When a slim silhouette made women abandon sugar and si arch for (he sake of their figures it was American women who made the greatest sacrifice. Their sacrifices were the greater because no women are so inordinately fond of hot breads andsweets as the Americans. And now that the curve is coming to its own again one learns that they are making the sweet the main part of a meal. The luncheon places frequented chiefly by women have suffered somewhat during the craze for thinness, but once again they are concentrating on mysterious concoctions of puff paste and cream, multi-colored cakes, and the beloved ices of many flavors. She Took the Hint.—Eve; “I think a man should give his wife plenty of rope." Ernest; “Yeh! I did with mine, and she skipped.’’
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Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 8
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