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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
11
Fashion centers announce new spring wear with a vertical effect across ensembles. The official decree from the National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association in Toledo outlines two and three piece suits, hipless skirts, long sleeves, and tailored dresses emphasizing high waisted lines and cutaway fronts.
Easy winter leggings for a little girl made from an old pair of men’s or women’s garments. Use blue or plain fabrics, cut from old footwears pattern, sew and line for warmth, finish edges with decorative buttons and matching buttonholes.
Fashion note describes a new upturned sailor hat replacing the mushroom style. The brim rises instead of drooping, offering a deco fringe look and a new complement to the latest coiffure trends.
Opening of a women's club meeting in Saginaw requests guidance from God to rise above pettiness, judge less, be kind, and act with courage. The prayer emphasizes unity, gentleness, and the need to focus on small acts that bind people. It concludes with a Mayne at M reference.
This article outlines several home shampoo formulas for oily hair. It lists mixtures including eggs with borax and potash, bay rum with ammonia and cantharides, and a Castile soap jelly to cleanse and condition the scalp.
The guide advises wearing close fiting skirts over top fitted petticoats to avoid excess fullness. Jersey knickerbockers appear, but best results come from combination undergarments a corset cover and fitted short petticoat. New corsets feature a high bust and forward fulness, and are very long.
President-elect William H. Taft is described as six feet one inch in height. The fact highlights Taft's physical stature ahead of his upcoming presidency.
Antique and oriental jewelry dominates fashion with earrings adopting old time pendant forms. pendants vary from half an inch to over an inch, using pearls corals and various stones. Bell pins and buckles feature old copper brass silver or gold with Egyptian hieroglyphics zodiac signs and jade lapis lazuli and turquoise stones.
The article warns that glycerine can burn and dry the skin by absorbing moisture. It notes mothers and nurses may misapply it to babies, causing pain. It recommends dilution with water and suggests milder options like cold creams or talcum powders for children.
If new tinware is rubbed with fresh lard and heated in an oven it will not rust even after prolonged water exposure. For cleaning stained tinware use borax. Boiling a discolored teapot or coffee pot in a strong borax solution restores its finish.
Washing furniture uses two quarts of soft water and one teaspoon baking soda. Wash with cheese cloth and rub dry, then apply furniture polish.
Citizens report spats worn by pedestrians on streets during mild days as those without cloth top shoes in brown and gray adopt the fashion. The trend notes spats appearing in public wear across the city.
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