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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1916
Page
23
The article notes a fashion calm with no summer revolution, favoring country suits and sport silhouettes. It highlights tub skirts and shirtwaists in washable fabrics, changeable taffeta frocks in raspberry and old-blue, sheer blouses, fringe trims, lace hats, and a shift to low shoes with varied parasols, in a period tone.
An essay traces how military dress influenced civilian attire from buttons on sleeves originally to prevent mouth wiping in the French army to the frock coat’s lineage from armor coverings. It notes ornamental back buttons once supported sword belts, the Norfolk coat’s chainmail origins, and historic helmet muffs. The piece also profiles Persian influenced blouses with elaborate trims and collars, then pivots to a section on royal titles of the Sultan of Turkey.
A collection of home tips covers cleaning with vinegar for polish and odor removal, lemon on fish knives to eliminate lingering smell, salting jelly coolers, adding a touch of lemon juice to short crust pastry water for lightness, steaming carpets to kill moths, cooking tor fruits under roast joints for flavor and efficiency, home collar starch with gum arabic solution, repairing rubber items and mackintosh tears with rubber patches and chalk, and general care for rubber goods and sponges.
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