Veils Return in Spring Fashions with Elegant Lace
The season brings new veils in Chantilly and dotted nets designed to be worn over wide hats. Black Chantilly stands out for elegance while white brown blue and ecru offer color choices. Complexion veils and lace veils enhance the look and coordinate with hair nets for tidy styling.
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Chantilly
Girl's Sailor Dress Instructions and Materials
The article describes a girls' sailor dress using serge or linen with a wide box plaited front skirt and bodice. It notes a wrapped seam joining upper and lower blouse parts and butcher-blue linen collar and cuffs. Material required is five yards of serge 48 inches wide.
Bound With Ribbon Hat Adornments
A 12 inch wide Persian patterned pongee scarf style decor is shown for new hats. Black or dark blue faced shapes feature bound edges with 2 inch black taffeta ribbon stitched by machine. Wire is threaded through the bow casing created by the binding.
New Foulard Displays Changeable Silk Colors
A green blue and white printed chameleon foulard shows the season’s changeable silk. The shaded background blends green and blue with white dots, giving the impression of an equal division of the three color notes.
Cloak From Paisley Shawl
A stylish evening cloak transforms a fine old India shawl into a usable heirloom. A yoke of dull mahogany velvet complements the shawl, shaping a back point to shoulder blades and a narrow front to the waist. Graceful folds form around the yoke with bronze ornaments and copper braid frogs at the front.
New Bows Add Bright Accent To Bodice Fronts
The latest bow style sits at the bodice front just below the yoke. Made of liberty satin, it is long and trim with full rib bon width flat loops and ends. Worn to elevate theater costumes and simple house frocks, vivid colors like apple green turquoise purple and red with rhinestone centers add brilliancy to white gray or black gowns.
A Plain Tunic From Simple Net
A plain tunic described as an oblong square of coarse net worn over silk at front and back. It extends from the band to near the hem and is slightly gathered at the girdle line. Finishing uses insertion or ribbon velvet, mitered corners, sewn by hand to prevent pulling. For stout figures, tunic halves join at sides with velvet bows or insertion straps.
Little Mother of the Prisons a memory of white roses
Maud Ballington Booth recalls a Sweden Upsala outreach to at risk students and the impact of her prison reform mission. A letter from a former pupil shows a life turned by faith and work, ending with a prison reminder and a biblical call to service.
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New York
Volunteer
League
Upsala
Sweden
Sons of
Europe
Sing Sing
Joseph B. Bowles
Good Enough Says Darling to George in Tender Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a confession of affection as Darling questions if George is right for her while acknowledging his value compared with others. The exchange hints at romantic tension and self doubt within a quiet domestic moment.
Westin Canada as a Grain Producer
Gust Anderson of Maidstone Saskatchewan describes his three years in Central Canada detailing crop yields and cattle work. He notes 2214 bushels per acre of wheat after a heavy frost and 6¢ per bushel oats, with strong rainfall May to August and shallow water for grazing.
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Gust. Anderson
Maidstone
Sask
Minnesota
Canada
Anderson
Dominion
Not Quite A Home He Desires For Her
A suitor tells a father that he will not provide the same home for the woman, noting there will be no grumpy father, no nagging mother, no abusive brother, and no noisy younger sister to cause trouble, promising a better, trouble free household.
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Puck
Cannibal and Lightning Calculator Clash in Crude Exchange
In a sharp exchange from the Los Angeles Herald a Fiji cannibal reluctantly pays out a quarter after a bold plea. The Lightning Calculator insists on the eccentricities of genius while criticizing booze and dice. The piece ends with a wry remark about others rising while not using them as stepping stones.
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Fiji
Los Angeles Herald
Postum for Mothers Nourishes and Feeds Child
A reader attests that Postum strengthens mothers and boosts a nursing child's nourishment. The letter notes long boiling brings flavor, proper preparation matters, and that five year old health improved after daily Postum use. The writer cites personal experience and recommends reading The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
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