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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
6
A city hair dresser discusses evolving matinee girl hairstyles favoring natural looks. She explains building puffs from own hair, creating a soft conical knot with light tendrils, and advises against heavy massing. Pompadours are styled to suit hats and English trends influence American fashion.
The text describes a simple bodice for an afternoon dress matching a skirt. It notes unlined fabric except for the yoke and sleeves, using sateen in the material color, with a fine lace yoke and fine tucking on each side for about three inches down the center.
A sewing pattern describes a pale blue silk waist adaptable to separate skirts of cloth linen silk or voile and to ensembles of silk or batiste. It uses all over batiste embroidery with velvet ribbon trim and discusses necklines sleeves and shoulder shaping for different body types.
A white and green tree shaped pincushion in a square box offers a compact alternative to flat cushions on small toilet tables. It uses a stuffed cushion with gold thread cords and a green velvet stem, with a wire netting top to hold long pins, creating an attractive decorative accessory.
The piece notes towels dyed in colors as a relief from plain white. Embroidery can match room furnishings and offer varied treatments with Satin and Wallachian stitches. It warns against cotton threads due to fading, recommending silk instead.
Small printed wash fabric table covers folded envelope style form cushion covers. Centers hold the cushion, four corners folded and stitched for easy removal. Available in floral, conventional, nursery pictures and rhymes in many colors and designs.
A simple method to make a girl's blouse dress cooler for summer uses a straight understrip of fabric between the waist and skirt. Buttonholes in the strip allow folding and fastening to the underwaist, avoiding a tight lining for easier washing and ironing.
Harper's Bazar notes that hat size depends on overall figure height and width. It urges trying on hats before a full length mirror to balance crown height and brim width with hips and shoulders for an harmonious look.
Long spike-like Mephistopheles quills emerge in the mil linery market. They appeared in early winter but now dominate the season as surprise trends reshape store displays and customer demand.
When space is tight store extra winter bed clothes by creating large sofa pillows from bright calico or printed pillow covers. Fold the comforters, place them inside, and button or stitch shut to turn a nuisance into a decorative storage item.
An almost invisible darn can be made on woolen goods using hair from combings. For colors not matching your crown of glory you can buy a small amount at hair stores white black gray and it will hold as well as silk or cotton.
A laundress shares several home methods to set and revive colors. Alum in rinse water prevents green fading, salt fixes blue, ox gall tones gray and brown, hay water cleans tan linen, pepper in first suds prevents running, and sugar of lead bath fixes pinks blues and lavenders. Vinegar brightens colors. ammonia restores silk after fruit stains. bran washes brown Holland dresses.
A method for fixing a woolen or silk dress with a round hole uses smoothing of frayed edges and placing a moist piece of muslin under the hole. A heavy weight is applied until dry, making the repair nearly invisible on close inspection.
A crochet pattern describes a rosette motif for lace trims and appliques. Instructions cover ring creation with twelve chains, then rows of treble and double crochets, chains, and joins to form a star like rosette suitable for dresses and borders.
Miss Ruby Abrams of New York wins four art prizes this year and last, including two firsts. She is the first deaf and formerly mute student to earn a diploma from the art department and aims to pursue illustration or art education in a deaf school.
The ablest masters in the science of mystery are lawyers and physicians, trusted for sharp minds and precise judgments in complex cases and medical inquiries.
Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman, renowned for long distance women’s swimming, arrives in New York aboard the Cedric of the White Star line. She remains unafraid at sea, plans to introduce tennis diabolo a new pastime in the United States, and will debut in Boston with partner Mr Lefevre.
The London Globe notes that chrome mining in Asia Minor has long been pursued but yields low profits. Chrome from Smyrna hills fetched 20 pounds a ton yet now earns little, worsened by distant rail links and lack of modern mining methods.
The author notes Greenland as a giant icebox, far larger than New York. Glaciers migrate from Greenland’s center, pushing farther onto land, and links this to the origin of feared cecergs moving from the warm regions.
The article explains how stomach catarrh leads to hyperacidity and fat maldigestion, causing thinness. It notes fats are digested mainly by pancreatic juice, which is inactivated by acid. fermentation reduces digestion. It recommends Peruna before meals to speed digestion and restore fat absorption, with increased fat-forming foods to regain fullness.
Readers report unusual maritime sightings as a flamingo humorously asks where it went while a sunfish peeks above the waves. The playful exchange reflects coastal curiosities and local seaside whimsy.
Vintage advertisement from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago touts a 50 cent bottle with a 48 page book. Claims soothe red weak weary watery eyes and eye pain. Available at all druggists with doctors’ recommendations implied.
The Travel Magazine compares the Zambesi falls to Niagara, noting the Zambesi spans two miles wide and drops 420 feet, while Niagara is half a mile wide and 158 feet high. It argues Niagara remains more impressive in proportion, though the Zambesi is physically larger in width.
A reader letter extols Grape-Nuts as perfectly balanced for brains and nerves across life stages. It describes using it with milk and cream for breakfasts and meals, noting improved nerve power memory and appetite, with family members adopting the food. The piece ends with the motto There’s a Reason and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
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