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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
6
Chapter excerpt shows Mr Singleton and Antoine discussing widowhood and fairy tales while the household drifts between superstition and practicality. A mysterious visitor unsettles the household as guards are set and roles adjusted, with a tense note about avoiding danger.
The Bashford household hosts the enigmatic Count Giuseppe Montani, a self-styled connoisseur, who shadows Alice Bashford and Mrs. Farnsworth on a distant tour. The trio discuss his lingering visits while the nephew grows curious about his motives and a possible danger to the family.
Richard Sevanes writes a play inspired by a London actress Violet Dewing who disappears and Sallies refuses any other lead. Singleton arrives at Barton-on-the-Sound to find a pro German suspicion among elderly staff and a mystery stranger seeking Mrs Bashford. Aunt Alice returns to expose imposture as Mrs Farnsworth and Torrence, Bashford’s son, figures in the intrigue.
A fragment notes Count Montani and Aunt Alice with an ostrich plume fan. The item is part of a series titled Common Superstitions outlining beliefs about looking glasses and peacock feathers as omens. The text mentions ancient Greeks and Romans consulting women before important undertakings.
The article reviews refined spring styles for women emphasizing taste over sensational trends. It highlights a blue foulard frock with a straight midwidth skirt a tunic trimmed in velvet ribbon a plain blouse bodice elbow sleeves and delicate organdy lace details finished with small pearl buttons and a back bow.
A quirky collection of kitchen hints and recipes describing Ginger Cookies with molasses and ginger, chicken pie using leftover fowl and gravy, English Cheese Cake with curdled milk, Cottage Cheese Salad, Fried Apples, Tomato Toast, and a poetic closing line about sunshine and dew.
A left suit features a dark blue twilled fabric possible tricotine or gabardine with white silk braid accents, white crepe de chine cuffs, net embroidery and diagonal seam openings. A second practical suit emphasizes widened hips with attached panels and four bone buttons, paired with a close front coat.
The article argues household labor saving devices save time and energy. It lists practical tools from cherry pitters to bread mixers, wheeled trays, wire baskets, Bee beaters, knives, spatulas, scales, measuring cups, steel wool, scrapers, skaters, and organizers. It notes electricity makes cleaning easier and that judicious buying fits needs.
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