Kitchen Side Lights and Homemaking Tips
Quick cream butter and sugar with a wire potato masher. Use thick bottomed crocks. For apples fill with honey and broken walnuts rather than sugared cores for a dutierous dish. Strain hot soup through a wrung fine cloth to ease processing. A good flour should be creamy and slightly granular when tested. Crack cookies or drop cakes on a hot fine to prevent burning. Invert the pan and bake with the good face up for easy removal.
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Betten
Andy
Black for Dress Occasions in Afternoon Gowns
The article notes black is unsuitable for street wear this fall but popular for afternoon and evening gowns. Materials include satin and tulle in various combinations. The gown must be entirely black and white gowns are prohibited from mixing black with white.
Womans Beauty Ages Vary Among Paris Art Elite
Paris art figures debate the best age of female beauty. Hunsbert favors eighteen to twentyfive, Harpignies argues sixteen to twenty, Ferrier extends beauty to fifty, Barthalette warns beauty needs soul, Reucher praises youth then all ages, Finnelh believes beauty can dawn between fifteen and fifty.
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Perdiund Hunsbert
School of Fine Arts
Fouinine Trpe
Harpignies
M. Gabriel Ferrier
M. Barthalette
Parthenon
Prancots Finnelh
Sewing Room Tips and Old Fashioned Hem Fixes
In the sewing room section readers are shown how to reinforce worn drawn work with an insertion row and how to trim hems on ready made skirts to avoid a petticoat look. It also notes repurposing dull razor blades for tight sewing machine stitches and describes Huckaback towel embroidery with satin stitch centers.
Reflecting beauty in thought and appearance
The Chicago Tribune urges adopting only beautiful thoughts to shape one’s features, warning that bitterness envy and malice unseen can mar the soul and distort outward looks, a call to cultivate inner grace and outward charm.
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Chicago Tribune
A Practical Household Paste Recipe From Old Time Tips
A homemaker recipe promises nearly four quarts of paste with long storage and less odor. Mix one cup flour with half cup water and a teaspoon alum, smooth, add two cups water, boil, then scent with a few drops of cinnamon and formaldehyde for preservation.
Wonders of a Watch and Its Tiny Power
Harper's Weekly notes the watch as the smallest intricate instrument with about 17 percent material variety and over 2400 operations. It details 182,000 impacts daily from the roller jewel and 157,680,000 blows yearly, totaling 3,153,000,000 over twenty years. The moving power equals four fleas and one horsepower could run 270,000,000 watches.
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Harper's Weekly
Origins of the Days Names and Halves of Saturdays
The article traces day names to ancient times. It notes Saturday honoring Saturn in Roman practice and eight hour days. Sundays are tied to sun worship, with Monday to Moon, Tuesday to Tu, Wednesday to Woden, Thursday to Thor, and Friday to the goddess Minga.
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Saturn
London
Imoon
Woden
Thor
Mriga
Longfellow’s Love For Children by James Whitcomb Riley
A brief verse tribute reflecting Longfellow’s affection for children. It notes he cherished their voices and laughter, wove them into his name, and valued the simple sounds of a child’s prattle above many languages. The piece centers on Riley’s quotation about Longfellow’s timeless warmth toward youth.
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Longfellow
James Whitcomb Riley
Holding Hands on the Train
Arthur Blake and his ward Questions navigate a crowded parlor car with Miss Mabel Manley watching over the boy. Tensions ease as Miss Manley comforts Questions while Blake recalls a misread past and vows to stop chaperoning the child, later reconciling with Mabel over a misplaced engagement ring.
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Peabody
Harry
Harry Blake
Blake
Mabel Manley
Miss Manley
Mabel
Miss Mabel
Uncle Harry
Henry Cuthbert
Gested
Nell
Ming
Bey
Romping With the Young Folks Hints for the Hostess
A collection of playful party ideas and dares for entertaining guests. Tips include pantomime roles, comic songs, silly stories, and fun props. Also features a verse about a bold burglar and a set of light puzzles or conundrums for amusement.
Treat Animals Kindly Do Not Whip Dogs
The piece urges humane treatment of dogs and argues that punishment should occur at the moment of misdeed. It recounts a St Bernard named Barko abused by his owner after a neighbor warned against beating, leading to the dog running away and never returning.
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St. Bernard
Barko
GAME OF QUERIES
Players start with a sheet to pose a historical or nonsense question at the top and write the correct answer at the bottom. Sheets are passed right, each player answers above the hidden answer, and folded again. After all pass around, questions and answers are read aloud for information or amusement.
John and Pa Potatoes Joke Goes Awry
A joke about planting potatoes turns comic when Pa reveals pigs ate the crop. John shares the tale, highlighting a rural humor moment with a pig twist.
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John
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