25 May 1911
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
1
A charming guide to the season's children’s frocks emphasizes white fabrics, colored ribbons, and playful trims. It notes washable fabrics, dainty hats, aprons, and sashes, with advice on matching faces, economical laces, and novel yoke designs for tiny slip dresses.
A fashion article discusses feasible textures for a lit He slip with elaborate lacing and massed side skirts. It suggests fine gauzy materials like rotted muslin mousseline organdy over a silk slip, plus simple lawn with Valenciennes trim or white thina silk or pongee as practical elegant options. The piece also highlights embroidery details on a tiny tot.
A drain pipe is repurposed as an umbrella stand with a fern stand option. A corner-hall display uses varied size and color postage stamps pasted onto the pipe, then varnished for easy cleaning. Stamps cover the visible pipe, arranged in bands or mixed patterns, with edges aligned to the fern pot level.
Instructions describe making nearly all sofa cushion covers so no sewing after inserting the pillow. Front is a square. back has two pieces wider than half the front. Place pieces with selvage edges, sew around, turn through slit, and finish with a stitching row to form a hem. The pillow slips in and overlaps to stay closed without buttons.
Bead embroideries from Egypt fascinate with vivid borders around necks and fringes on velvet cravats. Seen on new three piece outfits of shot taffeta, these bead details lift dull blue silks with bright white red pale blue and black accents.
William A. Radford offers free expert answers on building topics for readers. The piece surveys the bungalow craze in suburban homes and summer cottages, noting its versatility from rustic camps to two story variants, wide roof overhangs for rain protection, coolness, and harmony with outdoor surroundings.
The plan describes a square 38 by 36 foot bungalow with 12 by 34 foot usable apartment, built with cement plaster or shingles exterior. It features six well-lighted rooms including three bedrooms, a cozy living area, reception hall, and built in cabinetry, priced not over 2800 dollars.
The article traces Hippocrates, born on Cos about 470 B C, as the father of medicine and outlines his oath. It notes the oath bound doctors to serve, teach without fee, admit certain pupils, prescribe best medicines, avoid poison, protect patient privacy, and conduct themselves with propriety, invoking Apollo and Asclepios.
A store owner who had forty shoes stolen from a window offers a proposal to the thief. If he returns twenty shoes to mate with the ones in possession the owner will give him twenty shoes to mate with the other twenty. The plan is presented in a humorous, yet curious vein.
Chicago Cubs star Jiggs Donohue made a legendary first base stop to prevent a Cubs loss in the 1910 World Series opener. The odd play featured an infield stab at first with the ball hitting dirt eight feet away as Donohue’s toe held the bag. Donohue’s desperate stretch preserved a 2 to 1 Sox win and the pennant.
A wife laments a new dress not fitting, while the husband insists it looks fine. She explains the garment is too comfortable, prompting a light domestic moment reflecting fashion quirks and couple humor.
A brief exchange contrasts a cheerful baby bird with a fretful nest, noting both have worms. The dialogue highlights the humor and inevitability of parental care in a natural setting.
A dainty corset cover and open drawers combination pattern 4914 for sizes 82 to 44 bust. uses 4% yards 17 inch flouncing, 1 yard 36 inch plain, and % yard beading. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
The dress features a deep round yoke with gathered skirts and bishop sleeves that can be shortened to puffs. White or pale fabrics like batiste lawn or gingham suit a lace or embroidery yoke. Size 4 to 7 years. medium needs 1 1/2 yards of 36 inch fabric and 3/4 yard of 18 inch trim. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department for this pattern.
A witty dialogue features a slick young millionaire and a shrewd actress. The millionaire laments a slippery customer while the actress retorts with sharp romance. Their banter highlights social pretensions and romantic aims in a compact scene.
A fragment from a column or cartoon caption queries if Hercules would confront the oil trust. It suggests he would not roar the earth on that day but could topple some heroes' lamps as a demonstration, reflecting playful social commentary.
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