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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
3
New frill designs let readers add decorative edges to underclothes blouses and pillow cases in minutes. Frills vary from hemstitched and drawn work to beading and embroidery with feather stitching. Infants clothes use tiny-edged frillings and openwork linen for pillow slips. The method is to buy gathered bands or loosely woven edges and draw to fullness.
Cinder gray cashmere visiting dress features a semifitting tunic cinched above the waist by a wide braided band. The yoke is tucked chiffon with matching undersleeves. hat is straw swathed in tulle and pink floral trimming. Materials required include 6 yards cashmere 1144 yards tucked chiffon and 3 dozen yards braid.
The article describes a shift from flowered turbans to large nets used for headwear. It notes brilliant colors including purple dark blue black white with a black spot and chantecler red. Nets are twisted into puffs and loops with wired ends to hold shape.
Advice on managing hair during illness and recovery including plaiting on first day, ice cap use in fever, vaseline on scalp tips to prevent dryness, gentle detangling by finger threading, avoiding aggressive combing, and gradual convalescence care with tonics. Reassurance on thinning and regrowth with massage and cautious care after typhoid fever.
The summer coat features Hning in soft foulard with striking designs. White serge remains popular, oyster gray and tan linen appear in basket weaves, and woolens offer breathable warmth. Marine collars or long revers cross and fasten, with metal and tortoiseshell buttons and large pockets.
A jeweled clasp shown at stores fits different slipper pairs. The Louis Quinze heel clasp has a metal base with jeweled spikes that grip the heel, producing a faint clicking with each step. The spikes adorn satin or leather heels and appeal to a fashionable set.
A description of chantecler stationery praised for its deci dedly prettier design than certain millinery named after a famous play. Correspondence cards with matching envelopes are charming. The paper has a rich cream tone like a pale brown egg, gilt-edged with scarlet roosters on the envelope flaps.
A historical note argues that long illness does not require shaving hair as brain fever cases are rare. It claims thinning and shedding can be overcome quickly and hair is rarely shaved.
Reporter recounts a comic spoof in which Charles Gorrel, 56 West Chicago Avenue, is robbed after being lured by two men claiming to show a giant Halley comet. The tale blends dreamlike imagery with a crime, ending with Gorrel recounting the incident to police as the two suspects vanish.
The piece reports on Spotty the Plymouth Rock hen from Morris Park New York laying eggs tiny as pigeon eggs. It presents Charles N Wheelwright’s auto-suggestion theory linking Spotty’s small eggs to watching pigeons, plus notes Oxford farmer Dedrich’s coal dust fed hens producing black eggs and a cat Billy who puffs cigars for Nassau Street crowds.
Dr. Max Baff of Clark College Worcester and a member of the American Medical association argues that women lag behind men in civilization. He says women favor gaudy adornments and long hair and suggests remedies including cutting hair and wearing fewer clothes.
New Jersey will have no mosquitoes this year state entomologist William S. Smith told Jersey City officials after inspecting Hudson county swamps and mudholes. Health boards in Hudson Bergen and nearby counties have treated wetlands with oil designed to kill larvae, and authorities report no sign of immature mosquitoes after the work.
Maud Ballington Booth recounts acts of mercy toward prisoners seeking freedom and a humane release. She describes a life prisoner who trades tobacco and oil for a bird and grants it liberty, and recounts letters from inmates longing for home. The piece highlights parole liberations and a dying man’s wish to die free.
The piece surveys the long running debate on what constitutes the natural and the supernatural. It cites John Stuart Mills definition from Three Essays on Religion, describing nature as all facts actual and possible and the supernatural as the unknown aspect of the natural.
Anthropological laboratory results in London show the right arm often longer than the left, and the left leg longer than the right. Occasional exact reversals occur, with perfect equality rare. Arm strength tends to favor the right in men more than in women, while equal arm strength is more common among women.
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