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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
7
May Wilmoth reflects on the rise of the tango and other modern dances as a healthy, artistic outlet. Vernon Castle and his wife are highlighted as leading exponents who helped popularize these forms from neighborhood gatherings to international fame.
A critique labels glossy stove polish ribbon as ugly and intrusive in early fashion, noting its shift from exclusive millinery to cheap shops. It warns of running dye on gowns and urges sparing use, dropping it when its popularity wanes.
French sculptors at the Grand Palais staged a competition to standardize the ideal waistline amid shifting fashions. A prize will go to the entry closest to the jury's ideal female figure, with all contestants favoring a full, well set up silhouette.
A historical recipe instructs mixing flour salt coal oil vinegar ammonia and warm water to form a rubbery paste. The blend is boiled until dry then kneaded and used to rub wallpaper like eraser cleaning.
A kid sized outfit features a blue galatea middy blouse with a white pique collar and pearl buttons. No elastic trousers and no troublesome knots, allowing quick self-dressing. The design emphasizes easy wear and quick dressing for little lads.
The article extols hors d oeuvre as a small, delicate starter that whets appetite and sets diners in a mood for what follows. It offers affordable ideas like sardines on toast, radishes with buttered bread, and fish paste on wafers, emphasizing restraint and adaptability in hurried American meals.
The article argues small details transform outfits. It highlights separate peplums, girdles, vests, collars, buckles, stockings, and artificial roses as key accents. It suggests varying basques, tunics, panniers, and collars to convert one dress into multiple looks and keeps fashion lively and individual.
Practical advice for embroiderers and crocheters includes monograms in solid French knots and initials in old English letters. It recommends finger protectors, repurposing broken needle heads into pins with sealing wax, and using fuller's earth to dust hands for cleaner work.
Ordinary shields fail with a kimono blouse. Create a lawn bolero jacket and attach washable shields with thin elastic shoulder straps. Bind around shields then trim material beneath. Cut necklines or fasten front with tapes for closure.
A satirical piece questions fashion fads among modern women by contrasting their adoption of painted facial decorations and ornaments with the ancient practice of body painting by Indigenous peoples. It notes Paris shops selling painted butterflies and other items to adorn the face or body and asks where fashionable eccentricities may lead.
The text notes jeweled anklets gaining tentative popularity for evening outfits. It highlights their flexible style, allure when paired with black attire and paste studs, and mentions feathered ornaments as a novelty reflecting Kipling’s “third dimension.”
The Yonkers Statesman questions a claim that 906 million broom handles are used each year in the United States. It notes individuals who use more than one handle per person and casts doubt on the calculation.
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