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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
7
Practical guide from Annie Milford Barton via Chicago Record on reviving mourning crape and velvet using boiling water gum arabic and paper sheets. Describes large and small pieces, folding care, and alternatives if a kitchen boiler is unavailable. Offers step by step steaming that yields stiff crisp fabric.
The article outlines simple flat relief carving on wood using a gauge and chisel to create bold designs such as a cock motif on a cabinet door. It also describes methods to finish backgrounds, accent figures, and apply naturalistic textures. Practical home decorating notes cover bed coverings and drapery with light embellishments and simple hardware details.
A tested recipe for whole wheat gems uses two cups flour with salt and sugar. Mix beaten egg yolks with sweet milk, then fold into the flour. Add lukewarm water, beat egg whites to stiff froth, fold in, bake in greased gem pans for about twenty minutes.
The article outlines Easter as a dividing line between inter and summer fashion, recommending straw hats, lighter wraps, and feather boas. It highlights chic long ribbon boas with roses, tall leghorn hats with pink accents, diverse glove patterns, and bold hat and gown pairings, stressing avoiding dark heavy attire after Easter.
Henry Herrick, Yale’s oldest living graduate and Congregational minister, died at 92 in North Woodstock Conn. Maturin Ballou, Boston editor and publisher of Ballou’s Monthly, died in Cairo born 1820. W C Coup sent elephants to a sick Syracuse child. Japanese minister Kurino and a sociable new Japanese chanceller go out often in Washington. President Kruger of the Transvaal mocked music preferring to hear a she wolf scream when at an entertainment.
Short Gleanings notes a raffle for a Dimon pin atop a bar sign at a popular New York cafe. Other items cover Portland street railway electrification, moths avoiding green fabrics dye arsenic, Hartford poet Rhuanp Burton joking about dogs liking Wagner, Aunt Nancy Garrison of Molly Springs Mississippi with exceptional hair, and an upcoming Bordeaux congress on infancy protection discussing parental authority.
A compact survey notes that Burys ate with his knife while Alfred the Great favored politeness. Ibbon, Justinian officials, Fox, Count Dr Lessers, Corneille, Bert Harre imitate aristocratic manners. Goldsmith is described as ill bred and self centered.
Hints cover ink stain remedies and plant care plus a simple baked banana dessert recipe with orange sauce. Instructions include salt for ink, ivy in water, tobacco water tea, and vinegar wick care. Bananas baked with orange lemon sauce described with corn starch sugar and fruit juice. Metternich vineyard note follows.
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