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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
8
Fashion writer Mary Dean notes a looming revival of full skirts and draperies and outlines how undergarments are evolving. Undergarment silhouettes shift from extreme fullness to fitted, dainty pieces in lace and crepe de chine, including culottes, panties, and pantette styles for dance frocks.
Guidance favors white cowhide leather shoes over kid for toddlers as they clean easily with damp cloth and soap. They stay white with little effort, wear longer, and cost about the same as kid. Also mentions keeping veil folded evenly with a rolling pin padded by flannel.
To make double pearl bead bows pack two strings of small pearl beads at 15 cents per string and five cents wire. String about one hundred beads per wire then divide into 50 and 75 bead sections for outer and inner loops. Assemble center using five beads string and sew to cloth for body and attach to maline. Black jet beads on black maline or ribbon also effective.
A sewing note describes a square dainty combing sacque with a central round cutout. Materials: a yard of white batiste and three-fourths of colored batiste. Cut a 36 inch white square, shape a back notch, and form a front opening with a neck cut. Dress uses striped colored panels edged to the neck and front with sleeves formed by turning corners and rosette fastening.
Observers note bath attire authorities now embrace plaid and Roman stripe themes in swimwear. New caps feature visors with plaid patterns, reflecting broader fashion shifts in coastal bathing wear.
A humorous exchange at a drug store as a woman seeks smokeless powder to mix with her husband’s tobacco to keep the house from smoking. A cigar clerk directs her to a gun store while noting the odd request amid light dialogue about a pipe. Later, two men rush to catch a departing train, joking about who started first.
A London Answers excerpt recalls Colonel Goethals and a comical miscommunication about a letter. The scene shows a fidgety subordinate insisting on a letter regarding work at Miradures, prompting the colonel to challenge the claim and question the misunderstanding.
A warden and a Yale student exchange a playful conundrum about a kiss as a math problem. Dr Anna Howard Shaw discusses the vow to obey in marriage, criticizing it as outdated. An Eskimo couple jokes that two weeks pass quickly as a black clock fascinates the beau.
The Joyance, a yacht of William H. Childs a Progressive leader, met Colonel Roosevelt on his return from Spain. An onboard guest and the steward smoked cigars bought for six cents each. Childs dismissed the cheap smokes and tossed his away while Roosevelt reportedly pocketed one.
A Western farmer famed for seven traits is teased about his hair and that of his children. The guest jokes that even a woodpecker would feed on them, highlighting how humor can wound when commenting on family traits.
In a Sunday school scene a girl rejects the scolding for not washing her face, defending her brother Wes who is cleaner and proclaiming it is his birthday. The moment captures childhood pride and family teasing.
A humorous exchange notes a man who plays golf religiously only on Sundays as a sharp shooter on his mettle. Amid light banter, readers glimpse social chatter about marriage and well wishes for a newly married couple.
In a terse exchange, a receptionist recalls a porter named Ball, asking what happened to him. The reply bluntly states, Ball was bounced, indicating his departure from the position. The brief remark reflects a stark, possibly humorous, view of staff changes in an apartment setting.
An old advertising item promotes Dr Porter’s Antireptics Heating Oil claiming to cure sores and many long standing ailments. It headlines relief, pain reduction, and healing with price references and assorted quirky lines about gifts and swallowing.
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