Hush !
Miss Miriam Sumrer Hughe*, the noted fashion expert. was talking aLout ilie i>ew Dii'ectciro gowns at a San Francisco ' lunch-eon. ' "They are too — ar — clinging to be worn,' 1 t she eaid, '"at an Independence Day picnic i or any other sort of shenuous and informal 1 fur.ccion. Tvs Ficnch call them, you know, j
' cal'ar.te." That means more than tight or s^catahk-j : it means glueu to \ou, fitting 'ike y^ur ckm. And. n.J^ccl, I have seen e-orrc Dircctoire gowns thai were ' callante ' | be3ond an\ thing you can imagine. I '"A cousin of mine has such a gown, and my oor-sin's iiitle niece said to her mother the otlie; cay: ' Mamma, v. ill j-ou please get me some hu-h gluo. like auntie uses, to mend my dolly with. " ' Kusli glue. What do you mean, child?" i '' ' Why, I asked auntie what kind of glue she used to make her new skirt stick to ' her, and s'.ie told me 'hu?h!'" |
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Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 87
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160Hush ! Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 87
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