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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
10
The Courier-Mail readers ask for colour advice for bedrooms, nicotine stain removal, carrot marmalade tweaks, bridge drive tips, glove restoration, quince jelly method, and yarn pest remedies. Requests cover crochet lace, embroidery, and fabric care with several notices from readers across Brisbane suburbs.
A column blends light social vignettes with serious notes on pioneering women in Victoria and Queensland. The piece discusses genealogical records for pioneer women, historical nurse wages and pensions, and memories from migrants, nurses, and bridge players, highlighting change, hardship, and resilience.
The 10 prize goes to Mrs. D. W. Pedersen of Beechmont Road Canungra for a seasonable and long lasting pie-melon pickle recipe. Details include melon squares, salt, overnight rest, vinegar, sugar, cloves, cinnamon, and cayenne with steps to boil and finish.
How to knit a brown chenille cap with velvet or fur-like look using velvet chenille, size 9 hook, and a feather mount. Also includes a tested rushed tablet toffee recipe with butter sugar condensed milk and flavoring, boiled then cooled and cut into squares.
Daffodil time arrives with blooms seen in florist shops. The flower, sometimes linked to Persephone, is tied to myth of yellowing petals as she accompanied by Pluto.
A classroom moment shows a teacher testing spelling with a girl in the front row. The student spells O H I M N E Y aloud and earns a praise turn to advance one step for recognizing a clean frock. The light exchange captures a simple schoolday achievement.
Crochet guide detailing chained foundation, rounds of double crochets, and shaping tucks for a hat. Includes ring construction, successive row patterns with chain and dc stitches, and finishing steps to mold the crown and back tucks with stitching to fit the head.
A vintage kitchen note describes mixing mustard and turmeric with plain flour to form a smooth paste with cold vinegar. When cold, the boil is sealed airtight. The piece invites readers to address Verity at The Courier Mall Brisbane. Prize money is paid to monthly winners.
The piece notes that many prefer breakfast in bed while cold or flu makes rising hard. It highlights attractive breakfast trays now sold in shops with blue and white or green and cream china, featuring boulid cane or wooden edges to cheer the invalid.
Crochet ring pattern using 2 skeins green and 1 skein yellow. Begin with green foundation then 15 double crochets per row, completing six repeats. Edging uses yellow with seven double crochets at each edge point, finishing at the extreme point.
Simple ways to fashion edible flowers from fruit jelly almond paste and light desserts. Sunflower petals from apricots, rose petals from peaches, jonquils from orange jelly, buttercups from pineapple, and daisies from bears. Almond paste icing adds easy floral motifs.
The Courier-Mail offers Pattern No 3649 a dinner gown design with a cowl front and shoulder to elbow openings. It lists yardage for size 34 bust and notes other sizes 32 34 38 and 40 are stocked. readers request by sending name address and 2/1 stamps to Pattern Service The Courier Mail Office Brisbane for pattern plus cutting diagrams and directions.
This article outlines pastry making with emphasis on cool conditions and a marble slab. It notes pastry is heavier than bread but not as digestible and gives instructions on dough handling, chilling, glazing, and baking to achieve crisp light results.
A note for crafters with leftover wool to knit into a water bottle cover. Join narrow and wide strips in a color scheme, either lengthwise by hand or horizontally in stocking stitch on three needles for a neat, seamless look.
Simple at home drinks and mixtures ease colds and chest coughs. Ginger milk, peppermint milk, linseed tea with lemon and sugar, and a lemon egg remedy provide soothing relief and aid digestion at night.
The speaker finds beauty in kitchen walls and sunlit windows, joy in needlework, and peace through handmade garments. Comfort comes from stitching, loved ones nearby, and quiet evenings with dear companions as the simple life they seek.
Guidance for cutting chiffon or organdie on a table. Place a blanket over the cutting area to prevent sliding and use the rounded end of scissors for trimming.
Unusual bottle coverings finished with a crocheted top for a draw string. These handmade items consistently attract buyers at fetes and sales of work.
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