Dainty Lingerie Sets for Fall Gridal Trousseau
A Hagette shop article describes a dainty chiffon combination for brides with pink hay ribbons and blue accents. It notes the set includes a nightgown and petticoat, requires care, and that homemade versions can imitate the look at modest cost with time and labor.
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Yalenciennes Lane
Treatment of Brittle Nails
Brittle nails stem from poor health and require daily care with white easeline. Rub vaseline over the nail and surrounding skin, especially the lunula area, to soften and protect. Hang nails arise from excessive dryness and oily skin. gently roll the cuticle with cold cream to renew the nails.
Hints for Engaged Girls From an Old Rhyme
A quatrain like verse offers superstitions on wedding color meaning if married in white gray black red green inae pearl yellow brown pink. Each color supposedly predicts fate for the bride and her husband. The poem reflects historical wedding lore and social attitudes toward marriage and attire.
CHIC BEAD EMBROIDERIES FOR EVENING GOWNS
Fashion notes show tulle and satin with bead embroidered trims in evening gowns and wraps. Beadwork in jet crystal and lace motifs remains key, with fringes and velvet trims featured. Satin in dark tones is praised as an elegant autumn touch, pending supplier invoices amid European war disruptions.
Onions and Parsley Milk Remedy Unpleasant Odor Ends
A simple home remedy notes that after eating onions one can eat a loaf of parsley or drink a glass of milk to immediately remove the lingering odor and taste. The tip emphasizes quick neutralization using common foods.
How to Prevent Eggs From Curdling
An old guide explains that eggs curdle when scrambled or whipped due to over mixing, weak fresh eggs, or meringue not staying centered. It advises stirring eggs slowly over low heat for a soft creamy texture and using a touch of bicarbonate of soda in milk or cream to prevent curdling in hot weather.
Velvet Hats Parade Shapes for Every Face This Season
Velvet hats come in many shapes to suit every woman from youth to mature beauty. Across toques with feather accents for the fresh look, to broad brims for a dramatic sweep, the season offers styles that flatter all faces and ages. Wealth of options delights readers of fashion circles.
The Best Diet Emphasizes Balance and Digestibility
A mixed diet is best with a variety of dishes. Light easily digested items should be daily, while plenty of fruit and vegetables should be on the table.
Egg Dance of the Hindu Jugglers Amazes London
A Hindu performer in elaborate attire dances with a wheel spinning atop her head while eggs hang on threads. She picks eggs from a basket, places them in thread nooses, and swings them in motion. One false step could break the eggs. after dancing she returns them to the basket for spectators to inspect, in London Ideas.
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London
Return of Riderless Horses Signals Defeat in Battle
Pearson's Weekly notes that riderless horses returning to Camp Bure after a battle indicate a rout. Horses often dash about without riders, avoiding the wounded, while army horses recognize trumpet calls and eagerly join in charges. The piece also mentions sympathy for extending the Geneva convention to animals and notes motor vans replacing horse drawn vehicles in Scotch parcel delivery.
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Pearson's Weekly
Old Stage Lovers Reunite For Last Dinner
An elderly former star and her long time companion reunite after years apart. Josephine Tucallon, a famed prima donna, persuades Little Jimmy Flaubert to dine with her as they confront aging and fame. The encounter rekindles a vanishing past at a final table.
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Josephine Tucallon
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Leannot
Denar
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Backward Rules as Gossips Weave Scandalous Society
A jumble of phrases shows a rule to reverse phrases for meaning, revealing how backward reading twists sense. The text cites Salomon and Paithius, notes on devotion, wealth, and social mores, and ends with a note on avoiding arguments in Philadelphia Inquirer style.
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Paithius
Harry
Grace Darling
Adien
Darling
Philadelphia Inquirer
Farmer Foils Melon Thief With Hidden Camera
A farmer set a hidden camera in a melon patch to catch a thief stealing cantaloupes. He focused on a ripe melon and attached the shutter to the stem. Later, he found the melon missing but a clear image of the thief, a known local figure, appeared on the developed film and was sent to the chief actor in the incident, stopping further losses.
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American Press Association
Inc Dent
Chilly old cinder and merry soul at hearth
A fragment recalls an old soul in a grate who burns bright from early to late. He weighs a ton, can be poked in fun, and glows with warmth yet would pout if it were snuffed out. The verse playful depicts a cozy, anthropomorphized hearth fire.
Doubt It card game using two decks
The game uses two packs dealt to players. The left neighbor lays a card face down naming it the next in order. Each player may bluff by declaring the next card. If any player calls doubt, the dealer reveals. if wrong, the caller takes all cards, if right, the declarer takes them. The goal is to shed all cards first.
Jolly Miller Ring Game and a Muggy Cup Day
The article describes a lively kids ring game called Jolly Miller with an outer and inner circle linked by joined arms as they march and sing. It ends with a pun about a good day to run for a cup being a muggy one.
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