green shades, dyed laces, black foundations for elaborate outfits, and elaborately trimmed hats with flowers or feathers rise in popularity. Cloche shapes with veils endure while wide brim hats and leghorn hats gain appeal for various fabrics.
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Lighting Your Home an Important Item
The article argues lighting in a home affects mood like music and color. It urges abundant convenient illumination, claiming light has both physical and aesthetic benefits and should be prioritized in budgeting alongside furniture and decor.
Blouses and Plaited Skirts Dominate New Shapes
A fashion writer notes blouses pair with plaited skirts and with the separate skirt and sweater mode. Styles favor dimity lawn linen and volle fabrics with front and back closures, Peter Pan collars, V-necks, and bosom trimming. Handwork shines in lace, embroidery, hemstitching to elevate waists worn with plaited or wrap-around skirts.
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Bashion
New York Herald
Dimity
Navy blue twill dress with pleated skirt trim details
A navy blue twill dress features a gathered/pleated skirt with plain incline. Gray grosgrain ribbon bindings provide the trim, contributing a simple framing to the outfit.
Dotted Swiss Fabrics Amid Seasonal Color Trends
Colorful touches like G ies Color Touch and White dotted swiss appeal to adults and children this season. Ribbons sashes corsages cabochons and pin on flowers top trimmings for dresses. The ribbon adds color and enhances the sheer weave of dotted swiss.
The Spring Veil Fashion Discussed for Spring
A short veil just below the hat brim hides the eyes for spring. For close veils the wide-meshed heavy one is preferred, highlighting current fashion.
Color Trends Mix Fabrics and Hues for This Season
Color combinations captivate this season with figured and plain crepes used in gowns and chiffons paired with red black brown and navy. Millinery features varied tones with shaded hats and silk toques in fresh rose orchid lavender and beige tones.
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Milan
Muff of chiffon ribbon muff for spring weddings
The ribbon muff is made from chiffon and two toned satin ribbon. Orchid colored foundation with orchid and flesh ribbons features tiny ribbon flowers where bands join. Bridesmaids carry it to add a delicate spring wedding accent.
Waistline Styles Describe Spring Fashion
The article notes that low waistlines remain the accepted spring style. It warns that they are not dropping lower, with blenas appearing as basane or blousing over the waistline from two to six inches below the norm.
Contentment vs independence in John Blake’s essay
John Blake argues rulers fed the poor with a gospel of contentment to curb ambition and plunder. He cites Epictetus to show contentment with poverty, but insists true progress comes from independence and striving for better conditions. He warns against contented poverty and urges pursuit of independence.
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Something to Think About by F. A. Walker
A McClure syndicate meditation on wealth and virtue argues true riches lie in character and acts of kindness. The essay contrasts the endless chase for money with the lasting value of noble deeds, urging readers to seek enduring wealth in humanity and service.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
You Cannot Bring Back the Mystic Blossom
Poem lines lamenting a lost inner beauty destroyed by another, comparing memories and feelings to a cultivated blossom that was nurtured over years. The speaker mourns the damage caused by a partner who plucked away the petals of affection, leaving faith and memory to guard the grave of what once thrived.
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Dodd, Mead& Company
Mother’s Cook Book Mushroom Catsup and Chutney Preparations
A menu of preserving and dessert ideas from a vintage cookbook excerpt. It explains mushroom catsup with salt bruised mushrooms and spice, cherry gelatin dessert with whipped cream, and a chutney blend of peppers apples onions raisins and tomatoes.
Green Tomato Preserve and Ground Cherry Jam Recipe
Directions for green tomatoes pickling with sugar mustard salt and spices cook then seal jars. Ground cherry preserve uses sugar lemon juice rind and water to make a syrup then simmered and sealed while hot.
Great Men and Women Old Testament Lessons
Lesson plan overview for June 24 emphasizes Old Testament characters Abraham Moses Isaiah Samuel David Nehemiah Elijah Jeremiah Esther Ruth Joseph Joseph and Esther lessons. It outlines three teaching methods, weekly character studies, and the core message of purpose in every life.
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Egypt
Israel
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Jerusalem
Persia
Life-Force and God in Kennedy's View of Mind
The quote defines life-force as another name for God and describes its continual seeking of new outlets, breaking through mind toward a higher state as articulated by G. A. Studdert Kennedy.
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G. A. Studdert Kennedy
The Art of Pleasing Quote by Hazlitt
A concise reflection on pleasing others and self-satisfaction. Hazlitt states amiability comes from being pleased with oneself and with others, underscoring a social ease born of inner contentment.
Philosopher's Reminder on Self Conceit
A brief note cites Epictetus advising against self conceit and ego in daily conduct. The text references a philosophy stance on personal restraint and inner discipline.
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