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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
14
This piece advises how a girl should decline a marriage proposal with tact and kindness. It stresses maintaining friendliness and impersonality, avoiding rudeness, and preventing lasting hurt while keeping doors open for future friendship.
The passage advises against excessive self scrutiny and dwelling on past mistakes. It counsels letting foolish letters or speeches go, as others forget quickly and future opportunities will come.
A fragment describes a small girl and her brother preparing for indoor rink sessions and park skating. It notes the girl will wear a corduroy skirt and the brother will have groy knickers and a grey outfit suitable for cold weather.
A guide listing party games and activities for girls, from pronunciation contests to physical challenges and drawing exercises. It includes a home-building game using pictures, plus age appropriate ear cap methods to influence ear shape with adjustable tape caps and cautions on use.
The article explains projecting ears are hard to fix after puberty, with surgical operation as the only effective remedy. It notes high costs and limited access, and suggests early care could prevent prominence.
A fashion note describes golden brown broadcloth in Empire style with gold soutache and fur edging suited to brown haired women. It praises granny bonnets for girls, highlighting a soft French felt bonnet in oyster white with a large bow, and a refined reseda shade matching greenish tones.
Margaret Mixter explains that keeping hands soft and white in winter hinges on good circulation. Avoid tight gloves and cold air, wear two pairs of gloves with wool over leather, apply cold cream, then glycerine rosewater mix, and rub hands for warmth. Wash in tepid water with glycerine, and maintain lubrication after any moisture.
The bottom parts of small grape baskets have many uses in the kitchen such as bread or vegetable cutting boards and stands for hot dishes. Marshmallows and crackers make a new afternoon tea treat, lightly toasted. A brown papier mache dishwashing tub replaces tin for gentler dish washing. Old hot water bags become sponge case linings travel bag liners and plant mats to protect surfaces.
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