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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1913
Page
5
A fragmented ad style piece promotes a beauty regimen claiming emollients and Cleansing with toilet soap harm skin and hair until a routine using Eleriol emollient yields “beautiful plumpness.” It urges women, especially Millicent, to adopt the regimen, warning against talc and vanity.
A reader asks about home remedies for hair loss, obesity, facial hair, and skin flaws. The columnist endorses hairwand powder mixes, quinoxide tablets for clearer skin, venosol massages for bust shaping, and a homemade balm for eyebrow growth, urging avoidance of alcohol and promising safe results with regular use and proper directions.
A reader discusses whether artful living depends on the term artistry and modern kitchen design. The piece recalls grandmothers homes, colorful textiles, and bright rooms, contrasting traditional craft with contemporary convenience and praising sunshine, color, and material choices in table linens, gowns, and home decor.
Guidance on choosing table linens for entertaining focuses on avoiding cheap or fake starch coated cloths. Tests include washing to check for translucency and colorfastness. Emphasizes using durable patterns like polka dots, buying extra length, and coordinating napkins, cloths, and platters for service.
Beaded bags are enjoying a pronounced vogue in high-grade goods. Dry Goods Economists note better-class department stores dedicate space to bags in various sizes and styles. Exquisite designs appear in expensive models with Bulgarian colorings. others use delicate shades. Most bags feature brass frames and chain handles, with vanity cases in solid beaded effects.
A fragment discusses Oriental snaps as ideal spots for afternoon tea accompaniments like tea, rice cakes, preserved fruits, and nuts. It also notes tips for softening butter without damaging its flavor, mentions delicate Swiss muslin embroideries, and praises casseroles as easy, versatile cooking methods, including a note on giving medicine to babies with a spoon.
A New York jeweler weighs in on hatpin safety as Mme Jusserand adopts capped tips in Washington. He notes caps create wear damage, hair snags, and aesthetic issues, while various contraptions fail to curb crime or injury. Boston cites a law restricting hatpin length, and German authorities enforce strict point limits, prompting calls to simply cut pins shorter.
Fads and fashions detail spring palettes and fabrics from military influenced coats with three quarter sleeves to Ottoman silks and tulle lace. Amber yellows and periwinkle blues dominate, with flower trimming, velvet collars, embroidered net sailor collars, and bright buttons. Evening gowns favor white brocade crepe de chine and ratine, while simple slippers replace ornate footwear.
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