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Newspaper
Albury Banner And Wodonga Express
Location
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
14
A Melbourne pattern advertisement describes a lavender tea gown with dark velvet trim and white mousseline sleeves. Butterick pattern 102 is offered by M. Thorp and Co at 11 Collins Street with a local agent in Albury. Price posted 10d, catalogue requests via stamp.
A column on female strength and responsibility urges strong character for women whether working or homemaking. It comments on changing fashion from beaded bags to gold net purses, hatpins valued for practicality, and wedding tales. It notes Paris aquariums as dinner-table ornaments and forecasts evolving fur collars into large lace ruffles.
A column discusses fashionable but unhealthy summer trends such as fur cravats and collarettes worn indoors, notes a theory about feminine vocal cords and conversational ease, and offers practical household tips. It praises female sociability, criticizes restrictive attire, and provides cleaning and dust-cover guidance for homes.
Household hints cover preserving teapots broom care and wax removal from ears. Tips include using sugar in a teapot to prevent musty tea and weekly soapsuds to revitalize a broom. Other advice explains wax dissolution with glycerine and water, bath tub care, waxed frames, rug cleaning with salt, and DIY hot sand bags for warmth.
An excerpt on household management by a mistress outlining flexible division of labor, training, and practical routines. It stresses balancing strict rules with adaptability to servants and highlights feeding, wages, tea, locking up, and kind, decisive oversight to foster cooperation and efficiency.
The article describes German wedding practices including an invitationer delivering notices, a Polter Abend with toasts and poems, and a china breaking ritual for luck. It covers civil and church ceremonies, the wedding tour with formal dress, reception at the bride's home, and the planting of myrtle sprigs from the bouquet for future daughters.
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