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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
3
A description of a white linen tennis suit with a box plaited flounce and pearl buttons, a satin red foulard collar set, and a red leather belt. It contrasts with costly white lace mitts reaching the shoulder, and a mousseline de soie theater blouse with gilded arabesques and velvet corset belt in La Mode Artistique style.
Creaking doors can be silenced by a dab of soap rubbed with a pencil point. Scrape frying pans avoided. bread crust and hot water clean them. Soak lampwick in vinegar to stop smoke and odor and gain brighter light. Tea leaves in ashes reduce dust when cleaning a fireplace. Capers mashed and sieved with butter season fish sauce. salt and pepper add to taste. To prevent cakes sticking, wrap a cold damp cloth around the tin, wait five minutes, then invert gently to release.
Household tips warn against cleaning bottles with shot due to lead risk. Bamboo and furniture should be scrubbed with cold water and salt. Avoid excess dampness and dry items in the open air. For carpet black stains use a paste of fullers earth and water with a touch of ammonia. Repeat if needed. A polish combines boiled seed oil, turpentine, vinegar, and spirits of wine. Lace curtains with holes are repaired by patching with net in cold starch and ironing flat.
Dress description from Chic Parisien notes a cream veiling girl’s frock with stitched plaits on the skirt, cream lace tron, yoke collar, or cream taffeta with cord embroidery and light blue dots. Blue sarah cravat and embroidered cuffs complete the ensemble.
The article observes lace mitts on slender hands at evening events, noting their Parisian origin and status as a costly accessory. It highlights that even the simplest lace coverings are expensive, reflecting the era’s refined wardrobe trends.
Shirtwaist suits in blue and white silk check dominate home gowns with matching white silk linings for wool garments. Plaid popping and Scotch wool designs trend for children and kilts. A white tulle flat hat with forget me nots and blue ribbons charms. chic green blue hat features silk tassels. Skirt trimming leans toward horizontal lines while perpendicular cuts suit fuller figures.
The Boston Herald describes a battenberg centerpiece with open patterns for showing through underlay color, highlighting leaves and scrolls with close filling stitches. Battenberg braid is recommended for durability and long life with careful laundering. cost listed as cambric 16 cents and materials 86 cents.
An elegant taffeta afternoon outfit features a hip plaited skirt with heavy front and back tucks, a short back coat with a large embroidered collar and silk fringe, a double breasted waistcoat, a tucked chiffon vest, and a d Alencon lace cravat. Accessories include a pink chiffon hat with green foliage and a long parasol.
A nest frock for girls aged six to ten is shown in ox blood red with black straps. The blouse combines cream white and red, with a cape collar embroidered to match. The design adapts to plaids and lace appliqué can decorate the collar. Materials listed include six yards of 27 inch wide fabric for a ten year size and 1 1/2 yards for the waistcoat and collar.
In Vienna fashions Wiener Chic describes two gowns. The first features pongee fabric with a puffed blouse and ruffled shoulder collar, red and green embroidery, and a belted waist in red and green silk and red velvet. The second gown uses ecru foulard with box plaited skirt, bows of golden brown panne, guipure trim, and a plaited silk gauze flounce.
In a Paris drawing room Barbara Bretton reveals a dangerous past to Milton Lennox via a staged marriage and a coerced separation. A dying father urges his son Travis to protect his sister Avice, while the lover Lennox vows to honor the girl’s future yet contends with Barbara’s web of ambition and betrayal.
A sick man weakly calls for Avice and she rises from the sofa to approach him. His eyes, enlarged by illness, fix on her face as she asks what he needs. The moment reveals her sorrow and devotion as she faces her friend's fading condition.
The piece recounts a Murfreesboro linked anecdote told by Mary Noailles Murfree alias Charles Egbert Craddock. A drunk barber shaves a judge, cuts him multiple times, and the judge laments temperance’s harms while the barber quips that intemperance makes the skin tender.
A rural visitor brings spring poultry to the editor who rejects it as he mishears poetry. The incident leads to comic confusion with the society reporter and the editor tearing his hair. The line “Poultry Great heavens” echoes the miscommunication.
A historical column notes that sorrow changes a woman’s eyes and a man’s nose often bears the mark of distress, illustrating how hardship reveals itself in facial signs. It reflects social views of gendered expressions and personal hardship.
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