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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
3
Spring fashion emphasizes tailored and semitailored suits with 22 to 26 inch coats featuring bolero and Eton influences. The Norfolk suit gains popularity with a flare skirt and multiple pockets, while nets and Chantilly fillet laces lead upcoming dress adornments in white ecru and black.
This year features many pretty novel baskets for sewing scraps and ornamental hanging displays, expanding decorative basket ware with inventive designs and varied uses.
New afternoon dresses use heavier fabrics like fine taffetas failes and corded silks to achieve a bouffant look. Tight fitting bodices with narrow shoulders and set-in sleeves accompany this trend, though many figures find the bodice shape challenging.
Silk fruit trims are a popular spring accessory. The article explains making silk fruit at home to save money, detailing steps like packing cotton, drawing the silk, and using French knots to shape and secure the pieces. It emphasizes color variety and finishing stitches for a flat, decorative fruit.
A simple method uses a cork from a large bottle dipped in slightly damp knife powder. Rub the knife with the cork on a kitchen table, then finish with a cloth to achieve a clean, polished edge.
Fashion notes describe a new shirt waist with high stock collar and long sleeves set into varied armholes. Georgette crepes, linens, voiles, and embroidered hatiste fabrics appear, with lime vest fronts in organdie nets. Tailored morning skirts use linen and corduroy, belted at the waist.
A brief piece advises parents on letting children thrive with pure air hygiene and gentle care. It urges avoiding laundry in the nursery, not overloading with supplies, and teaching self help while avoiding harshness during night awakenings. It champions a sunny airy room as essential for health and happiness.
On a Mississippi steamboat a gambler loses and regains ten thousand dollars in a card game aided by Colonel Sinclair. Hartleigh, soon to wed in New Orleans, thanks the colonel and plans to marry, with the two returning to the bow box to seal gratitude.
A child friendly page lists playful tricks to entertain young readers after dinner. Activities include balance challenges, props placed to block jumps, whistling while walking, posing as Liberty Enlightening the World, and gentle pranks like threading a note through a keyhole and writing on paper to poke through.
A quick thinking party game where one player throws a handkerchief and calls a continent then counts to ten. The recipient must name a person or thing from that continent before ten or pay a forfeit. Timing pressure challenges players as the handkerchief-bearer shuffles targets.
Japanese children keep rabbits and a spotted cat with white fur, black and yellow markings, and short ears. They also maintain aquariums with colorful fish and even katydids as pets. The text notes playful lines about seasons and noses, reflecting lighthearted schoolroom chatter.
A Boy Scouts treasure island game lets patrols hide a map and treasure near a landing, with compass directions and tide marks. Patrols row from shore to locate the map and then the treasure, leaving no trace, and the fastest return wins. The game can be played along a river with caves as optional terrain.
Reports show initial slow financial backing for the Boy Scout movement has given way to strong support in major cities. Funds cover local headquarters, trained executives, and civic leaders’ service. Seven cities with scout budgets still seek trained administrators, a gap expected to close as colleges teach scout craft and executive work.
The Episcopal board of missions launches an emergency appeal for France’s 450 Huguenot churches amid war driven financial crisis. Rev. Roussel reports Rheims bombardment and underground life, urging American congregations to host his mission to raise gifts.
The article explains that launching a vessel requires extensive calculation to determine center of gravity and hull strains. It details measuring vessel weight, weight distribution, and equipment on board to design launching ways and anticipate stresses during water entry.
A Philadelphia Press summary lists theories on how severe cold kills people. It mentions carbonic acid buildup, vasomotor center paralysis, loss of heat, blood pooling in the heart from stagnant circulation, brain anemia, and destruction of red blood cells.
A five year old girl named Kathleen appears hoarse at breakfast, protesting her father's remark that she was a little pig yesterday. The exchange, quoted from the London Telegraph, captures a playful parental tease turning into mild parental irritation.
Betty refuses to return the diamond ring after ending her engagement with Jack. Alice demands the ring as a reminder of the happiness Jack missed, while Betty dismisses the request.
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