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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
20
Transfer ink pattern with full directions available by sending fifteen cents in stamps to Sarah Hale Hunter in care of this paper. Patterns are reader exclusive and sold at cost without profit, not sold in stores. Orders should be placed early as stock is limited and ten days are needed for delivery.
The article explains methods to transfer designs onto fabric using sheer material or impression paper. It describes folding linen to mirror patterns and tracing with a sharp pencil to reproduce both sides, and mentions a shirtwaist pattern in eyelet and solid work for sleeve material.
The correspondence reveals hat embroidery advice for the season including Wallachian patterns eyelets and coronation braid. It notes color hints green brown and spider yellow plus stitching techniques for rings dots ribbons and pillow edges.
An article describes scouring dirty garments with warm soap suds and ox gall, including steps to rinse dry and iron. It also details fashion tips on lace collars and stockings, plus a color themed Irish menu with cress soup, green foods, shamrock shapes, and Tara harp ice cream.
Suggestions include a leather or linen cushion with a conventional design burned or embroidered, a chair back head rest shaped roll stuffed with hair, light brown linen with darker brown silk design for the roll, cord tassels at ends, a blotting pad with pint leather corners, or a telephone list as attractive gifts.
A selection of patterns for shirt waists in Wallachian and Biedemeier embroidery has been released this winter. Designs include coronation motifs and soutache braid with an eyelet and solid work waist pattern featured today and more to come in spring.
A writer explains they cannot provide the coat and skirt design for coronation braid due to space limits. They offer further assistance if the recipient sends a self addressed stamped envelope.
A brief fashion item notes collars and cuffs for Nancy and her shirt waists this season. The piece highlights updated styles and expected purchases at retail.
A correspondent offers to help Katharine C with a stamping outfit suitable for starting an embroidery business. The letter notes blue stamping for white or delicate colors and white for dark colors, and invites a self addressed stamped envelope to provide supplier details.
The best method is to start at the top, stitch down the center, then work right to finish that half. Return to the top and work down the left side. Shading begins at the base, veining added last over the finished work.
Mrs. L B explains the alphabet in large letters has appeared several times and she plans two more sizes medium and very small. She expresses gratitude for readers appreciation and notes their usefulness of the patterns.
A den suitable pillow showcases a spider web motif with spiders and flies and the line Will you walk into my parlor. The cream ticking fabric is subtly tinted with shaded accents.
A house party decorated in green celebrates St Patrick with Irish quizzes, anagram games, flag storytelling, and forfeit challenges. Guests don shamrocks, read Irish words, and guess green-themed nouns while harp music and a festive Irish table setting close the evening.
Six identical boxes each contain a cork pin pencil eraser thimble or button. Boxes are tied and numbered one through six. Children shake and listen to guess contents. prize awarded for best guess.
Players sit in a row facing a mounted picture and memorize as many nouns as possible in three minutes. After returning to seat, participants write objects seen. an exhaustive noun list guides scoring. The fullest list wins a color illustrated book.
An old favorite called Pedagogue is described. Children form a row, one child acts as pedagogue, and asks others to name items in a class starting with a given letter. Those who answer within a ten count stay seated, others pass, until each has a turn to reach the head of the class.
A California tale describes a so called trade rat that steals items left for it and leaves a mixed payment in the pan. The incident mentions paste on a chair overnight and the next day a long stick, a piece of paper, nails and a glass funnel placed inside the pan as its offering.
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