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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
2
Mary B. Cornwell of Winchester arrived Sunday evening to visit John J. Cornwell and family. Also noted are members of the Cornwell and Michael circles visiting together with A. R. Good of Shi and Mrs Ernest Michael.
In New York the fashion dilemma of the day centers on proper skirt lengths for women this fall and winter. The paper schedule prescribes Evening wear five inches from the floor and Afternoon wear six inches from the floor, aiming for absolute correctness in style.
A designer who helped craft Mrs. Warren G. Harding's inaugural gowns notes that skirt length is not a standard Americans will follow. He observes that American women increasingly dress as they please, with annual shifts in fashion reflecting personal choice.
August report from Capon Springs West Virginia notes Winchester visitors at the historic hotel. The register lists dozens of names including B A Leatherman Mrs W P Burns J M Singman E P Bean L J Kirtly and many others plus interlinked social notes.
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