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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
3
The article touts Alice Blue as a fashionable fabric for gowns and hats, noting its graceful look in party dresses and day wear. It highlights waistless, hipless lines, straight silhouettes, sash draperies, and coats with Chinese-inspired outer garments, accented by lace embroidery and rhinestone buttons.
The spring fashion notes describe long classic jackets becoming shortened with rounded fronts, smart overall look, and the redingote element in oyster satin skirts. Russian blouse suggested with a plaited lower portion. Rich suits brightened by small corner ornaments in red yellow or violet.
A dainty prune colored straw toque worn at a recent wedding features marine plaitings and a velvet band with a tall fan of plaited marines. It complements a prune satin brocade gown with lansdowne drapery, red velvet rose at the girdle, and patent leather boots with prune cloth tops.
The article notes many high tight stocks of lace, net, silk, and satin, giving a trim, smart look unlike flat collars. They seem set to stay popular while cool days endure, but mid summer will likely see them replaced by flat open collars.
Poiret's tailor outfits features white silk buttons matching silk flies. A dainty cream white train is accented with cerise. He often combines contrasting colors such as green and red or green and blue to create striking effects.
Parasol styles adapt to small hats and large shade hats with options like the narrow and the big parasol. The black and white striped Lady parasol complements street frocks, while the large blunt tip evokes traditional Japanese sunshades. Seaside fashion favors the square light-handle sunshade with a rose edge for hatless heads and practical protection.
A transformed dressing jacket moves from utilitarian to dainty and serviceable, using washable materials. The Dresden china model features white wash silk with pale pink rose wreaths, blue satin ribbon, a deep net frill, pale blue silk collar, cream net frill, and net sleeve frills tied with satin ribbon.
Toilet Table Silver Quadruple plated silver articles for the toilet table are more than ever attractive and easy to clean with a tub of water. Three piece sets with glass brush and comb in plain or striped design, pin trays, and hatpin holders accompany the range. Talcum, cold cream, rouge, and cosmetics are kept in glass with flat hinged tops or detached covers matching the silver items.
Craft instructions describe making a dresser cover by sewing three embroidered handkerchiefs together with insertion, edging each piece with a narrow face and lace, joining them, and adding corner bows of ribbon in a chosen cambric color. The design aims for easy removal for laundering and features corner tacking.
A contributor to Good Housekeeping suggests using colored cotton for basting white fabric. Colored threads help follow seams more accurately on the machine and are easier to remove without leaving overlooked remains.
A 1912 guide describes building a miniature moving picture theater using a simple frame, a stage, and cloth picture strips. It explains constructing cranks and rollers, lighting effects, and arranging multiple scenes with cardboard scenery to simulate a dog chase across four scenes, with instructions for mounting and pivoting pictures for motion.
A reflective piece on nature time and humanity describing nature as a loving mother that heals and teaches. The author insists on personal resilience and belief in life despite hardship, contrasting despair with hope and healing through nature and time.
The article recalls roses in ancient pharmacopoeia with 82 remedies from Pliny and notes rose pillows for nerves. It mentions rose wine for Hellogabalus, rose as garnish and galad, and rose water flavoring dishes. It observes Western decline in rose consumption while China still eats rose fritters.
A remark questions how the new pitcher built such an arm. Another line jokes he once played slide trombone with a minstrel show, reflecting playful chatter about his background.
Stanhope is awakened by Kathleen's urgent intrusion seeking a doctor for her ailing husband Clavering. He rushes to fetch a physician, then rides to the Heights in a fevered vigil. The suspense centers on Kathleen's peril and Stanhope's perilous hope as the doctor's verdict looms.
A petrified waterfall near Constantine Algeria named Mammam-Meskhatin draws researchers. The calcareous cascade formed by sulphurous springs runs at 95 degrees and resembles a carved wall of water. Local legend says the stone dwellers awaken at night, while Romans knew the springs long ago.
Mrs. Lawrence Kiehl of Abbotsford Wisconsin reports her son’s year long eczema on hands improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily for six months and notes no further breakouts. The ad asserts Cuticura heals, offers a free sample with a 82 page Skin Book and lists Boston as the address.
Retiring private secretary to King George and King Edward, Lord Knollys has repeatedly resisted autobiography offers. An American publisher once offered a blank check for a 50 000 word book. Knollys said his terms would be five million dollars and noted that frank disclosure would be priceless, leaving no incentive to publish.
Philip Miller, Probate Judge of Gray County Cimarron Kansas, reports sinking palpitations and heart trouble after six years of symptoms vanished after about a year on Dodds Kidney Pills. He weighs about 200 pounds, performs manual labor, and remains in his third term. He endorses Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo New York and offers free household hints music and recipes.
A quick street exchange shows a vendor offering strawberries at a quarter per box. The buyer remarks they look green and miserable, while the dealer acknowledges the quality but notes the quantity is small and unlikely to cause harm.
Antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes for tired feet to relieve corns and discomfort. Makes walking a delight. Sold everywhere 250. Refuse substitutes. Trial package addressed to A. 8B Olmsted La Rey New York.
A clipped dialogue fragment hints at an earlier incident where a hatpin protrudes. The speaker expresses satisfaction that the weapon remains lodged, suggesting a tense confrontation and a decisive moment in a larger event.
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