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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1914
Page
10
A column extols raw vegetables such as carrots lettuce and tomatoes for beauty benefits. It advises eating two to three carrots daily to clear the complexion and suggests a preparation method using a celery and tomato mix, with poultice applications for the face. It also recommends hot water compresses from parsley leaves to ease headaches and cooling foot soaks as part of a lady's diet.
The feature notes a feverish revival of silks and surplicé draperies, satin garments, and heavy embroideries. Beaded effects and beards in green tones influence bows, sashes, and trims as vases and window boxes are highlighted by John Reck & Son.
Instructions describe a fashion pattern called Smash-over dress with silk trim, lace vest, satin girdle, and skirt assembly. Steps cover assembling upper part from silk scraps, creating back seam finishes, perforation guides, and gathering along the flounce, with sizes 14, 16, 18, and 20 years and price note for Chess Home Dressmaking articles by The Pictorial.
Laura Jean Libby offers moral guidance on romance and marriage drawn from a nurse’s devotion. The piece contrasts brides from different social roles and highlights the nurse as the only partner whose care and gentleness earn lasting trust. It ends with reader questions about young marriages and relationships.
The Corse Payton Players have mounted The Stranger several times, rare among company members noting the recurring production.
Last opportunities to see Al Le and company in The New Lead- Linkinn on Taain street as all acts on the bill end today. The program features a remarkable violinist, pretty songstress Risa UL, Caryle and Grindell with a classy comedy act, Sampson and Douglas in a nonsensical parody, Billy Bouncer in The Trampoline. Also Love Everfloating and films The Hunchback In Her Sleep The Story of the Olive. Amateur night Wednesday and Country Store Friday with prizes. Surprise Night Monday. Poli's theatre remains cool and inviting.
The Park Theatre Corse Payton Stock Co presents The Girl in the Taxi for tonight’s finale performance with the star still in top form and ready for a fast pace. Next Monday The Stranger arrives and William David returns as an experienced leading man in a drama with Miss Fielding.
The Plaza Theatre offers a fun filled bill headlined by The Surprise Party with nine young performers, followed by Waltose and May in a gymnastic spectacle. Booth Trio, Roberts and Lester, Johnson and Crane, and other acts deliver song, dance, whistling, and novelty routines alongside a Keystone photoplay package including The Water Dog and The Silent Witness.
Lyric Theatre presents a Selig film Her Ladyship a society drama with a tight plotted tale centered on its heroine. It promises tension strong wholesome entertainment and a weekend attraction. Also shown is The Switchman's Mistake as another feature today.
The switchman errs in setting the routes for the fast express but a heroine’s quick thinking saves the passengers from disaster. The plot feels familiar yet is staged with a fresh approach for the screen. Also on the bill is Batty Bill Almost Married a side-splitting comedy about a near wedding.
Connecticut suffrage news reports outdoor sunset meetings planned across towns and cities with Alyse Gregory and Emily Pierson leading propaganda and film viewings of the Hartford suffrage parade. Funds raised approach fifteen hundred dollars with gifts including a $500 donation to support the campaign.
In a playful verse a couple named Jack and Jill face a broken car. Farmer Croa lends a mare to pull them to town and they arrive safely. They reward the mare with sugar and plan scrapbooking the verses for a keepsake.
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