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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
2
Maud Hall discusses economical fashion, proposing copies of exclusive designs adapted to cheap materials like gingham and denim. She argues for a smart wardrobe using ready made, seasonally appropriate outfits, featuring overblouse trends and plaited skirts to curb costs while maintaining style.
A detailed dressmaking lesson presents a four piece skirt adaptable to straight line or draped styles. It covers construction, waistline placement, tunic plaits, and garment integration with a long blouse. The piece blends with options like a wide girdle and various organza and cotton fabrics, highlighting fashion trends for spring.
A home recipe explains a silver polish made from soap shavings, hot water, whiting, and strong ammonia, costing about 8 cents for the batch versus 50 cents store price. It also offers a tomato toast method using stewed tomatoes and buttered bread slices served with sweet milk.
Embroidery expert Kathryn Mutterer presents a border design for dress embellishment. Small motifs suit cuffs collars pockets and children's garments while larger borders crown tunics skirts and jacket hems. The design works in wool raffia cotton or silk and adapts to vests with beading options in jade green royal blue cinnamon brown mauve and burnt orange tones.
A collection of home cooking notes including Apple Betty with layered apples and crumbs, Minute Pudding with molasses sauce, Sugarless Peanut Butter Cookies, Broth from corned beef liquor, and a cheap four pound cut of corned beef for four meals. Contains practical steps and substitutions for baking and simmering methods.
Instructions describe soaking prunes, cooking, gelatin molding, and readying prune desserts plus beans canning methods with salt and water, plus a guide to Pictorial Review patterns listing several pattern numbers, sizes, and prices for blouses skirts dresses jackets and embroidery transfers with home dressmaker notes.
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