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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
24
Directions explain transferring patterns onto fabric using sheer or heavy linen with impression paper. Fold fabric to mirror both sides, insert paper, and trace the design with a hard pencil to reproduce on linen. Patterns can be embroidered in solid or dotted styles and eyelets may be used.
Pattern notes describe a shirtwaist design with three tucks inch apart and half inch spacing on a silk or sateen white pink or blue foundation. Trimmed at the top with satin ribbon and a large bow. centerpiece pattern details unavailable in paper.
This brief describes a party game called Color Catch with two facing chair rows where a leader asks questions and color mentions force the respondent to answer. It also provides crochet instructions for a baby blanket using floss and a No 4 hook, detailing stitches and color order.
The feature centers on postal cards used as game material for a party. Guests guess locations from split postcard images, compose messages, design postcards, or solve pieces to form whole cards. Prizes reward cleverness, with variations including rhyme writing and matching fragments.
Instruction style column offers patterns and sewing tips for a shirt waist pattern in wheat and daisies, a daisy themed pincushion with four pasteboard frames, and a jeweled workbag using four ribbon strips arranged as a compass. The text details materials, stitching, and color options.
The note states that pattern catalogues are not mailed. Patterns are published in the paper and subscribers will receive one copy each Sunday.
The note suggests white pon for a baby's coat but favors linen silk wool flannel or cach for its overall quality and feel. It reflects a sewing practice guidance or a fashion tip from a historical text.
A suggested baby carriage parasol cover uses Brussels net with three full ruffles. The net should be heavy with a coarse mesh and each ruffle finishes at the bottom.
A school teacher asks Jamie to divide a desert pie among seven people. Jamie answers one sixth, noting his mother would say she isn’t hungry that day and he would still get one sixth of the pie.
The piece describes a supper centerpiece a large Noahs Ark from which ribbons hang to guests. pulling them releases candy favors shaped as animals. Place cards may feature quotation prompts about animals or omit noun hints for guests to supply names, with suggested animal stories and authors as examples.
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