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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1916

Page

3

Fall Fur Fashion and Velvet Tam Adapt to Paris Style

The article surveys fall fashions with furs like moleskin, gray squirrel, muskrat, and kolinsky, noting caracal scarcity and dark-tone suit coordination. It describes long coats in seal and moleskin, new silhouette shaping with godets, and optional redingote influence, plus blouses matching with two-color georgette and rose hues. Velvet black tams with a silver rose accent complete the look.

Georgette Crape

Crafting a Styled Hat with Silk and Buckram Trims

A step by step guide to making a hat with a buckram brim and silk lining. It covers choosing contrasting stitching, brim sizing for tall wearers, crown construction in four sections, and finishing with bias silk or grosgrain ribbon for a refined touch.

Look Your Best: The Value of Personal Care for Women

A discussion on how young women in business should maintain appearance and grooming. It argues that care in hair, teeth, baths, and attitude boosts social and professional prospects while indifference leads to dissatisfaction and poor home leadership. It contrasts careless lifestyles with practical self-care.

Various salads 414D of lettuce and vegetables

Instructions for Russian salad and several other salads with detailed steps. Shrimp and bamboo salad uses oil and lemon juice over shredded sprouts and shrimp on lettuce. Russian salad arranges eggs, peas, beans, beets, potatoes, tomatoes, radishes on lettuce nests with mayonnaise or French dressing. Apple and celery salad layers sliced apples on celery with lemon juice and dressing. Cauliflower and beet salad decorates lettuce hearts with beet rings and beer cut figures, dressed with oil vinegar salt and pepper.

Guest Room Courtesy Cards and Paint Spot Removal

A guide for guest room etiquette outlines illuminated cards for trains mails churches and meals framed and displayed to ease hospitality and curb questions. Also tips to remove paint from glass using ammonia then gentle scraping and finishing with damp ammonia cloth.

Notes on Pickling from New York College pamphlet

The pamphlet from the Agricultural College of the State of New York provides exact pickle formulas and explains brine use. It notes soaking vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers, brine strength based on duration, and the need to balance flavor and keeping quality. It warns against strong brines softening veg and cautions about greening via copper kettles and leaf-lined processing.

Agricultural College of State of New York

Measles care and risks outlined by medical journal

The Journal of the American Medical Association notes over 12,000 U. S. deaths from measles historically but says deaths are rare and usually due to complications. It advises bright rooms, eye protection with colored spectacles, boracic acid eye washes, throat gargles, and a simple liquid diet during active illness. Convalescence brings pneumonia and tuberculosis risks. children should not return to school until cough ends and nourishment is normal.

United States Journal of American Medical Association

Homemade Portieres Show Elegant Easy Crafting

Homemade portieres can be crafted at home with simple techniques. Examples include soft green arras cloth curtains with olive brown linen bands outlined in rope silk, plus three embroidered outline bands running lengthwise. Another design uses gray material with a dark gray hem and yellow and black cube embroidery. A more intricate option uses two tan tones with a continuous side and bottom band nine inches from edges and cube embroidery at the bottom corners for a bright room accent.

Fall fashion tips parade plum frock with surgical notes

A description outlines a fall outfit featuring plum chiffon and satin. The gown shows a tight bodice, long sleeves, a rounded low neckline, and a ribbon trimmed apron skirt. The piece hints at designers removing collars and adopting renaissance necklines seen in France.

Winus America

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