Vacation cottage offered for girls at Shore Point near Bridgeport
A seaside vacation home suitable for self supporting girls of the time federation opens July 3 at Pond Point. W C A secretaries oversee a furnished cottage with sleeping porch, verandah, and capacity for twelve girls for one or two week stays or weekend visits. Bathing, fishing, beach parties, and daily recreation planned near a long open shore line with easy trolley access from Bridgeport. King Constantine’s condition reported brave.
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Ridgeport
Pond Point
Bridgeport
Peach pink tafetta surplice waist gown with gauze trim
Fashion notes describe a peach blow pink waist with surplice front and back, silk gauze floral design, and black satin piping. Details cover assembly steps, trims, and fittings for a 144 yard gauze and 2½ yard taffeta pattern. Emphasis on dainty effect and economical home dressmaking.
Stylish muslin frock for the young girl
Coin spots are in again as the gown shown proves. The frock is apple green muslin with self color coin spots in a darker green. The yoke is lace and wet, as are the short undersleeves. A sash of Roman striped ribbon completes the costume.
Butterflies and a Loafing Day Echoes in Verse
A fragmentary poem from the Washington Star describes butterflies on a blossom tree and a lazy bird singing as shadows fall and sunbeams drift. The speaker muses on time, longing, and a cautious hope, imagining heaven as a pause that makes a relaxing day.
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Washington Star
Rockwell Co Swing and Dash in Dear Old Bridgeport
Weekend shoppers flock to Rockwell Co for summer fashions and vacation wear. From local sales to mountain and sea shore resorts, customers boast about bargains and the stylish wraps admired by friends.
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Rockwell & Co
Rockell &Co
Rockwell’s
Bridgeport
Young Men Wed Old Men Won’t
A meditation contrasts youth and middle age on marriage liberty and the impulse to wed. It describes how young men fall quickly for romance under May moonlight, while older men seek caution, preferring second looks before committing to matrimony. The passage highlights societal notions of love and engagement.
The middle-aged man’s criteria for choosing a wife
The middle-aged man evaluates a potential wife by testing her character, housekeeping, finances, and compatibility with his family. He seeks a partner who meets all conditions, including temperament, ancestry, domestic skill, and willingness to support him and share his life, before forming a lasting friendship and commitment.
Miss Libbeys Replies To Your Letters
Miss Libbeys Replies gathers readers questions on baking hot cross buns. Mrs B H C supplies a yeast sponge method, ingredients for dough and raisin currant mix, shaping, rising, scoring designs, and oven timing. The note ends with caution about personal knowledge of the merits.
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Emma K
Backward With Girls Dear Miss Libbey
A 4 school girl over 14 writes seeking advice on flirting and social forwardness. The adviser cautions that at 14 a girl should not push herself forward and that modest charm attracts desirable people, noting growth with age will bring greater social confidence.
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Miss Libbey
J.B. P
Dear Miss Libbey Advice Letter on a Love Disappointment
An 18 year old writes of a 21 year old lover who missed a call claiming a dentist visit. She asks if she should remain friendly if he calls again. The adviser suggests patience and returning good for evil, hoping he changes his ways through continued companionship.
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Miss Libbey
L. B
Corners for Cooks and a Wilson Constitutional Note
A recipe fragment mix includes butter sugar eggs flour spices and fruit compotes for two loaves cookies and rhubarb dish with whipped cream then a tomato cheese toast variation. A final line notes President Wilson informing Albany’s constitutional convention he cannot address due to foreign affairs.
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Wilson
Constitutional Convention
Albany
Royal Baking Powder Endorsed for Purity and Health
Purity and health are highlighted as Royal Baking Powder is praised by food officials and experts. The text claims eminent chemists and official authorities attest to its superiority in purity strength and wholesomeness. It notes teachers of cookery and the medical profession prefer it for adding only healthful qualities to food.
Home Decorations of Interest to Women
Angeline Scott Donley led a Fairfield lecture at Greenfield Country Club on home decoration trends and color schemes. The talk, aided by Miss Mabel Johnson, showcased period rooms, chintz fabrics, and photographs from Country Life in America and the Craftsman, with emphasis on modern homes and furniture makers.
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Fairfield
Greenfield Country Club
Angeline Scott Donley
William H. Wilson
Mabel Johnson
Stamford
America
Salem
Boston
Chelsea
New York School of Applied Design
New York
Vienna
Donley
Fabrica
Cretonne
India
Misa Johnson
Charlies Gray
Bridgeport
Watkin's Art Store
Broad Street
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Indy
England
Constantine
Greece
Gary &Sractical
Pictorial Review
Bizes
Rockwell
Rockwell &Co
Main Street
Laura Jean Libbys
Li Y
President Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Horlick
Royal Baking Powder CO
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Jonnson
It Gas Fixture Co
Fairfield Avenue
Geo. B. Clark & Co
Broad Street Gas Appliance Exchange
Hadley Furniture Co
Geo. E. Nothnagle & Son
Elm Street
Wentworth Furniture Co
Broad and
John Streets
Astor
Detroit
Jewel
Oriole
Crawford
A. B. Steve
Glenwood
Acorn
Lion, Rex
Hoffman
Ruud
Ohio
Acorn, Lion
Deale
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