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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
3
A novel centerpiece uses a rickrack braid instead of traditional braids. Space lines apart for easy braid placement, sew with a running stitch, and hide stitches on the right side. Add Delft blue or green French knots at braid points and outline edge with buttonhole or solid color. No. 17 braid size suggested.
An old fashion column compares last June with the present to show silk remaining a focus. The piece notes silk suits and dresses stay in demand beyond typical seasons and can be worn into late weather, emphasizing enduring value and practical wardrobe planning.
A fashion note describes an evening gown in champagne scharmeuse fabric with embroidery and a lace yoke. The skirt features a deep accordion pleated flounce for a formal silhouette.
Local manufacturers and jobbers report fall wear emphasis on 14-button patent and dull leather shoes with narrow toes and low heels. Out-of-town styles favor broad toes and lower heels with a wide English shank. Colonial effects and pumps with narrow toes and Louis Cuban heels sell, while patent Yeathers with gray brown and white cloth tops appear popular.
Evening coats for young girls use nets silk crepes and unions embroidered with silver pearls and moonlight beads. Coats have a deep hem of brocaded satin or ribbon below the hips creating a restrained fullness typical of the era. Madeira napkin cases shaped like envelopes with elaborate embroidery are among many decorative shop pieces.
Open vale lawyer John Paul declares his love to Editha Loring-Jones on a depot platform. The chaperone Mrs. Whelpley triggers the rush to boards as the train arrives. The twist: the groom asks Editha to miss the train to stay.
The season favors parasols in flowered and plain silks with bold borders and long carved handles. Dome and tub shapes lead the trend with aeroplane styles fading, while black satin with bright silk linings and Persian or pompadour patterns highlight the best varieties.
Break off the top leaves of a pineapple gently to remove them cleanly. Place two spoonfuls of coarse sand in a glass jar, fill with water, and set the pineapple top in the water just under the surface. Keep in light and wait a few weeks for roots to appear. Once robust, transplant to a pot and then a small jardiniere for a lasting evergreen table plant with care.
A red bordered white toweling portiere with wide rick rack braid serves as a decorative room divider for a girl's space. The craft emphasizes light colors and simple sewing to create a charming window or doorway curtain.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease, not local. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo with a promise of cure or $100, plus testimonials and circulars. Sold by druggists, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation recommended.
Grant Border of Baltimore told the International Shippers' Association in Chicago that women will gain beauty from eating apples. He predicted U S apple production would top 100,000,000 barrels in five years, providing affordable, steady complexion improvements.
An old advertisement features a Castoria line about hope and comfort, followed by an agents wanted pitch for National Accident Society policies offering $3.00 daily bath and $15 weekly benefits for men and women, with broad coverage and commissions, based in New York at 320 Broadway.
Henry Wheeling, twelve, from Crawfordsville ud, rode the entire distance on the rear of a transcontinental automobile. He was found wedged into a large tire at Pomona, sixty miles east of here, given dinner and a comfortable ride for the rest of his journey. He said he did not spend a cent on the two month trip.
The passage explains lobsters and crabs are rapacious eaters with teeth in their stomachs. They begin chewing with claws on one food while stomachs finish chewing and simultaneously seize and chew a second item. They have no teeth in their mouths.
Shorthand known to Romans was said to be universally taught in schools. The Emperor Titus is described as an expert at the method.
Julian Hawthorne, famed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne's son, the Atlanta Federal Prison inmate known as register 4435, writes for Good Words. He champions humanity among convicts, plans a new book review department, and urges readers to view prison life as a chance for reform and repentance.
The article describes a memory aid memo pad built from eight and a half by six inch cardboard, silk cover, and ribbon tie. It details accessories including a silk lined cover with a cord edge, removable half sheets fastened by ribbons, a dark cloth back, and a cloth pencil loop with a securing tab.
Parasols this year adapt to the new small hat perched atop the head and the larger sunshade. The steep parasol nearly matches the hat in size while the large shade protects the hatless head at the seashore. Black and white striped parasols pair with any outfit, and the square light parasol with rose edge is a stylish new detail.
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes that efforts to keep hair blonde and fluffy can ruin texture as hair darkens with age. It argues heat from hats and tight styling dries and damages hair, with women using rats and coarse switches to retain heat.
The article describes the new rib bons with rich coloring and large bold designs. Typical motifs include poppies orchids and roses with dark floral velour ribbons highlighted for millinery use.
A description notes many high tight stocks of lace net silk and satin, their trimness and smart look. They seem set for popularity while days stay cool, but mid summer likely to be replaced by flat open collars as the heat rises.
Summer wraps feature sleeves cut in one with the body, usually collarless, relying on fabric beauty for charm. New headed worsteds and cottons are sized for these wraps.
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