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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1916
Page
3
The column offers posture exercises to counter slouched shoulders from crowded seating and describes a routine of wall stretch breathing and gradual repetitions. It also answers reader questions on hair color remedies using henna and tips for chilblains with iodine and ice treatment.
The article notes spectators' reaction to a Ballet Russe performance backed by Baker, describing a chaotic riot of colors that contrasts with concerns over a wartime shortage of days.
A fashion note highlights a white lace glove catching attention with a fashionable one-clasp fastening. It features black stitching and a black and white striped silk band at the top, signaling a fresh accessory style embraced by well-dressed women.
The item describes a fluffy deviant flounce for fashion, sold by the yard in fine net or sheer lace. It features three narrow ruffles and can be used as a bottom trim or to create a multi tiered skirt effect in white or with colored silk piping.
The shops feature vivid tropical color skirts in blues greens oranges and white stripes. Paired with smart white or colored blouses these skirts promise striking, versatile wardrobes for sporty looks.
The article extols a portable wardrobe trunk for women travelers noting its assurance of wrinkle free gowns and suits. It claims large sizes hold at least 21 gowns or a dozen suits and emphasizes the ease of arriving at destinations with tidy attire.
The piece notes fashion color contrasts post war embargoes with peroxide, predicting whites and tans dominate. It highlights neutral fabrics like pongee silks and rajah silks, biege textiles, and biscuit straw accessories, urging restrained palettes while nodding to wartime sentiment.
Miss Kiyoko Kachi a nineteen-year-old scion of a Tokyo family advocates Japan learning the latest American dances. She has spent months in San Francisco studying the bunny hug the fox trot and other leading terpsichorean innovations.
The guidance warns not to let children play with matches and never throw a lighted match in waste baskets. It advises extinguishing lighted matches before disposal, avoiding gas leak checks with flames, and refraining from filling lamps near a fire to prevent serious explosions.
This fragment describes making decorative cheese fingers using cream whipped to a third teacup, grated horse radish, salt and cayenne. It outlines mixing these ingredients to form a seasoned cheese snack.
A digest of dated events from 1816 to the war era, listing England tax strains, Olinthus Gregory’s death, 1866 Civil Rights Bill, 1891 Koch tuberculosis treatment patient, and 1915 WWI incidents including contraband food, Vanceboro attempted bridge bombing, La Bassée battles, a Bulgarian loan, and the Suez bridge attempt.
Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan, a war correspondent for an eastern magazine, has returned from the war zone in Serbia. She describes German offensives, five days of Turkish imprisonment, and several narrow escapes from death.
Beautiful hall clocks with chimes and mahogany mantel clocks are promoted as handsome gifts. Teather rolling clocks are praised for being good looking and convenient though not too expensive. Applications for the Automobile Club Maryland are available at the Press office.
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