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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1929
Page
6
Women favor slack frocks and black foundations stay popular across fashion. French houses report strong demand for black crepe fabrics lightly accented with gel silver or wine sprays. Wine shades are often chosen to complement striped afternoon wear.
Practical tips for protecting pipes during deep frost. Keep water running slightly, seal leaks, insulate with wool or straw and twine, and cover exposed piping. If pipes freeze, restore circulation with boiled water or a flat iron along the length, guarding indoor areas and exposed outdoor spigots.
Mixed ingredients describe a nut loaf bake time and a fruit jelly dessert with pineapple juice custard and lemon whip. The text lists flour baking powder milk and sug ar with notes on stirring beating and oven temperature followed by a pineapple custard and jelly dessert served with cream.
Instructions describe varied lunch sandwiches for children using mate fruit marmalade crushed prunes walnuts mayonnaise and pineapple with buttered bread. Several recipes mix chopped nuts apple sauce cheese and paprika for different fillings and triangle shapes.
The piece surveys dress trends with Milanese silk and artificial tulle gowns. It notes white shades, rose reds, browns, gold touches, and vandyked skirts with ribbons and gold dots. It discusses dance frocks and the shift to longer, more dramatic evening skirts and new bustle lines.
A brief guide to creating a corner storage unit using simple carpentry. It suggests oiling the area, adding a printed woolwork panel, and tying it with a darker trim. Shelves can hold books, ornaments, and other items to personalize the corner.
The article notes pastry should be moist but not soggy and warns of dryness when cooled. It advises using Takii powder to balance moisture and protect the pastry’s integrity during cooking and rolling to prevent leaks.
Fragmentary notes describe cutting away holes in lace curtains and rejoining the remaining fabric. The text mentions stitching the pieces over holes to restore the curtain, with steps possibly intended for hotel storage or similar use. The reader should interpret as a basic repair guide for lace textiles.
A fragmented, archaic recipe lists butter dripping, milk, water, and spices to prepare a fat rich batter. It describes mixing dry ingredients, adding milk to form a drop batter, shaping into rolls or squares, frying, and garnishing with lemon and parsley. The text includes steps for moulding with gelatine, baking, and coating with breadcrumbs, as well as instructions for currants, malt, and custardlike fillings.
The guide advises against plunging the tub into water to wash hair. It recommends pouring warm water onto the head to rinse soap away, preventing soap from sticking and leaving hair dull and dirty.
A quirky collection of home tips covering cleaning foods windows and fabrics. It advises washing fish in clean water, mixing ammonia for cold window polish, using old paper for lighting, and methods to prevent oil burning and keep frying tomato slices from breaking. It also warns against soaking brushes, applying borax for stains, and taping brush ends to drain.
The text explains how to move from one position to another to shake off crumbs, using a dry knife to press down and obtain a fat surface. It notes repeated methods for handling various kinds of bread or crust and describes scraping off the coating with a single stroke.
A blurred OCR snippet lists fabric items including curtain material, Rhodes patterns, Pimmien 50 inch lengths, Towede 17 watts, reversible temps, shirt lengths and brorves. It mentions Snow's Bovereign Bale and ADYVT in uncertain lines.
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