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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
3
A real photograph shows a neatly dressed young girl in a simple plaid and gingham frock with a striped hair bow. The article emphasizes practical dress for school days and the role of clothing in forming a child’s sense of style. It then shifts to women’s civic engagement, urging informed participation in politics and public life through clubs and organizations.
Analyzes the shift after women won the vote. Notes earnest women battled for suffrage and now million vote holders seek how to exercise power wisely. Politicians also wonder what this new voting influence will mean in practice.
A skillful maker revived drawn thread work on summer cotton dresses using ratine. She created blue drawn panels at the hem and waistline, with stitched threads securing the design along the pockets and collar, showcasing the method’s ease and decorative effect.
Readers are advised to cherish old lace pieces and sew them into original collars. The dainty designs combine seven or eight varieties, creating exquisite accessories that can fetch up to 40 dollars in downtown shops.
A column of kitchen notes features marmalade from grated carrots with lemon and orange, a meringue pudding with almond custard, veal oysters fried in crumbs, coconut macaroons, and cherry olives preserved in water and vinegar. Included are quotes from Carlyle and Frances Osgood on virtue and patience.
A vintage guide lists cherry preserves cream dressings and fruit salads with methods for cherry conserve ginger ice cream vanilla ice cream brown bread ice cream and related dessert preparations. It provides step by step measures and cooking times for each recipe. The entry reads like a home economics column with practical kitchen tips.
The seascout department of the Boy Scouts of America explains eligibility for sea scouts at least 15 years old and 112 pounds. Units are boat crews of nine, forming a ship led by a seascoutmaster with a ship committee. Roles include billets like coxswain, yeomen, and sailmakers, with progression from schooner to ship.
A nurse urges Lewis to pretend he is a car to reach his mother in a sanatorium. She says twenty mouthfuls equal twenty miles, each bite a gallon of gasoline. After ten mouthfuls he declares he will walk the rest, expressing disgust.
Four thousand one hundred twenty one adult jay walkers were handed anti jay walking cards by boy scouts under the safety first committee with police traffic officers. The card urged crossing at the corner and noted many Detroit deaths from mid block crossings. About 75 percent of walkers were women and all who received the card accepted it kindly.
Salt Lake council of the Boy Scouts of America adds Scout firemen as a new activity. Cooperation with the fire department will occur where feasible to promote life and property safety by preventing false fire alarms from boxes and telephones and reducing accidents.
Seventeen year old George Taylor of Palmyra drowned while swimming with his sister in Great Egg Harbor bay. Miss Taylor was saved by hotel patrons who formed a rescue party after seeing her danger. The item also notes state officials reshaping the utility-rate commission and a string of local civic, religious, and business news across New Jersey.
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