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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
8
The piece advises using colored papers to convey mood in letters. Rose signals love or devotion, white suits formal or condolence notes, deeper rose or coral shows joyous congratulation, blue implies friendship and loyalty, violet is sentimental yet wistful, gray for serious social or business letters, cream for informal invitations, and buff for outdoorsy athletic tones.
A retail merchant distinguishes customers from shoppers and convenience buyers. He notes customers reliably purchase regular items, enabling stock planning and business operations. Shoppers compare prices across stores, delaying purchases, while convenience buyers linger without intent to buy, sometimes prompted to purchase by opportunities or accidents.
An American fruit piece notes grapefruit became common only in the last quarter century and contrasts U S tastes with English habits. A recent English observer recalls Grapefruit being smaller there and shares a method to serve it neatly with sugar and optional cherry.
A newspaper sketch describes china on display in shops, highlighting medallion bird or flower motifs, chintz designs, and bright European painted ware. It notes a Jugoslavian tea set with red and black pieces and peasant china from around the world, including a multi-section tea plate.
The article describes using stale bread in practical ways to avoid waste. It covers making bread sauce with milk and seasonings, incorporating crumb bread into hamburg dishes, croutons, scalloped tomatoes, bread puddings, and brown Betty as simple, homey remedies for stale bread.
Butter and sugar are creamed then milk eggs and flour added to form batter. The recipe folds in hickory nut meats citron raisins and candied lemon and orange peel. Bake in two sheets for one hour.
A specialty shop offers antique brass military buttons repurposed into cuff links for blouses and sleeve slashes. The piece notes hats matching frocks, pervenche blue felt trims, wrought iron shoe buckles, and Aztec silver jewelry with topax stones. It also highlights three-piece bangles, cross bracelets, slave-link bracelets, ostrich feather collars, Scotch plaid accessories, and pearl chokers with matching bracelets.
The article advises women with severe colds to cover the nose and mouth with creams or lotions indoors, then use vanishing creams and powders for outdoor appearances. It recommends nightly cleansing with soap and water, cold cream, then morning rinses, lip and nose care, and zinc powder. Eye care with warm thoracic acid solution and cold boracic acid to reduce swelling.
Onions are boiled in equal parts milk and water until tender. They are drained placed in a baking dish with butter salt and white pepper then covered with white sauce and baked until lightly colored.
A detailed seven day meal plan lists breakfast lunch and dinner items. Each day includes fruit vegetables soups salads and main courses such as salmon salad baked potatoes lamb stew fish cakes roast turkey veal cutlet and a variety of desserts. beverages and bread accompany meals.
Soup flavor can be enhanced by caramelized sugar, a touch of gelatine, and browning meat before simmering. Use slow heat to extract richness, retain nutrients, and reuse leftover vegetables, pasta, or rice to add depth.
A vintage kitchen guide highlights prunes, noting grade differences and inspection tips. It offers step by step dessert ideas including prune bread pudding, baked custard with prunes, prune jelly, meringue toppings, and layered prune pastries with buttered bread and pastry crusts.
The article notes international serving ideas such as Holland’s stewed apricots with poultry, France’s cream cheese with sugar, Denmark’s baked omelet with hard sauce, and Australian hot pancakes with fruit. It suggests these methods as pleasant table variety beyond cranberry sauce and describes per-country preparations and flavors.
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