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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
6
The article celebrates children's fashion with delicate lingerie hats and lace trim. It notes plain flapping brims, scalloped edges, eyelet embroidery, and daisies or dots. Sheer lawn hats with frills and pink china silk accents appear among daintier models, while straw hats feature ribbons, flowers, and velvet trim. Coats in sheer lingerie fabrics with embroidery and pink or blue china silk linings are described as especially smart.
This note explains sewing thin materials with lace edging, using the selvage thread to gather and align edges, overcasting to join lace, basting insertion on the right side, and finishing with hems. It covers beading for fullness, rolling edges, and French seams for delicate undergarments.
A rare sachet requires quarter pound dried rage leaves ground to powder half pound vrris root two ounces tonquin ban one ounce vanilla bean and two droys attar of almond. Mix the powders by sifting them together.
In blue fine serge a useful costume features a gathered skirt, waistband, and footband of galloon with upstanding tabs. The blouse jacket has a square neck and left side fastening, with galloon trim at cuffs. A blue straw hat is trimmed in matching silk. Materials listed include four end one half yards 46 inches wide four yards lateen and about ten yards galloon.
Daily outdoor exercise is essential and proper posture improves balance and appearance. Avoid tight sleeves and rings to prevent red hands. Keep chin up to align the head and shoulders. Eggshell skin can soothe sore eyes with bandage. Walk with head erect and relaxed arms for better posture. Cover the head with a silk handkerchief to aid sleep.
A Home Chat feature describes trimming hats with hatpins as a fresh seasonal fashion. Start with an untrimmed black white or string hat and add designs such as birds rib bons and flowers. Morning pinning introduces birds and black velvet, then afternoon changes to roses violets or lilies to match the frock.
A simple salad combines one apple and one orange cut into small pieces with seedless raisins. Stir in half a cup of sugar and one cup of milk, then mix and let stand for thirty minutes.
A long served fashion motif returns to vogue with braided trims on summer gowns from 1907-08 onward. It describes wide and fine braids including soutache and lace interwoven designs, cautions on overuse, and home sewing tips such as shrinking wash braids and outlining patterns with perforated paper.
The article previews charming summer coats in pongee silk and cloth to wear with light dresses. It notes many coats are elaborate but can be untrimmed with minimal braid and buttons. The pictured model flatters most figures with long lines and adjustable fullness through shoulder plaits.
A seasonal novelty impresses with a hammock cover backed by practical sense. A girl designs a natural fringe top fitted to the hammock, with green and yellow stenciled motifs on a brown cotton valance and matching pillow coverings, creating a cool, clean, and durable outdoor look.
The article discusses fashionable hats for summer, highlighting fine panama and white duck sailor-brim styles. It notes accessories like two inch white silk hatbands and crown twists with satin ribbon, and mentions pale ribbons in blue or pink but favors white in best designs.
Advice on corset covers cut low at the neck and with sleeve repairs using lace and beading. Mentions mending under arms with sleeve fabric and taking daily open air exercise for health.
The text discusses quick stencil methods for decorating a hammock cover, noting variations for a nonartist to apply simpler designs such as outline work in coarse cotton or raffia, applied stripes, or dull tinted linen polka dots.
Hang the skirt and baste near the edge. Turn the hem and baste on braid then stitch to secure. The stitch hides on the inside and allows easy braid replacement later. Once on the braid the hem is evened and the skirt finished.
Instructions describe securing a shield by fastening tapes to lower corners, passing under arms, tying in back, and placing buttons two inches from the edge on each side. Buttonholes on the blouse are aligned to match the shield clasp at the base of the neck for a secure fit.
Two Democratic lawmakers from the same Southern state fell out, one whispering a barbed rebuke to the other in statuary hall. The other’s shouted reply echoed across the whispering stones, revealing the feud and leaving them not speaking to each other. The incident prompted caution among House members passing through the hall.
Senators ride the Capitol elevators with priority while a quick trip up becomes a delay. Latta attempts to reach the senate floor with a heavy portfolio as a page rings signals cause detours. Onlookers joke about a senatorial conspiracy to block presidential messages and force walking upstairs.
A census bulletin reports 185844 government workers excluding postmasters and clerks and mechanics. About 14000 are women and 8352 are negro. New York leads with most employees, followed by Pennsylvania Illinois and Massachusetts. Average annual pay is 935 for men and 766 for women.
Actress Julia Marlowe delivers a strong endorsement for Peruna claiming it benefits digestion and strengthens nerves. She argues that good digestion nourishes nerve centers and prevents nervous debility from impaired digestion.
A letter from Mrs. J Jamison of Wallace Cal describes six years of stomach trouble misdiagnosed as nervous dyspepsia. After three doctors and a liquid diet she improved only while on medicine, then relapsed. She claims Peruna cured her after trying it following a testimonial.
A man visits a barber and returns at four in the morning. His wife, Mme Pontbiquet, rages at the hairdresser after he explains the hair was cut too short and unworthy of a reappearance until it grew out.
A courtroom tale recalls an eminent lord chief justice ruling out hearsay while a farmer testified he knew the path by family knowledge. The farmer argued his father’s identity by hearsay, the judge dismissed it, but the farmer’s side prevailed as hearsay evidence swelled the jury’s view of the footpath case.
A reader letter claims Grape-Nuts rebuilt strength and nerve after long night work. The author states rapid improvement, 20 pound weight gain, and lasting energy while traveling, touting the product from Postum Co. and inviting readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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