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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1916
Page
6
The piece likens renewal to Genii offering new lamps and urges transforming appearance by renewing thought. It argues mood governs health, noting stress affects digestion and nerves. A cheerful, young mindset is framed as key to vitality and a new face.
Ruth Gide by Ruth discusses how crossness is a habit in some families and how kindness and pleasantness can transform home life. The piece uses examples from daily annoyances to show the impact on relationships, urging readers to set their minds to be pleasant and forbearing.
The article advises draping all windows to soften light and add warmth, detailing curtain styles from simple side drops to pleated valances and lambrequins. It covers color, materials, and practical hanging methods, with illustrations and lining tips for bays, sashes, and dining room treatments.
The piece surveys bodice styles from ancient Greek to 1870 Paris. It notes shirt and blouse options, half and half gathers, Marie Antoinette influence for evening wear, girdles with straps, tulle blouse accents, and decorative sleeves and basques atop evening skirts.
The article describes making a tea cozy from felt linen or canvas with a padded inner lining, plus optional embroidery and a cord handle. It notes heat retention using flexible asbestos interlining and mentions electric hot plates for keeping beverages warm. It also surveys new tea accessories including strainers, a hollow midsection pot, and compressed tea tablets for 60 cups.
Mrs Hen presents a brood of thirteen chicks to Mrs Tommy and Tommy who visit with cheer. They debate names and settle on Yellow Fuff Cream Beauty and Downy White as the trio grows, while a crowing rooster comments on the busy hen and her new family.
Miss Lee answers reader questions on etiquette in a period style column. A man’s arm offered to a young lady is not improper though modern custom lessens it. kissing at sixteen is viewed as improper, and a girl bringing sisters suggests practicality. church outings are fine, anger is unhelpful, and patience is advised.
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