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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
7
The article outlines fall directoire silhouettes with male inspired pantsuits and pannier skirts, featuring long straight lines, mansshirt elements, and layered plaits. It notes a shift toward mannish shirts, high collars, and mixed fabrics, plus reference to colors, trims, and a September bride ensemble.
THERD reports a butterfly craze in fashion with wings echoing on parasol tops smart ceilings and trim pieces. Butterflies appear as shoe buckles brooches coiffure ornaments and are seen in enamels and email diamonds. Black satin and velvet bows edged with brilliants glow as frames add color to diamond rims.
Advice for graceful social visits cautions against overstepping hosts, urging tactful integration into family life. It warns against choosing meals, giving orders, or monopolizing space and stresses offering help without intruding. Keep active, avoid fatigue, and balance sociability with restraint.
A didactic note urges cultivating laughter to ease troubles. It promotes telling amusing stories to entertain others and maintaining a bright cheerful countenance to hide pains. It asserts good humor invites people, while doleful attitudes repel.
The scarf design features a long black silk netting drapery studded with gold beads. It wraps around the bodice in a zigzag fashion and twists from the back with long ends hanging gracefully, adaptable to various treatments as shown.
A christening gift set offers six pairs of baby shoes in pink blue and white, two silk sock pairs, knitted bootees, soft moccasins, and two little slippers arranged in a drawer box. The box includes three satin sachets and sells for 13 dollars.
The article warns that poorly washed produce loses quality and may be unsafe. It advises boiling non potable water for washing vegetables, details thorough cleaning methods for asparagus, spinach, celery, lettuce, and other greens, and stresses leaf by leaf inspection, multiple washings, and drying before refrigerating to keep items crisp and edible.
A home remedy outlines a dandruff cure using sulphur in boiling water kept 24 hours then applied nightly. It also suggests a scalp friendly shampoo made with egg yolk, hot rainwater, and rosemary spirit to leave the scalp clean and hair fluffy after warm rubbing and sun drying.
A dainty collar to complement colored linen dresses uses a half yard of material. Cut the collar, finish the edge with an inch wide net frill, and add feather stitching where the net joins. Cuffs can match with rounded or square corners edged with plaited net for a touch of color.
The article describes grapefruit cocktails with seeds removed and pulp served in glasses with sugar and sherry options, plus a method using mixed citrus juice with maraschino and soda. It also covers lemonade and limeade, spiced red cabbage, light corn bread, and a chicken fricassee method with seasoned flour, bean pot slow bake, and serving in the baking dish.
Miss Charlotte Van Courtland Nicoll, NY society figure, hosts a novel ocean tea party off Long Beach. She and friends sailed in a seaworthy craft built by a hotel carpenter, serving tea and treats on a deck amid the waves. The idea draws invitations for weekly sessions each Friday in August at 4 p.m.
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