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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1915
Page
3
New plaited and separate skirts divide fashion. Descriptions cover hip yoke designs, elastic tape fasteners, tunic skirts with plait clusters, underskirt kick plants, and mixed fabrics such as serge, gabardine, satin, and mesaline. Patterns include Ronan stripes, checks, plaids, and velvet or satin trim. Flounced and circular skirts emerge as dressy options with knee starts.
When invited to a church wedding but not to the reception it is not required to send a present to the bride. Instead, a phone call or visit at her home a month or two after the wedding is a courteous gesture.
The Dry Goods Economist notes spring fashion will favor sheer organdic fabrics. Expect continued use of transparent marquisette and voile, with filet net and lace insertions in scalloped shapes or trimmed with embroidery. Designs remain neat and dainty, emphasizing delicate elegance.
New boudoir caps feature strips of heavy brocade mounted on a net foundation. The brocade chosen is typically not of a delved color.
Leather bags use pigskin in many shapes and sizes with colors ranging from natural tan to deep chocolate. Semicircular flat shapes and glazed leathers in pale blue to lavender appear, while party cases resemble miniatures and travel boxes. A large handbag holds perfume, brushes, and a week’s supply.
Fashion notes a trend toward back closings in skirts driven by long waist bacque dresses and unwoven age dresses with square necks. Front closures remain preferred but styles change as dressmakers adapt collars and practicality. Expect continued adjustments as back closures gain footing in evening frocks and afternoon wear.
A bachelor house tale follows Jim's secret engagement and his playful mystery making. The narrator uncovers a cipher in ads to predict August plans, learns of the wedding, and reveals Jim's fictionyncrasy ended by openness.
The Paper notes the Loy Scout movement's fifth anniversary and upcoming celebration next February, with participation expected from across the nation and abroad. It highlights honorary roles from the president, ex-presidents, and officials in business, literature, and welfare, as thousands of troops and nearly 400,000 boys are involved. The piece also explains the Hare and Hounds game as played in medieval and early modern England, detailing a hare leading pursuers who follow tracks marked with paper or corn kernels, and a final destination "home."
Workmen cutting a hill to open a street unearthed a fossil whale in Los Angeles California and a city museum scientist confirmed it dates to the preglacial era over a million years old. The find suggests the creature was trapped in a shallow bay after an ancient quake cut off its escape to the sea.
A tiny toy spaniel living in Germany is shown in a photograph fitting inside an ordinary drinking glass. The lively small dog romps with a soldier’s children whose father is away at war, adding a bit of cheer during difficult times.
Mbila delphia leaders announced the recent fundraising drive to raise 50000 for Boy Scout membership surpassed the target by about 10000, signaling strong local support and growth prospects for the organization.
A curious demonstration shows how an eye trick can create a hole seen through a book. Hold a five inch square cardboard rolled into a tube with the large end near the right eye and a book pressed against the side. Keep both eyes open and the right eye appears through the tube while the left reads the book, merging into an impossible blend.
A square board marked with 12 to 25 squares holds numbers from 8 to 1000 placed in a nonuniform, contrasting order. Players toss a cent from a fixed distance and score the square hit, counting only if the coin lands entirely inside. Predefine a stake like 1000 or 2000, and in large groups split into sides to compete.
Players write on cards the names of famous women from history fiction or life. Papers go into a basket, then men with familiar careers are written on and placed in a second basket. Cards are drawn from both, and players craft a brief story linking the drawn man and woman as hero and heroine, aiming for impossible and ridiculous pairings.
International Sunday School associations plan to send a Bible to every soldier in Europe’s warring armies. A J Heine of Pittsburgh urges appeals to all Sunday schools with each scholar contributing a portion earned. Ministers will also preach in Europe while Christian outreach continues despite the war. Local churches insist relief and unity efforts persist. In Stamford Texas, Methodist women pick cotton to aid church funds, with dormitory girls joining in, raising funds via fieldwork.
A London Saturday Review piece traces the kilt’s ancient origins from Assyrian soldiers to Balkan mountaineers and Scottish use. It notes the kilt’s early forms across epochs, then details the Black Watch’s formation in 1725 and how regiments adopted distinct tartans to avoid officer rivalries.
A retired army officer argues in a letter to the Army and Navy Journal that intelligent soldiers should prefer wounding over killing. He notes wounded men require ambulances and care, while dead soldiers are lost from the army. three to four troops transport each wounded man, delaying troops and reducing fighting strength.
A tourist notes the abundance of picturesque locals while the western hotel proprietor explains they employ Indians and cowboys to loaf about the premises for travelers who want authentic local color.
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