The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-11
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askd to stretch their allowances a
mite longer, it would be fitting to
mention first the wedding dress of
Mrs. Jay Perry of white net lace and
lovely silk hand embroidery with
tiers of ruffles and long panels from
the waist line to within few in
of the floor.
Some of the ruffles renewed their
usefulness las we'll as their beauty
when they adorned babes basin
cite just seventeen years ago this
month And again a few years ago
when this young lady was confirmed
in the Episcopal church another
panel and ruffle was used to adorn
the young lady with its beautiful
and usefulness. And still there was
enough left for the mother to ap-
pear in a beautiful dress for this
occasion. - -<@ r
Invested with unusual charm was
a lowered null dress trimmed in
black lace of the early nineties worn
by Mabel Moulton. Over her dress
she wore her mothers black silk
evening coat, with fitted bodice to
the hip line and a heavily shirred
skirt. She carried a black silk and
lace parasol with hinged rod Her
head covering was white fascinator
which she had made in go. "A black
ruff edged in white was an ,attrac-
tive neckpiece She carried a fan
which she had bought at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago.
Mrs. Siegfried came dressed in a
1909 white opera coat and high top
ped laced shoes with spool heels Her
hat was the tllimble type with an
all around brim turned up at about
the eye level. ~
Mrs. Cranmer went a hunting and
found a challis worn by Mrs. Carna-
han about thirty six years ago. It
was cream color with a black stripe.
1t was made in jumper style and
worn with "a pretty silk blouse.
Mrs. Huntington looked lovely in
a white fucllu with a small black
bow in her hair. + o.. - p. =. .. +
"A mulberry crepe de Chine trim
med in brown was worn by Susie
Mae Vibber. Her thick black silk
stocking brought back the spirit of
the early twenties. =. -.
Cora Whitbeck travelled to the
third floor of the. Moulton home,
where she found a lovely black silk
coat of the year 1900, and a blue
lowered TERED dress without any
trim except "a jabot made of a hand
made handkerchiefs held in place
her mothers cameo breach. j
Eunice Washburn had told our
editors wife about the looking back
ward party and from her obtained
a blue flowered wolfe made by Mrs.
Reed in 1919. She wore a small
brown velvet hat with plums, and a
brown emproidered silk shawl, which
graced the lovely ladies of sixty five
years ago. Special interest was
aroused by her beautiful heavy gold
necklace, the kind worn by ladies of
days gone by, but still very attrac--
tive. = A. .,-.<= e.
Mabel Black climbed the Moulton
flight of stairs, too, for her gown of
the evening. She found it very
worth while when she came down
with gown of pure white eyelet
lace. The gown was cut with def
mite waist line which held a gold
watch hung from a chain around
her neck
Ruby Green had gone back with
her husband to Valley City, North
Dakota, where she had purchased a
long tail suit and a pair of opera
style pumps with toes so short and
long that there was no need of nut
picks at Christmas time.
Marian Robbins went to see her
brother graduate in 1917. For that
occasion and this one, too, she wore
"a pink candy stripe silk, and a lovely
and becoming pink serge cape trim
med in fur and lined with a lighter
shade pink. Lest we forget there
were petticoats too in that day with
lots of pretty ruffles and coolies of
flimsy lace. .... -.
Helen Mason found an interesting
black hand bag that her husbands
mother had treasured. 1T created a
great deal of interest. -,
Esther Knowles looked through
the Moulton dress treasures AND
found a pretty linen dress of 1910. II
was Peplin type trimmd in red
She carried a silk fan. On her heaC
she wore a shawl which had beer
purchased at the Worlds Fair II
Chicago. -
Dorothy Powell came as young
bride in part of a trosseau of thu
year 1923. Many will remember thu
short skirts and very low waist line.
which We're the fads of this time.
Bonnie Scott looked very prett.
and petite in ,Euniee Washburn'
wedding gown of lovely lace of 1908
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