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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
6
A guide to stretching cold roast beef with practical techniques and sauces. Tips cover reheating, careful handling, and several recipes: brown onion sauce with olives and toast triangles, potato turnovers using beef and potatoes, and sizzling beef with mayonnaise dressing and horse sauce.
American brides of wealth prepared wedding cakes, with a $5,000 masterpiece for the Decies Gould nuptials noted as a record. The Connaught Fife royal wedding cake surpassed it, featuring Beares of the Duchess of Fife and Prince Arthur, with a Grecian temple scene and Cupid motifs. Flowers from Fasland and Scotland accent the decorations.
Paris decrees the alabaster brow returns with waved tresses and piled knots. The season features imitation shell combs and rhinestone pins, new hairpins, and beaded bands for evening wear. Classic David head styles rise in popularity alongside modern swag and fringe effects for street and party looks. Catherine Talbot.
A discussion of the Bluebirds program as a junior department of the campfire girls movement. It outlines the motto Bluebirds sing and grow, lists activities for doll care, crafts, and manners, and cites Dr. Luther Gulick on developing wholesome home oriented interests over formal schooling. The piece emphasizes nurturing home life and motherhood as central aims for young girls.
This season’s blouse variety offers plain and fancy waists in silk, moire, lace, chiffon, charmeuse, velvet, and more. Styles emphasize shoulder definition, loose lower fits, and belts or sashes. Coattails and peplum-inspired details appear on dressier models, with decorative collars and cuffs enhancing suit-coordinated looks.
Furs are blended across the season with two furs or trims in most pieces from muff and cape to coat. The pairing often uses two nap furs like ermine and mole or white and black fox, and long haired furs such as fox or skunk pair well with short haired ones. Collars cuffs and buttons frequently feature another fur for a richer effect.
A fragment advises daily outdoor exercise and cold foot baths to improve circulation. It recommends lifting onto tiptoes fifteen times, avoiding tight clothing, and notes figs and orange juice as facial whitening aids. It links a Frenchwoman's diet to lasting skin purity.
A vintage pumpkin pie variation called pumpkin fanchonettes combines sugar eggs molasses ginger cinnamon salt butter and milk. Beat eggs with sugar add molasses then mix in melted butter and spices before stirring in milk. Pour into pastry lined tins and bake about twenty five minutes.
A reader notes that rubbing dried mud from fabric with a coin such as a half dollar will not damage the nap. The tip promises a safe, simple method to clean cloth without harming texture.
The designer nicknames the gown Papillas after its butterflylike color and silhouette. Crafted in shell pink charmeuse, it features airy black tulle draperies weighted with rhinestones for a sparkling finish.
The article advocates expanding palates beyond routine diets, noting plentiful affordable vegetables and novel preparations. It promotes trying mushrooms, artichokes, endive, chicory, romaine, cucumbers, beans, and other items prepared in varied ways to cut living costs and improve nutrition.
Simple craft instructions describe making chiffon rosettes and satin roses for slippers. Form two rosettes from folded chiffon and satin, stack if needed, attach a crystal bead center, and bead the petal edges with clear glass or metallic beads for a flowerlike accent.
A doctor promotes whistling as healthful for lungs and morale, noting improved muscular tone from breathing exercises. The piece shifts to a culinary aside detailing how to prepare caviar on crisp toast with butter, parsley, lemon, and a pepper garnish, shaped with a rose pipe.
A fragment from a feminist debate questions whether women should adopt masculine dress and accessories such as waistcoats pockets and canes. It contrasts calls for release from restrictive attire with concerns about propriety in public places and taps into anti-suffrage and pro-suffrage arguments about rights and privileges.
A fragment describes dancing footwear adopting a beetle sLUpper with a rounded toe and ribbon through cowlee along the edeem. Prices vary. some women wear canes sandals or high Spanish styles, while imcurved Frese beet is less popular. Availability is limited as bootmakers and shoemakers may delay orders, and decorative ribbing allows self colored satin ribbons in niches.
A vintage fashion note describes new negligees and trousseau items in pink chiffon with lace and embroidery. It highlights boudoir gowns with long overlays, petticoats in crepe gechine and tub tinteriad, fur trims, and high collars for cold weather, noting delicate detailing and color tones.
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