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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1915
Page
21
Readers discuss Christmas giving within tight budgets and the value of practical presents. Letters praise prudent spending while others defend generous gift making, sharing stories of budgets, vacations, and marital patterns.
The piece surveys autumn style with Nattier blue vel vet, gold grosgrain silk trim, and velvet ribbons. It notes tricorne and bicorne hats, dark plaid silks for collars, beefeater and Tam hints, bright touches amid quiet colors, a limousine wrap with muskrat fur, a Louis XVI suit in blue gabardine, and short skirts. It ends with the finger tip coat length measured by arm reach.
A reader suggests repurposing old stockings by cutting off the feet at the ankle, pressing the legs flat, and joining them lengthwise with the ankle ends aligned at the top to create a usable piece.
A reader cites cutting bed strip fabric into pieces and stitching into a quilt. The method recommends Wash calico to keep the quilt light and washable, with Mrs A lk Pleuly of Rumford Centre Maine provided as the contact.
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