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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
2
French mothers craft juvenile styles that blend simplicity with distinction and individuality. Paris models outshine American versions in trimming and fabric choice, with pongee frocks for ages eight to twelve and decorative sashes, embroidery, and lace details enhancing loose, airy summer outfits suitable for travel and daily wear.
A mixed fashion and cooking snippet urges comfort over beauty with sun safety and gloves to prevent harm. It covers summer wear, hair care, and eye protection, then offers a cheese pudding recipe, plus a note on the wishing sash fad for shorter figures.
A clipped fashion note previews French tailored style with a forerunner of fall effects. Drapery misalignments on the bis, a sash seen askew, and an oversized vest appear in the suit, reflecting experimental tailoring terms from the era.
A pretty card party conducted like a cotillion for forty guests filled spacious rooms with rotating tables and paired introductions. Four games plus favors at ten tables produced merriment as losers and winners swapped seats and gifts. Freshening organdie bands by sugar-water washing offers a clever aging trick. A potato ricer replaces a colander for quicker pumpkin or squash prep.
A fashion note highlights tulle as the season’s charm in summer frocks and hats. Airy designs feature plaited frills and an immense variety of tulle neck rubes, with large hats in white and black tulle. The illustration presents a model in black tulle with a wired fan bow and heavy black lace brim.
Violet perfume is made by infusing violet flowers in olive oil then pressing out the oil. The oil is dissolved in cologne spirits with about half as much alcohol, kept in dark bottles, and the cloths used are stored in alcohol until digested.
A collection of summer recipes including Blackberry Sauce with berries lemon juice stock sugar and seasonings, Crab Salad with hard shelled crab endive olive oil vinegar parsley egg capers olives and cucumber, Buttermilk Scones made with butter and buttermilk, Fees on Cocotte using ham or tongue and eggs with paprika and tomato puree, and Coffee Rings a yeast enriched dough with currants butter sugar and warm milk.
Several young mothers without maids with many small children adopt a weekly rotation to entertain all the children for an afternoon. Each week one mother hosts the group, freeing the others for social duties shopping or personal leisure.
A bachelor girl recalls early days washing dishes in a small flat and describes making homemade mops from sticks cotton and woolen scraps. She gives step by step assembly tips for dish mops and dusting mops from broom handles and serge, plus advice to wash mops weekly in hot soda water.
A reader describes a new refrigerator that resembles an apartment house bellkroom in size and boasts abundant, practical features. It is highly sensory and commodious with adjustable provisions storage.
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