Weeder's Guide: Dutch floral designer shares tips
Dick Schuyt of Haarlem Holland, a renowned floral arranger, visits and explains that flowers should come first in design. He offers home arrangement tips, including fresh flowers, proper cutting, water, and simple containers, plus flower pairings and color schemes.
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Dick Schuyt
Haarlem
Holand
Schuyt
Holland
Bulb District
Using Dry Milk in Cooking and Drinking Uses
Economical cooks use dried milk in soups and desserts. For drinking they mix with fluid whole milk to improve flavor.
Antique Shopper's Guide To Europe
Writer Vivian Brown reports antique shopping across Europe with tips from Alfred Lowden. He notes bargains exist but markets are pricier, urges patience, and warns about customs duties and taxes on pre 1830 pieces. Key spots include Paris flea markets Lisbon Madeira embroideries and Madrid rostral booths.
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Antique Shopper's Guide
Europe
Vivian Brown
Alfred Lowden
Lowden
New York
Paris
Riviera
Cannes
Monte Carlo
Mourques
Lisbon
Madeira Islands
Portugal
Esterelle
Lord Byron
Repousse
Customs
United States
Enclosed Payment for Baby Simeprint and Home Booklet
A note accompanies a 50 cent payment for a baby simeprint and a 1 dollar payment for a YOUR HOME booklet sent via street mail. The fragment provides minimal context and no additional details about recipients or dates.
How To Grow Hair
A satirical piece mocks cosmetic manipulation from wigs to wig whimseys and fake hairpieces. It contrasts changing fashions with men’s denial and women’s strategies to alter appearances through bangs buns curls and padded garments. It ends with a quip about pastry dough resting before rolling.
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Rudyard Kipling
Lady Fair
Graceful three bedroom house for gracious living design
Architect Lester Cohen presents a three bedroom home with 2 full baths, large living and family kitchen, 1,948 square feet. Features include a front portico, rear terrace, vestibule, spacious foyer, fireplace, family kitchen with U shape work area, and a master suite with dressing room and five closets.
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Cohen
No Make Up Look and Chin Surgery Discussion
The reader asks about achieving a no makeup look with softened application and foundation lotion. The response explains no makeup means minimal visible product done softly without dramatic effects. A second reader mentions a sagging chin and elasticity loss, noting potential need for time and possible surgical removal of excess skin.
New England style strawberry shortcake recipe debate
A discussion contrasts genuine New England strawberry shortcake with restaurant versions. It presents a biscuit based recipe with sugar in the dough, mashed berries, and a method to bake, fill, and top with whipped cream yielding six servings.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Hull
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Spain
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Madrid
Italy
London
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Rome
Greenwich Village
Via Portuenese
Bologna
Georgini
Florence
England
Sheffield
Brompton Road
Cottswald
Sussex
Telegraph Design
By Jean Spain Wilson
Beauty
Hulitar
Homemakers