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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
3
Fashionable hairdressers decided that hair should be dressed low with a regressed profile and a soft aureole of fluffy ten arils. The Psyche knot is an elongated twisted interwoven strand style. Coils rolled at the side or two to three coil styles suit varying hair lengths, with artificial coils as needed.
The text describes velvet brocade evening wear for slender figures, including gowns with trains, bullion fringe, and contrasting trims. It notes velvet brocade does not drape like plain velvet or satin, and mentions tiger moth appliques on chiffon or union ground, satin borders on square hems, and velvet bonnets with lace, flowers, chiffon, or gauze trims. It also explains velveteen dresses with embroidered net yokes and converting theater frocks from formal coats.
The piece argues color choice reflects mood and complexion. Red acts as a nerve stimulant while pale blue feels cold and violet with green and white suggests melancholy. It advises wearing white when uncertain.
A woman demonstrates a bread making method starting with a sponge using tepid water and three yeast cakes. She adds butter sugar salt and egg white, lets the sponge bubble in warm water, then mixes in flour kneads twenty minutes shapes biscuits or buns and lets them rise before baking.
Advice on maintaining artificial hair, including brushing, washing with soap, drying between chamois, and occasional gasoline treatment. Also instructions to wash and press lace medallions by soaking in warm soda and soap, then ironing on a padded board while wet. Includes handling tips to prevent tangling and damage.
Fashion notes describe cutaway coats gaining favor with chic draped gowns in chiffon. Ostrich and marabou neckpieces with velvet ribbon ends—one ribbon side in blue—add smart contrast. Large pointed and rounded coat collars dominate the look.
Of Interest to the Children describes stilted Winter sports in St. Moritz with baker boys skiing to customers. It contrasts American messenger speed with alpine skiers and notes playful broomstick games for boys. The piece evokes snowy resort life, speed, and family amusement.
A humorous weathered note describes an unusual Fore and Aft race where teammates run opposite directions then start together. The forward runner must help the rear partner keep pace, often leading to tumbles. The piece ends with a playful question about rain recovering after a rain shower and a pun on dew.
The passage lists eight practical lessons for girls to learn early, from door etiquette and tidy rooms to bread making and keeping track of belongings. It links schooling with leisure, noting ancient Greece valued leisure and public life as education through philosophy, assemblies, theater, games, and courts.
The Weeks Illustrated Story follows Mattie Roger and Gene Carman a milkman driver plays a role in a romance with Mattie while Miss Jeannette objects noting the boy’s night editor job and a note bottle post. Mrs Carman helps bridge the dispute and Gene agrees to be the lesser evil to help Mattie.
In Luke's narrative Simeon aged and devout, guided by the Holy Ghost, sees Jesus at the temple and rejoices that he has beheld the Lord’s salvation. He proclaims light to the Gentiles and glory to Israel, blesses Mary, and speaks of the coming crisis and sorrow for many, including a swords piercing Mary’s heart.
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