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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1917
Page
2
A Victorian style note offers craft ideas for tiny handmade items. It describes making a pocket handkerchief, apron, cap, towel, and baby items using color harmonies, embroidery, and simple finishing touches. The instructions emphasize neatness and decorative details.
A blend of home remedies and domestic how to notes about cooking soups avoiding water waste cold bathing and circulation boosting practices, shoe care and leather upkeep lemon based beverages for health and coughs, cleaning sinks and kettles, stove maintenance and kitchen efficiency, plus general winter clothing and foot protection guidance.
The article notes many attractive floor lamp designs shown for gifts. It explains why floor lamps are popular, highlighting their lighting usefulness and suitability for elevated light in planes and various settings.
Readers are advised to repurpose old embroidered waists into practical items. Suggestions include turning fronts into tea aprons, sleeves into handkerchief squares, and fronts into baby carriage pillows or little girl dresses. The piece also covers selecting tasteful floor lamps and lampshades, plus safe baby eye care with a prepared thoracic acid solution.
Readers seek guidance on feeding children between infancy and early childhood. The article stresses gradual dietary progression from six months to later stages to avoid overcare and undernutrition, warning against excessive milky diets and extreme strict regimens.
A nostalgic guide advises careful gift selection for a baby under one year noting that parents often overdo it. It suggests avoiding age inappropriate toys and recommends durable, washable options like rag dolls for comfort and safety. It also discusses whether to set up a real or imitation tree depending on the baby's age.
The passage argues that feeding babies only soft foods and avoiding meat leads to dyspeptic, thin, miserable five year olds. It suggests error lies in the diet rather than other factors, noting meat should be consumed in some form.
An old urged readers to ditch daily curling with hot irons and embrace straight or trainable hair. It warns that artificial curling causes permanent damage, breakage, and unattractive ends, urging patience and regular brushing to grow straight and glossy locks.
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