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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1908
Page
20
Instructions describe transferring a printed design to sheer or heavy linen, including folding and impression paper tracing. It details embroidery with satin stitch for flowers and leaves, padded scallops, green couching, and hem finishing. Also covers rounded seams for fine underwear and hot liniment cautions. It ends with notes on twin peerage births in 19th century Britain.
Miss Hunter’s correspondence advises on shirtwaist embroidery using colored mercerized cotton on white linen. It warns against too many colors for large designs and suggests two to three shades, green leaves, and Dresden or Biedermeier motifs. It includes knitting and crochet instructions for blocks and borders.
Notes suggest a shirt waist pattern featuring bunches of grapes and foliage. The author advises Mrs F J K to adapt sprays from the pattern for a border design she wishes to make.
Mrs S H P receives crochet directions for a striped afghan using Germantown and imported Germantown yarns. The note lists materials including threads colors and hook size ten inches No 4 and describes blocks with a rosebud embroidery and crochet stitches. A self addressed stamped envelope is requested for further instructions.
A gusset strengthens a slit or seam to prevent tearing. It is made by inserting a small square of material at the seam edges and trap-sewing two sides to the slit edges, turning in the other two sides, folding over and hemming them down over the top sewing.
A white silk maire belting belt for lingerie waists is sold by the yard. A dainty back embroidery features single color flowers or Dresden color clusters with satin stitch. Stems and leaves connect the motifs and a pearl or fancy buckle finishes the front.
A cream canvas scarf designed for a library table is described as a practical decorative item. The pattern emphasizes a simple weave and durable finish suitable for year round display.
A writer declines a request for a large design due to space limits. They offer help if a self addressed stamped envelope is provided and note they draw only for the newspaper. The Enquirer item mentions a practical jewel case made from binding a strip of material.
A small portable pin case made of white eiderdown flannel about four inches wide and twelve inches long features pink or blue ribbon and a sewn chamois bag with a flap patent clasp at the bottom. The eiderdown thickness protects pins more effectively and the chamois bag holds rings. The case rolls up and ties with ribbon for compact storage.
Instructions describe two easy turnover collars using Wallachian embroidery. One collar features heavy white lines with a button holed scallop edge and spaced large dots in green mercerized cotton No. 20. The other collar shows a narrow colored stripe with several dots in solid embroidery matching the stripe’s color, smallest at the top and largest near the edge.
Advice suggests heating raw egg with orange juice to improve taste and health benefits. Keep the egg icy cold to avoid nausea. add a pinch of nutmeg or a splash of sherry when oranges are unavailable or disagree with the person.
A home remedy liniment combines 94 grains camphor and 15 grains almond oil in a quarter pint turpentine with optional vaseline or lard. Heat carefully and apply to chest or back for sudden colds. Use two tablespoonfuls if oil is unavailable.
The Ward family may hold a peerage record with two pairs of twins born within weeks. Among Lord Leigh's kin were twins Hon Caroline and Hon Augusta, and Hon Sophia and Hon James. Lord Inchiquin’s line yielded four children from two births with two daughters in 1860 and a son and daughter three years later, while Lord Granard had four children born on two days.
A Danish Anthropometric Commission report lists average heights by nation. English and Norwegians average 1.70 m (5.52 ft), Danish and Hollanders 1.67 m (5.42 ft), Swiss Russians Belarussians Germans 1.66 m (5.39 ft), Italians Spanish French 1.65 m (5.36 ft), and Hungarians 1.649 m, just below the French.
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