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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
13
Ahead of the season for which they are intended, readers are urged to note summer fashion trends with the big four patterns of checks figures stripes and borders. The article praises dainty styles and vivid colors for youth and notes variations for conservative tastes. It emphasizes side flounces, ribbon arrangements, and practical sleeve departures.
A detailed guide to home dressmaking featuring a pleated smoking jacket style with corner design and lapels, plus a description of fabrics like cream and crash cottons, jacket construction steps, and decorative touches. It discusses new summer patterns, bold ribbions, and practical tailoring notes for a range of garments.
Patterns showcase baby garments including sacks caps petticoats and lingerie using China silk organdy satin and linings. Designs feature flat satin buttonhole stitches raised eyes and scalloped edges with blue pink or white silks. Also includes a raspberry rhubarb pie cover and kitchen recipe notes.
Fragmentary recipe notes describe beating yolks from eight eggs with sugar salt mustard pepper cayenne and cream then boiling adding butter and aging in a cool place. It claims weeks of shelf life but language is unclear and terms seem garbled.
Beams and panels show cracks that can be treated with beeswax. Warm the wax until pliable like putty then press it into the cracks with a thin tool for a smooth, durable fill.
A recipe fragment outlines a hot dog snack using flour salt baking powder lard milk or milk water and small smoked sausages. Brush with mustard, roll dough around sausages, seal and bake in a pan, yielding small sausage filled dough morsels.
Six mutton chops trimmed and flattened in French fashion with salt white pepper and oil. Broil briskly six minutes each side then rest on a hot dish. Top with six thin bacon slices broiled two minutes per side and serve.
A catalog of pattern numbers with sizes from bust and waist measurements and prices. Items include jackets skirts dresses blouses and embroidery transfers with numbers like 8282 9482 8713 and descriptions noting bust or waist dimensions and 20 to 25 cent prices.
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