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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
6
The guide explains shortening from the bottom with tucks or trimming. To lengthen, remove evenly from the floor, add a matching piece of fabric twice the needed width, sew and press the join, fold, baste, and stitch a double row hem to gain length and a neat finish.
Plain design for cloth serge or linen featuring a yoke and tucked under-sleeve with two rows of Russian braid outlining the yoke. Braid continues down center front in scallops with a button in each scallop. edge of upper sleeve trimmed to match. Materials: 1½ yards 44 wide fabric, braid, twelve buttons.
A note describes a range of Dutch silver belt buckles aimed at young girls. Sizes span from small to eight inches long and three to four inches wide. Buckles are handsomely carved and fashionable with some featuring allies, while most have prongs and plain backs.
Fashion notes how tiny knife plaitings reemerge in dresses inspired by the 1840 era. French prep and selvedge use guide hem work while lace insertions form even lines. White canvas shoes can be dyed or painted to match outfits with careful prep and ample paint.
Chamois gloves are becoming popular again as a practical alternative to kid gloves. They come in white and yellow shades and are washed in cold water with white soap, then air dried away from heat to avoid shrinking. The wise girl keeps two pairs and washes one each day to wear the next day.
A new parasol design, described in Vogue, features a flat top like an awning, with each gores cut to a proportionate lam brequin and fringed edges. When opened, it resembles an awning and offers eye and complexion protection.
Wash Irish lace collars, then press while laid face down on a Turkish towel folded four times. This creates a soft cushion and prevents shiny or stiff appearance from ironing.
Franklin criticizes the bald eagle as national emblem in a historical sketch by Gaillard Hunt on the Great Seal. The article traces the seal’s stages from Congress decisions to adoption as emblem of sovereignty, noting opposition from some founders including Franklin in 1784.
The excerpt discusses the eagle and kingbird as symbols and criticizes the eagle as an emblem for Cincinnati. It explains the limited use and custodianship of the Great Seal, and cites Chief Justice Marshall on seal attachment. It notes current practice: seals affixed to presidential commissions, diplomatic papers, treaties, proclamations, and related official instruments with senate advice and consent.
A Chicago editor recalls William Dean Howells rebuking American spread eagleism and notes Howells has joined a men’s suffrage society. He cites Howells’s Maine Fourth of July oration where the orator before him boasted, and Howells rebutted with a parable of a clever child and a hen.
A mother from Winchester Tennessee reports her two year old daughter suffered a painful itchy eruption on hips and legs. After two doctors failed, two weeks of Cuticura Remedies ended in complete healing by February. The child, now fourteen, has had no recurrence.
An Episcopal minister and avid baseball fan began a sermon with an odd line from Scripture “Here endeth the Overse...,” then abruptly awoke. The playful moment captures early season humor as the clergyman mixes faith and sport.
A young lawyer, elected county attorney, tries to impress Si the eccentric hired man on his father's farm. Si retorts with dry humor about the woods and a corn cob as a stopper, reflecting local folksy wit in response to the news.
A brisk city man rides to a summer boarding house where a rickety wagon approaches. Old man Bitt owns the field and his boys help, while debates about reputation arise from the Autocrat and Practical Person. An observed angry woman on a streetcar is noted for her terrible expression.
A short ad notes mothers should keep Soanawhy for emergencies and Mrs Winglow’s Soothing for teething. It claims Soanawhy eases teething pain and wind colic and promises relief from sudden child ailments.
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