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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1908
Page
5
The article describes a large alphabet pattern for sheets pillowcases towels and tablecloths drawn by Sarah Hale Hunter. It explains transferring the design with pencil impressions using impression paper for heavy linen and advises padding letters before satin stitching. It suggests white letters outlined with colored cotton and recommends mercerized cotton No 25 for stitching.
Mary Dawson outlines a Watch Night party plan with decorated invitations showing a clock dial and bid section, games for mixed ages, and a festive supper. Activities include resolutions writing, city-name mail game, animal alphabet, Snip Snip word game, history date cards, and a 1909 countdown with noisemakers.
May B lesson suggests transforming a shabby wooden table by covering it with light flowered denim or art ticking. Attach the fabric smoothly with brass headed tacks to create an attractive, wrinkle free finish.
Instructions suggest sewing square bean bags for a child’s gift using blue or natural linen or ticking. Include a simple design on each bag, with variations in patterns. Use heavy rope silk and a cedar needle, and color stitching red and black on blue bags and green and black on natural linen bags.
A decorative collar bag project guides using pink and cream linens. The top and bottom pieces are pink linen with a cream band featuring a pink rosebud and green leaf motif. The cardboard base is seven inches wide, covered in pink linen, with feather stitched casing and a pink cord drawstring.
The piece explains a dainty corset bag in natural pongee with apple blossoms or pink flowers and leaves. It suggests embroidery finished with a white silk lining, a sachet between parts, a top casing, and a drawstring of light green or pink satin ribbon.
Instructions describe making a shoe from blue ticking or linen bound with braid and decorated with a fleur-de-lys cut from king or linen. Feather-stitching in lighter blue silk with gold thread, full pockets to hold more than one pair of shoes, and two rings at the top to hang the bag on a closet door.
In a brief note Miss N BE G explains she cannot provide the requested patterns as they would not benefit many of her readers. She suggests visiting an art needlework shop or a craft store for stamped designs.
The article offers whimsical home entertainment ideas for masquerade parties and Coming of Age celebrations. It suggests serving visually deceptive foods, festive decorations, and playful table games, plus practical tips for children's gatherings and suggested menus. It repeats guidance on timing, invitations, and interactive entertainment like vaudeville acts and tableaux.
A sample toast for a friend reads Norah Browne with a wish that joys increase as years multiply. The message notes friends insert their own names for the occasion.
The game uses a platter as a twirling prop in a circle seating setup. Children receive fictitious names like birds or furniture and must catch the platter when their name is called. Those failing to catch or recognize their name perform light forfeits such as kissing a wall shadow or reciting a poem backwards.
A vintage idea describes making colored paper dolls with tiny real fabric aprons and pockets. Each pocket contains a note inviting a child, with playful wording like Dear Margaret I request the pleasure of your company at a fudge brewing on November from 8:30 to 11 p m signed Beth in a fudgily tone.
Old fashioned invitation text plans a Bo Peep sisters party with Miss Muffett and Jack Horner names. It describes meadow setup with green baize floor, toy sheep, blue ribbon crook, and costumes matching Mother Goose characters for each guest.
A Louisiana planter Wildeson establishes a banana and rubber plantation on the Rama river in Nicaragua. His three story house grows from a tree sixty three feet high and is reached by a rope elevator. A chicken house hangs from a limb and a twelve foot constrictor roams the grounds.
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