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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
3
In Hat Trimming by Julia Bottomley a trio of hat models showcases top summer shapes in black and white with floral accents. Fig 1 features a white chip sailer with a white satin bow and brown garden roses. Fig 2 shows bronze and purple rough braid with wild flowers. Fig 3 presents a leg horn colored straw with roses and moss and a black velvet band.
A smart little dress for home wear features mulberry colored cashmere with a lining under skirt and a deep kitting. The tunic is wrapped over at the left side and stitched, trimmed with passementerie, and the bodice is tucked.
The description outlines a garment with each side joined, crossed over four vest of cream ninon, sleeves cut with the bodice and trimmed to match the tunic fronts. Tight under sleeves use tucked ninon. Material needed totals six yards of 46 inch fabric, six yards lining, one and a half yards ninon 49 inches wide, and three yards trimming.
Heavy gray linen is popular as a background for embroideries used in house decorations. Bedrooms and living rooms in country houses are often furnished in gray, with bed hangings cushions tablecloths and window hangings in use. Ambitious needlewomen are embroidering elaborate designs in several colors. A bedroom set of hangings for bed and window features gray linen with wood fairies and fubulas in violet green pale yellow and fuchsias red.
A practical craft guide explains making a travel hatbag from stout brown paper. Fold a hat sized sheet into a large envelope with slitted ends, trim edges neatly, form ends and top, and paste. Attach cord or twine handles to each side. Fold and tuck the finished bag in a suitcase corner.
The article explains several artificial silk processes using cellulose, drawn into threads and woven. Most methods yield safe, cottonlike silk, but one uses nitro cellulose. If denitrated after drawing, it becomes safe. if not, it remains a dangerous form of guncotton fabric.
Harper's Bazar notes diverse opinions on belt placement for small girls frocks. Some French dresses place the sash normally, others set the belt low to hinder movement like hobble skirts, with the abnormally long waist seen as quaint but not universally flattering.
A Harper's Bazar note recalls a boy's outfit marked by a natural linen Russian blouse suit paired with a patent leather priest and brown boots with stockings. It suggests low shoes for fashionable days, leather leggings outdoors, and warns against persisting in knickerbockers as he grows taller, urging appropriate long trousers when ready.
A proverb warns against inviting guests to costly meals and urges humble hospitality. The note emphasizes guests should feel pleased with the meal, not burdened by expense, reflecting frugal etiquette for entertaining.
A guide to making strawberry themed desserts including bombes with sherbet and charlotte russe centers. Instructions cover mold preparation chilling, lining, filling, and cooling. Also details recipes for strawberry ice, strawberry hearts, strawberry tarts, and strawberry sponge with gelatine, whipped cream, and garnishes.
A poem fragment contrasts the commonplace day and celestial objects with a sigh. It asserts that in sadness the world seems dark until God makes each separate life into a beautiful whole from the commonplace.
Abraham Lincoln claimed the Lord favors common people by their abundance. The text notes that ten talented individuals are rare, and most work is done by those with a single talent. Specializing in one line yields stronger results than spreading efforts across many.
Practical kitchen tips for leftovers and dessert ideas. Recommends thinning cocoa with cold milk and cornstarch, using leftover pastry for tarts, grinding only needed coffee, a veal and cream meat pie, and a grape tapioca dessert made with grape juice lemon, eggs whites. Includes aging and flavor notes in period voice.
Browning asks how the new exchange and development of ideas club is faring. Greening replies the effort is slower than hoped, with each member convinced he alone has worthwhile ideas.
A light exchange leaves two spouses chuckling as a husband jokes about inviting a guest to dinner, with his wife’s mood described as not in good humor, prompting a subtle domestic amusement.
Joaquin Miller widely known as the poet of the Sierras lies gravely ill at The Heights near Oakland. At nearly seventy he reunites with his wife after thirty years apart, while his daughter Maud lies buried on the grounds and his other daughter Juanita tends him. He remains a famed California figure, planting trees at his hillside home and reflecting on a life spent amid hills, sea and fog, with his ashes to scatter from the hilltop pyre.
In The Banker In Literature by Johnson Brigham, a suggestion for the period banker who daily handles subscription requests is cited. Samuel Rogers, the English banker poet, replies to solicitations with a formal line ending subscribe followed by myself your obedient servant, a device noted by Youths Companion as a gag on letters asking for donations.
A poem by Wilbur D. Nese about red clover blooming across a field. It contrasts nature’s vivid growth with urban life, imagining bees, dew, and petals filling as children in cities miss the scent and sweetness of the clover. The piece laments urban blight while praising nature’s beauty and wonder.
A jaded dialog unfolds around a riddle about duty and culture. The glit tering whiskered man and a pale slave debate a pun bridging military furloughs and a spirit invoking Poe. The exchange ends with a rebuff and a remark that the quip cannot be used.
In a tense exchange, Percy Faziop asked a father for permission to propose to the speaker. The father reacted violently, kicking Percy and injuring his foot so severely that he cannot move. The speaker insists the proposal must be decided today, hoping to know her fate at once.
A reported sanitarium note describes a patient identified only as Sixteen who imagines being a cuco. Each night at nine he climbs a vine and proclaims readiness to slo.
A youthful remark explains the camera walk learned at school as a method to avoid snapshots capturing ungraceful poses. The exchange highlights a practical tip about posture and composure in photos.
A terse dialogue depicts a blind man asked what a lady gave him. He replies she gave nothing and asked if he traded stamps. upon denial, she said she would go elsewhere. The fragment hints at a social encounter and a possible scam or shift in interaction.
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