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...Cliffedweller would as soon wear luminous green eyeshadow in the daytime as appear in red satin cinch for a nine a.m. class. Leather--plain polished saddle leather or colored calf--looks best with sweaters and tweeds, but a girl could conceivably branch out into monetone or even striped or polka-dotted grosgrain and possibly velveteen for daytime wear. After-five and night-life cinches encompass a staggering range of materials, from supple leathers (since sweaters are now correct at any hour) to fur, valvet, fake fur, and anything with sequins...
...farmers and townsmen of Ottawa County streamed out of the fairgrounds at Marne, Mich, one day last fortnight, they came upon a handsome, square-shouldered man wearing a big, green, polka dot bow tie and a wide, bright, boyish grin. He stood astride the main exit, reaching out to shake hands with all who would come within his grasp. The smile and the green bow tie identified him as Gerhard Mennen Williams, governer of Michigan. "Look," murmured one woman to another as they pressed by, "he's getting grey hair already...
Layer by layer, a typical young lady's petticoat underpinnings might include: a white stiff not crinoline, a blue and white polka dot taffeta, and, the most recent addition to petticoat fashions, a chintz with numerous ruffles...
Peppermint striped and polka dotted fabrics are more popular this season than they have been in recent years. These patterns are often used as panelling to highlight an otherwise solid colored ensemble...
Power Politics. In Pahokee, Fla., Mayor Lewis Friend explained how he happened to shoot his fellow hunter, Town Councilman D. W. Cunningham, who had selected a tree as a handy observation post: "I mistook his polka-dot shirt for a turkey gobbler...