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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
3
Newest KIADNO ideas feature floral patterns in delicate colors across summer Katherine robes and lounging wear. From lightweight kimonos with ribbon knots to sheer negligees in white with lace and embroidery, designs range from inexpensive to luxurious with empire waists, satin ribbons, and chiffon drapery enhancing trim silhouettes.
The article advises creating fashionable collars from darned net for coats and blouses. It details patterning with colored wools or mercerized cottons, edging with Valenciennes or filet lace, and using a lawn bias binding. It notes avoiding over-stretching and using an embroidery frame for best results.
A fashion piece advises women to own several white skirts to mix with colored coats and blouses, noting contrasts seen in Paris and America. It highlights two piece wash suits, easy laundering, and pockets on skirts placed along hip seams or front for convenience.
The newest bodices and coats abandon the underarm seam in their construction. Fashion notes highlight this update as a sign of modern tailoring.
A dust colored straw hat features a cherry velvet trim and a wreath of small flowers and foliage encircling the band.
A dainty flexible bracelet watch crafted in sterling silver features turquoise blue and white French enamel. It is adjustable to the wearer's arm and praised for lightness durability and overall attractiveness.
An old raincoat can be transformed into a bibbed apron for wash day or baby baths. It can also yield a bathing cap and a bag for carrying bathing suit and small utility cases, useful for travelers, all crafted from the discarded raincoat.
A noted dramatic critic visits Folkestone and muses on the cheap charm of canvas chairs costing twopence. He praises the seaside freedom, vivid sun and sea life, and the social humor of bathing without prurient scrutiny, contrasting it with old constraints and Mrs. Grundy’s proprieties.
A portrayal centers on a man who never shows remorse while marketing a questionable patent medicine, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. The ad style text asserts soothing gums easing teething pain, reducing inflammation, and curing wind colic, implying broad medical claims.
A witty exchange questions whether children should be handled gently with gloves. The reply answers affirmatively, suggesting the idea of using kid gloves as a pun on careful treatment.
F W Horrisch of 748 Congress St Chicago describes two years of itching water blisters on hands and legs. He tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a newspaper ad, used six weeks, and reports complete cure with no remaining marks. Free samples offered with 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Boiled milk lasts longer in heat but may taste and smell unpleasant. Use a tightly closed double boiler and keep the milk over heat ten minutes after boiling begins. Do not uncover, then place it on ice and cool quickly to improve flavor and acceptability.
The Seven Champions of Christendom are listed as St George of England imprisoned seven years by the Almidor king of Morocco St Denis of France lived seven years as a hort St James of Spain seven years dumb for love of a Jewess St An thony of Italy lulled into sleep in the Black castle freed by George's sons who quenched seven lamps St Andrew of Scotland guided by Walking Fire delivering six women in seven years as swans St Patrick of Ireland immured in a cell scratch marks on his grave St David of Wales slept seven years in Ormandine's garden and was redeemed by George
A testimonial from a husband and wife detailing coffee addiction relief after switching to Postum. The man’s health improved, skin yellowing faded, kidneys recovered, and the wife gained strength and weight. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum and urges boiling or instant preparation and personal taste.
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