Husband and wife swap control of finances in comic ruse
A young couple, six months married, entertain Aunt Prue who questions male money handling. The wife learns to manage household funds, aided by Prue's schemes including sewing machines and dubious stock. In twelve weeks the husband reveals improvised savings while the wife discovers Prue's financial misjudgments and ends the meddling.
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George Curtiss
Kitty Cline
Kitty
George
Prue
Aunt Prue
New Jersey
Lake Erie
Andre
Revival of Lace and Netting In Home Decoration
Lace gains ground in upholstery with lacemakers supplying hotels and rooms, while crochet and old fashioned netting return to favor in drawing rooms. Machinery aids work but hand and loom revival persists with embroidery artful as models from nature and pictures.
Work Wonders With Sash Fashion Note
Designers emphasize detail over drastic change using sashes to vary back silhouettes of frocks and coats. The nursery dress with back corsage fastening contrasts with front fastening styles, while basque drapery offers a knotted back look for demi toilette evening wear.
Morning Frock and Cheese Service Describe Delicate Tableware
The article details a dress of white tulle trimmed with pink roses and a chiffon sash. It also describes modern cheese service, including a flat silver and glass dish for wafers and a silver holder for a central glass cup for soft cheeses, as a new adjunct to the salad course.
Needle Book Designed To Hold Needles
A compact needle book framed in cream satin or art linen with a white silk lining measures 5 by 3 1/2 inches when closed. The piece is cut from a single 5 1/4 by 10 inch sheet, folded to create a pocket, and finished with flame-cut leaf forms for the needle holders.
Needle book case with Needles title in colored silk
Describes a small case for needles with the word Needles woven in bold letters across the front. Color matching silk and ribbon secure the book when closed, with interior arrangement shown in sketches. Suggestions include making the book in different colors for bazaar sales.
Needs Care in Decoration for Dining Rooms
Advice from Kate Greenleaf Locke in the Kansas City Star on dining room design. Emphasizes keeping dignity without overdoing luxury, using plants to warm colonial rooms, avoiding excess in Dutch platters or French rococo decor, and relying on good taste to create a genial, cheerful ambiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Greenleaf Locke
Kansas City Star
A Charming Holiday Party With Self Made Silhouette Art
A year ago in a Lake Champlain town a young hostess held a children's party displaying silhouettes she drew herself. The twelve year old created profile pictures for each guest, cut in black on white boards, a gift that delighted the little attendees. The article urges gifts reflect self denial and suggests the host contribute pocket money or showcase handmade items rather than purchased trinkets. It also notes a white serge boys suit's belt design with a leather buckle and a small left side pocket.
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Lake Champlain
New Mesh Bags Add Vintage Charm and Craft Flair
German silver mesh bags with round tops and clasp closures evoke mother’s bags. New and quaint designs feature gathered mesh work and a delicate, portable elegance.
Patchwork Cushion Cover Made From Blue Remnants
A clever cushion cover uses blue fabric remnants arranged into a diamond shaped design. The four long pieces form the central motif and create a pleasing, tasteful appearance.
Velvet cover design with blue satin inlay and silk trims
The passage describes a velvet center with four diamond shaped pieces of blue and pale blue satin, pale blue silk corners with a dark blue stripe, a pale blue silk frill, and a 20 inch square measurement excluding the frill. It notes alternate color arrangements and suggests other color options using pale delicate shades for best effect.
Irritation and Dimples in Gentlewomen Exercise Advice
The piece argues irritability stems from physical depletion or organic disturbance and urges women to avoid nervousness. It advises exercises to develop shoulders and a habit of calm, noting frisky fashion and rose time as incentives to maintain poise. It repeats a breathing and stretching routine to promote fuller shoulders and eliminate bony appearance.
Military Tailleurs Influence Spring Boot Fashion
Boots with brass buttons and cord frogs match new military tailleurs featuring high curved heels and buttoned cloth tops. Short tailored coats, belts, and braid trim emphasize the military note in spring styles. Baby’s new down quilt uses china silk and sheer linen with a lace edged cover for easy laundering and protection.
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Baby
Indianapolis News
Mrs. Thompson Praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Philadelphia reader Mrs. Thompson recounts relief from six years of monthly pain during change of life after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She endorses the product and invites confidential letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pingham
Mrs. Thomson
W. Russell St
Lydia E. Pigsham
Athens Branch Trains to All Points Timetable Update
Daily departures include 8 20 a m and 1 00 p m with Sunday service at 3 15 p m and 3 45 p m on weekdays. Arrivals list 12 40 p m and 6 50 p m daily with Sunday and weekday variations. For details call Paul Pinkerton or R L Johnson.
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Athens
Sun
Dail
Paul Pinkerton
Commercial Agt
R. L. Johnson
Gainesville Midland By Schedule Effective March 7 1915
Eastern Time timetable for Athens trains No 2 leaves at 7 00 p m No 4 leaves at 1 00 p m No 1 arrives at 11 25 a m No 5 arrives at 5 26 p m Nos 7 and 4 connect at Belmons for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern and with Southern Railway north and south
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Athens
Belmons
Winder
Monroe
The
Georgia Railroad
Gainesville
Gainesville & Northwestern
Southern Railway
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Chas. H. Phinny
T. C. Dunlap
W. P. Brooks
C. Chandler
Eston Epps
Dnc. J. Wilkins
Chas. H. Phinizy
L. F. Edwards Howell C. Erwin
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T. H. Nickerson
C. H. Brand Walter H. Jones
Orr’s School
Ss. P. Orr
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R. W. Sizer
Candler
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J. Wilkins
C. H. Brann
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Caowell C. Erwin
J. Warren Smith
Howell C. Erwin
L. F. Edwards
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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Idea For Children’s Party
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EET
Macon
Madison
Secrria Railroad
Appalaches
Greene County Railroad
B. R. Bloodworth
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Southern Railway Co
Gainesville Midland
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