Good Pudding Recipes From An Old Home Kitchen
A collection of pudding ideas with simple steps and measurements. Lemon baked pudding uses sugar breadcrumbs eggs lemon peel and juice baked an hour to hour and a quarter served with sauce. Rice pudding with fig sauce instructs pressing hot rice, making a fig sauce, and combining with tender figs. Apple Graham pudding layers pared sour apples with crackers and a milk mixture baked until puffed and brown. Apple pudding blends apples, flour, eggs, and milk and bakes to serve with sweet sauce. Cider eggnog mixes egg yolk and sugar, then adds sweet cider and optional whipped egg white for a frosted top.
Tribute to American Women’s Taste in Dress
A Parisian observer lauds American women for individuality in dress. Ke renowned a person a Mine Paquin calls them “the egarlin of dress” and says a well dressed person studies herself. He notes American taste is growing more discriminating daily.
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Paquin
Egarlin
Paris
Making the Hair Beautiful Natural Water Wave Technique
A vintage guide explains achieving a natural water wave by brushing wet hair to the head, pinning with invisible hairpins, and shaping from forehead. It suggests chiffon net, soapsuds from white soap, and tying with tape or ribbon for varying curl stiffness, noting the difficulty of a natural look and advocating gentle, subtle hair styling to avoid stiff waves.
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Ted
How to Take Care of Cut Glass and Silverware
Instructions describe handling cut glass carefully during washing to avoid chipping. It advises using three wooden bowls with lukewarm water and a soft nail brush, then drying and polishing with soft tissue. It also covers keeping silverware bright by occasional polishing and placing camphor in silver storage for cleanliness and scent.
Household Hacks From A C19th Note Book
Practical tips cover peeling apples with boiling water to loosen skins and remove blemishes with tartaric acid. Instructions describe using a cut envelope as a scoop for salt and pepper, washing wood with soap and lukewarm water, and removing odors from pans and fabrics with mustard or salt in various solutions.
Cornmeal And Kerosene For Soft Hands
A home remedy suggests using a mixture of yellow cornmeal and kerosene to soften and whiten hands. Rub hands with the moist meal as if washing, then rinse in warm water for quicker, simpler results.
Fresh baking tip for clean cake slicing technique
A baking tip advises dipping the knife in cold water before cutting each slice of a fresh cake to ensure clean cuts. The text then claims warming the blade in hot water makes the knife cut as smoothly as stale breath, suggesting different heating methods for ease of slicing.
Don’ts for a Thoughtful Breakfast Tradition
A fragmentary note advises mindfulness at breakfast, urging calm manners and conversation. It cautions against hurried eating and selfish focus, and emphasizes savoring the day with a pleasant chat as Chaelnanti Tribone is referenced in a vague context.
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Mmesnis
The Courageous Woman by Hodler Described in Art Lore
An article recounts Ferdinand Hodler’s Das Mutige Weib and how the artist captured a terrified look. He tested expressions with four models then placed one on a roof edge to sketch the fearful face. The process aimed for lifelike fear and determination in the subject.
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Ferdinand Hodler
Switzerland
Boy's Keen Mission Interest Ends In Odd Vigil
A missionary stayed at a house over a weekend and was impressed by a six year old boy’s intense questions on savages and idolatry. The boy later built a small fire with a Guy Fawkes head mask and knelt in devotion, prompting parental concern after the missionary left. The Manchester Guardian notes the parents doubted the boy would emulate the mission work, while the missionary saw a possible future in him.
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Guy Fawkes
Manchester Guardian
Painter’s Fall Sparks Financial Debate in City Ledger
In a terse exchange, Expense questions paying the painter’s costs after a roof fall. Brown defends the painter as a good man, noting he touched up several high spots that would have been hard to reach otherwise. Page references indicate details on the incident and its financial handling.
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Smith
Brown
A Cordial Invitation to Dinner
A fragment from Browning's Magazine shows a cordial invitation discussing dinner plans and a witty exchange about a guest named Mr. Low, with lines implying cautious optimism and a lively social tone.
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Mr. Low
Browning
Rehearsal Turmoil at Castle Opera Ends in Romance
The Castle Opera company faces tension as a harsh stage manager berates Mildred Hawley during a long rehearsal for new dancers. Dick Boris defends Mildred, intervening to halt abuse, tend to her injuries, and later reveal his deeper affection. The incident bonds the cast and leads to a hopeful romance as Boris wins respect and the manager applauds the outcome.
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Cross
Webster
Castle Opera Company
Mildred Hawley
Dick Boris
Mildred
April Fool Party Ideas For Kids At Home
Frivolous decor ideas invite playful misdirection for children parties. Set door tricks with a hostess away note, decorate tables with paper towers and jester dolls, bell wands as souvenirs, and a gong for refreshments to surprise guests. Serve dessert first, use creative food shells and edible containers, and prize the silliest past act.
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Inneh Wat
Pleve
Prom
Chambelier
Toy Party for Children and Adults at the Hostess’s Affair
A toy party invites guests to bring a toy within a cost set by the hostess. Toys, homemade or bought, are displayed and each guest votes for the most original and the most unoriginal toy excluding their own. The top two vote-getters win prizes, and all toys are donated to a hospital or poor children.
Enigma Riddle Fish Basket Puzzle From Chicago Tribune
A cryptic riddle from the Chicago Tribune poses a question about counting fish in a basket. It riffs on words and numbers, hinting at hidden clues such as two avk tt and references to eyes tails and heads to mislead readers.
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Chicago Tribune
The Lost Wand and the Golden Tower Tale
Ruth and her mother ride through the country and find goldenrod along the road. A furry prince loses his golden wand while riding a butterfly, searches all day, and discovers a blossomed golden tower admired by a girl. He decides to let it stay to please the earth’s people.
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Ruth
How Kitty Said Grace
A little girl defies dinner rules and is denied pudding while others eat jam pudding. At meals end the mother prompts Kitty to say grace, and the child mutters a misquoted blessing thanking for what others have received.
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Kitty
Grace
Bostow
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