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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1911
Page
8
The article notes foulard models are practical yet less attractive than other utility frocks, with borders challenging for average dressmakers. It highlights clever tweaking like removing borders, plus bright changeable silks, sheer voiles, etamine, and satin vollemete for dressy summer looks. A chic, simple frock features shot mousseline with multicolor dots, a Dutch collar, and black satin accents.
Simple little dresses described for young girls. The first design features grey cashmere and silk with a cashmere skirt and silk band, kimono bodice, and plastron. The description notes woolens or cottons as possible fabrics for both outfits.
Small yoke pieces cut in one. Silk bands finish three quarter sleeves and buttons trim plastron and sleeve bands. Materials include three yards cashmere and silk with numerous buttons. The blue poplinette costume features a satin trim skirt and Magyar bodice with satin band. Batla collar and elbow bands used.
Dainty silk sachets in pink wild roses and beaded forms entice gifts for handbags. Delicate butterflies with satin wings and beaded bodies, beaded sachets, and rice paper wing designs feature scents printed on cards with brief verse.
Harper's Bazar notes the waist open at the throat is now fashionable for evening wear. Theater dress mirrors dinner dress while avoiding heavy materials and high collars. Popular fabrics include voile de soie, drap de soie, marquisette, chiffon, liberty satin, satin finished crepe de Chine, and lace.
A negligee described as a boss kimono length reaching below the waist uses ribbons through side seam eyelets to hold the figure. Persian lawn or Paris muslin with a one inch German Valenciennes edge forms the fabric, while a radiated disk border outlines the neckline and front sides in alternating warm pink and deep baby blue. The design features five black French knots and blue satin ribbons finished with a pink underside ribbon. satin ribbon washes badly.
A compact guide to light luncheons with vegetarian and meat options. Lettuce cups are filled with egg yolk dressings olive and nut spread ham chicken sardine and more. Recipes include oil based dressings, lemon juice, mustard, and pepper variations for quick sandwiches.
Guidance on nursing the ill urges careful, generous meals. Serve small, dainty portions with parsley for appeal. Avoid greased beef tea and soups, keep foods warm, use fresh fish milk and eggs, and prefer barley water as a diluent when milk digests poorly. Do not consult patients about meals if avoidable to prevent spoilage of appetite.
Butter pans with pastry rounds then bake as shells. Fill with rice, bake, then top with a custard-like mix of milk sugar flour and salt, cook 20 minutes, cool, fold in egg yolk and stiff whites, add strawberry extract, and garnish with ripe strawberries.
A household tip advises rinsing strawberries in cold water after a quick boil to cleanse and preserve brightness. The method includes hulling, pouring boiling water over, then draining and a cold-water rinse to remove germs and keep berries firm and plump.
A simple dessert combining quartered marshmallows and shredded pineapple with a dusting of powdered sugar. Let stand, then whip half a pint of cream and fold over the pudding for a light topping. Serves as a retro style pantry dessert.
A brief kitchen note describes lining gem pans with a piecrust layer, placing a spoonful of jelly in each cup, and covering with plain cake batter. Bake in even, fairly hot heat from the bottom to ensure browning. Useful for lunch baskets.
A new device speeds silver cleaning using a metal pan with a grate and a warm salt and baking soda solution. Silverware rests on the grate for one to two minutes with warm water or five to ten minutes with cold water, then is wiped dry to restore brightness.
Pare core and quarter apples soak them in boiling water then add molasses and cook. Prepare a soft biscuit dough with flour sugar baking powder butter and milk. Place dough over tender apples bake thirty minutes, with hot sauce of butter sugar milk and nutmeg.
A dated household set of instructions outlines making cucumber soap by combining cucumber juice with potash, oil, sugar, and grease. The process involves melting fat, mixing liquids in a thin stream, stirring 15 to 20 minutes, then pouring into a pan to harden and cut into squares.
Boil water with sugar for five minutes then cool. Beat four egg yolks with syrup, add two cups flour sifted with baking powder salt and lemon juice. Fold in stiff egg whites, bake in two pans, cool, layer, spread with sugar and crushed strawberries, top with meringue or whipped cream and berries.
Instructions describe using clean warm water boiled with onions to wash cream colored fabrics to preserve or restore their rich cream tone. White fabrics can be steened in the liquid to gain a delicate cream shade and faded items may soak briefly to regain tint, then rinse and finish as usual.
Salt helps varnished floors stay clean as coarse grains are sprinkled and left a few minutes. The mixture is then brushed away with a soft broom to remove dust and dirt from the surface.
A short recipe lists ingredients for a temperance cake: one cup sugar one half cup butter two cups flour two thirds cup sour milk one egg and one teaspoon soda. Flavor options include nutmeg or lemon or both.
April on the Pittsburg grounds saw Carey, a new major leaguer, sprint through mud to catch a scorching drive just above the ground and throw out Kling at second, preserving a Pirates lead against the Cubs in a crucial early season clash. The crowd watched as Carey’s leap and relay secured the win.
In a provocative remark, a speaker asks if man is truly superior to the ape in evolution. The exchange riffs on education and self formation, noting the irony that an educated person can imitate human progress while an uneducated individual may resemble a monkey in conduct.
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