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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1914
Page
4
The article surveys fashionable parasols with varied designs and accessories. It highlights white, opalescent, and silk parasols trimmed in velvet, tulle, lace, and ribbon. Descriptions include trelli nged velvet, sequined crowns, bows, wreaths of roses, and color veiling with pinks and greens.
The article notes fashion shifts with boys' attire resembling Dick ens' era, new bead and flower necklaces, cross embroidered feather fronts on dancing boots, a fleece bedspread with satin edges, and old-fashioned colorings in printed silka. Embroidered neta, rowebud and empire patterns, and metal thread interweaving appear as current fads.
The article describes veils crafted in vibrant colors from violet gray green taupe tan purple and blue. It highlights chiffon and marquisette fabrics with color gradients, shaded veils from light to deep hues, new allover fine mesh patterns, and delicate scroll or floral designs. It notes narrow borders and silk auto caps with color runs, plus a simple white glove case embroidery in blue shades with pearl buttons.
A vivid note on the modish maid peering from box seats in New York theaters. Fans become the season’s must have accessory with hand painted red and yellow motifs on white quills and peacock feathers to match the bold futurist design.
New wardrobe details feature embroidered Hugerie shoulder scarfs with edged scallops and white or colored cotton, plus medallions on the scarf. The latest affair shoe for evening wear, the toeless sandal, appears in a range of colors in London shops, designed to match gowns and worn with or without stockings.
The piece laments Salem Mass lost in fire yet preserves Hawthorne’s lore and the town’s seafaring vigor. It recalls Gallows Hill, Pilgrim echoes, and Hawthorne’s lineage, then celebrates Salem captains like Jonathan Harraden and privateering feats. It notes 168 armed vessels in the Revolution and hefty foreign trade in the early republic.
In a clipped exchange the speaker asks about the Paneoue camel. Colonel Kimhus responds after careful consideration that he regards the camel as a mighty good telug, indicating a strong favorable view despite the odd phrasing of the question.
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