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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1929
Page
6
A charming afternoon hosted by Mrs Arthur Makeley at Millewa Forrest featured tulips and prolific bouquets. Guests included Mrs F Irennan Mrs Fog G Theodore and Miss Theodore Mrs Ynle and Miss Morrow. Mrs Scullin could not attend due to travel to India.
Mise Kimura San of the Young Women's Christian Association spoke in Canberra on Japan's social change. She noted women entering professional work, universities expanding female graduates, and a shift toward a more Westernized civil society transforming roles from police to teachers and porters.
The text offers practical tips for avoiding common ironing frustrations. It suggests prep steps before ironing and emphasizes reducing effort by planning the task, using proper heat, and handling fabrics carefully to prevent wrinkling.
An afternoon wear outfit features ime peru wool crepe with black cire decorations. The hipline shaping supports a slender silhouette, while a cascading jacket from the bodice provides a front. Double bell cords add flourish.
Simple homemaking tips describe dusting blinds with cloth to refresh them and chalk at joints to prevent wear. Guidance covers rain marks, wiping with boiling water, and shaping cork tips to fit candle wicks for home projects.
The article offers guidance on ironing wide ranges of textiles. It recommends using clean water and appropriate heat settings, avoiding scorching for delicate fabrics, and handling starch and linen carefully to avoid gloss or burns. It notes artificial silk should be ironed nearly dry with a moderate heat.
Housewives discover that dissolving a lump of sugar in water cleans and polishes many items. A sugar solution brightens teapots, polishes wood and leather, preserves luster on floors and furniture, and helps remove grime from bricks and tools. Sugar aids damp cleaning and can improve shine with less effort.
Fragmented text lists odd ingredients and steps for a jelly with oranges. The garbled lines mention six oramern one gill of wren tilbeypeompal helmer and other nonsensical measures. No clear method or outcomes are recoverable from the readable portions.
A fragmented guide describes using five pounds of fat and five quarts of water to create soap. It mentions heating, melting fat, stirring, cutting the mix, and adjusting moisture for even texture. The text conveys steps for dissolving fats and forming soap bars.
A fragmented recipe describes self raising flour and butter dough. It mentions mixing, rolling, cutting into scones and baking in a very hot oven for about ten minutes. The text also notes stirring sugar into the mix for sweetness.
A recipe fragment describes layering two hard boiled eggs, shrimp, and a mace scented white sauce in a china dish. It instructs topping with bread crumbs and small bits of butter, then baking until brown and serving with parsley and lemon slices.
Fragmentary text hints at wartime employment changes among men who passed through an unspecified program. Mentions rebuilding morale, production efforts, and Japan as a reference point for military output.
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