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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
6
Seventeenth anniversary tips feature wool themed decor and games. Guests decorate cards with wool handiwork, prize the best and poorest creations, and spin a yarn ball story while sharing mutton pies and Lamb prizes. Worsted wool decor brightens centerpieces and chandeliers.
A playful party quiz invites guests to describe items in musical terms as they are named by the hostess. It lists prompts such as a trouser support, twenty score, a story in an apartment house and other pairs with musical descriptors and answers.
Lovely muslins in pink blue mauve and other shades appear widely with white and black. Paris ladies wear check skirts with plain jackets and a front center seam. The short black cloth jacket complements the check skirt and is finished with a basque and narrow fringed trim.
A chair of domestic science has been established at the State College in Lexington Kentucky through the work of a number of prominent Kentucky women and supporters aiming to advance home economics education.
The Gaekwar of Baroda defied stereotypes, presenting as a cultured, educated ruler more interested in learning than display. He travels with his wife in European fashion, aims to study American industry and colleges, and pursues reform and progress in his state while remaining under English support.
A quip about two exceptionally happy men follows a short dialogue. He notes one was newly married and the other recently divorced, highlighting contrasting life events in a single witty exchange.
A terse legal note asks on what ground a wife sued for divorce, with a curious reply citing South Dakota as the basis. The fragment suggests questions about jurisdiction and grounds without clear details.
A surge of West Indian domestic workers, both men and women, migrates to the East. Employers prize their refined English, expected literacy, and superior manners which set them apart from American-born Black workers.
A boy failed to find worms for bait after fifteen minutes in a shady dell. An old angler showed him to pour soap suds on the ground, then began digging and found worms in dozens. He notes soapsuds and molasses can draw worms and suggests a blue vitriol mix as an alternative.
A brief humorous exchange shows Bilkins and Wilkins debating a $50 hat bought by Bilkins' wife and sent COD to his office. Wilkins jokes about tough luck and Bilkins replies I sent it back P D Q.
In a lively exchange Bess says Bess Clara trusts faith healing while Nell questions the belief. Bess retorts that Clara spends half her allowance on complexion lotions as evidence.
Margaret Sangster argues every child has a right to be well born with healthy stock and parental restraint on marriage when frailties exist. She extols the nursery as a peaceful haven, the right to grow in sunshine, and the privilege of education and athletics for American children within a democratic, gentle school culture.
A dainty night dress in cambric shows a yoke of tucks and insertion with a shaped piece edged by insertion. Buttonholes in the piece allow ribbon to thread and bow at the bust. Elbow sleeves have lace frills, a square neck finished with narrow lace, and material quantities listed.
Princess Pat, nicknamed by the Irish as Pat as she pursues a match with the duke of Braganza, crown prince of Portugal. She will not marry with any religion change and remains a devout churchgoer, frequenting a quiet London chapel with an attendant where she is rarely recognized.
A description notes the reappearance of darned net under the name Gittertyl work in Scandinavia. It is sold in fancy workshops and appeals to novices for decorative blouses bands insets and curtains for bedrooms or country cottages.
A historical recipe suggests almond meal and other ingredients as a soap substitute for irritated complexions. The formula uses four ounces each of orms root and wheat flour, an ounce of powdery castile soap, borax, ten drops oil of bitter almonds, bergamot oil, and tincture of musk.
Instructions for living room curtains describe a straight yard wide muslin panel reaching window sill with a top ruffle above the pole casing. Laundering is described as easy and suitable for frequent washings by children.
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