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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
3
A reader guide describes creating period style costumes using crepe paper and light wire. It details making a powdered wig look with crushed paper, a Jaymty Mower ensemble, a pale silk slip foundation, and a fairy dress with wire wings. It emphasizes color variations and practical finishes for party costumes.
The excerpt describes lemon based jellies with variations using fruit juices and combinations like lemon with raspberry. It also covers coffee jelly using clear coffee instead of water and notes layered jelly textures. A separate section promotes almond soap with olive oil for delicate baby skin and a scalp hair care routine including lathering, rinsing, and managing cradle cap in infancy.
A prominent scalp specialist of international fame notes that caring for a child's hair until age six is crucial, with the soap used playing a key role in hair health.
A collection of domestic tips covering stocking stitching to deter ladders dentifrice from salt and chalk, waxed paper for cake tins, soda paste for marks, olive oil to tenderize fabrics, mincer maintenance with sand soap, glove care, baked potatoes with butter, lemon juice borax rosewater skin lotion recipe, and gas burner maintenance with periodic cleaning plus a bread and mossin trick to curb cooking smells.
A Brisbane era article notes fancy dress parties rise at New Year with crepe paper decorations from cheap shops. It highlights easy construction methods including an Old Colonial costume from The Australian Journal January issue by Georgia Rivers, featuring a white underskirt, arrow ruff, overskirt of crepe, and a wig to impress judges.
The banyan tree mentioned in Mrs Aeneas Gunn's We of the Never Never has been found at Elsey Station after 34 years. The trunk bears the carved inscription by Mr Gunn and initials carved by two tourists 74 years ago. Local custodians had shunned outsiders seeking the tree ever since a tribal dispute.
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