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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
2
A columnist outlines hosting a tango tea with formal decor, warm tea service, and light entertainment. It stresses proper hospitality, the ritual of boiling water for tea, and a modest spread of pates de foie gras and pastries. It notes tango is a new craze and suggests period costumes for a festive, ceremonious party with ragtime or small ensemble music.
A collection of playful ideas for holiday gatherings. Includes mercy card game using animal cries, a postcard puzzle activity, and drawing races where players add details to a shared picture. Also mentions a designer observing color shifts at dusk inspiring new shade ideas.
A fashion caption highlights a lavender satin skirt with mar nish pockets worn by a poised model. The outfit features a violet velvet coat trimmed with ermine, presenting a royal winter combination of purple hues and luxurious textures.
A girl known for candy making faces a tight budget yet decides to gift friends with homemade sweets. The piece provides recipes for Marshmallows Mexicen Kisses Butterscotch, detailing sugar water gelatin vanilla nuts and other ingredients and stepwise methods to create bite sized treats for holiday giving.
A magazine essay traces how skirt styles shaped female carriage and stride. From rigid hoopskirts and crinoline to hobble and wide skirts, steps varied from tiny mincing motions to long strides, with slits offering relief and modesty concerns guiding changes in posture and gait.
A description of small alcohol lamp toasters designed to rest at each plate to keep toast warm, noting their German origin and silver plating as decorative items. The article also highlights fashion shifts to amber bead necklaces replacing white imitation story beads, with bead sizes from peas to marbles and their effect with white lace and embroidery.
A leading corsetiere criticizes modern corsets calling them poultices and notes women prefer straight front designs. She observes padding returns to shape in hips and waist to appear youthful while avoiding “slinky” styles and concealing aging.
A magazine style description outlines MEMS of the Model A simple morning tracks with low necks in white chiffon. It details ch Sai corsages and neck arrangements in dark chiffon and satin, a cherry voile desoie foundation for a smart afternoon gown, a tunic with cherry and white stripe, a lace yoke edged in cherry and white, and a magpie gown in black crepe de chine over white chiffon with heavy guipure lace.
Milady's Jewelry Cleaner offers a home apparatus with a sawdust box and perforated fiber. A zinc pan with a grated alloy base contains a bicarbonate and salt solution that produces galvanic action to remove tarnish from jewelry. After cleaning, jewelry rests on the perforated fiber as sawdust pours away, leaving items bright and ready for use.
Glove fashions described include two button black with white stitching or white with black stitching suitable for tailored suits. Capeskin gloves in white with silk stitching and pearl buttons are noted, plus two button pale glove models for afternoon use. Evening options feature a sixteen button white glace kid with black velvet trim and ruffles, and another with turned over cuffs embroidered with beads.
A compact card case for a girl who attends afternoon functions. It features a dull blue background with blurred pink roses and a light white grosgrain interior. The case includes spaces for visiting cards and is lined with a dull tinsel cord.
Dainty vanity case in morre ell with late shade rose lavender violet light blue absinth tone amber and tan. It features an oval mirror hung from a ribbon and a pocket containing powder. The case folds over and fastens with a button or small silver clasp.
A historical piece extols the modern housewife's skill and discipline over fancy gadgets, arguing superior method beats equipment. It notes that efficient housekeeping comes from educated time saving practices, not expensive aids, and praises the achievement of the self made homemaker, then shifts to quaint china ornaments and decorative gifts priced around two to three dollars.
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