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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
12
A declamatory guide advising soap or cold cream to cleanse city-dwelling women's faces. It promotes liquid green soap weekly or biweekly, plus a soft brush and hot water rinse to draw dirt from pores. Emphasizes avoiding harsh brushes and using camel hair. ends with author Margaret Mixter's signature.
The piece discusses narrower skirts for women and revival of corduroy for walking skirts. It mentions a late model walking suit with a gold brown corduroy skirt and matching coat, sweater waistcoats under morning coats, and soft cashmere hoods for girls. It also covers ribbon run table cloths, radiator dust control, and hanging basket plants as décor tips.
A reported winter craft describes one woman weaving decorative wool rugs from old dresses. Burlap frames hold the material as strips are drawn through with a quilt needle fashioned by a blacksmith. The piece mentions a short red woolen handle but remains uneven and fragmentary.
The article describes long graceful outfits in soft materials suitable for tall or medium sized women. It highlights a Directoire coat and skirt, a gown with simulated coat, an empire robe variant, and a revived valance trend with economical use of old curtains converted into valances and narrow silk curtain displays.
A fragment notes that a girl’s party outfit feels unfinished without an enveloping cape similar to her mother’s evening wrap. The cape, a favorite model in red, protects her finery without dulling its prettiness.
The article describes lip biting as a nervous habit causing rough skin and sores, especially in cold weather. It recommends camphor and vaseline to dry and protect the surface, avoiding contact with sound skin, and suggests aloes or red pepper on the lips to deter biting. It advises protecting sores before outdoor exposure and carrying lip salve to prevent infection.
Guidance on sewing a trunk cover with striped pink and green cretonne and Egyptian cotton insertion. Suggests adding a small cushion bordered with insertion for college rooms. Notes colonial revival influence returning to bed spreads of old world chintz as replacements for Marseilles spreads.
The text explains a Japanese infancy rite where a name is given at one month, then a new name is assumed at age fifteen and for each career stage. Names change with each promotion, upon marriage, and are finally inscribed on the tomb. The practice includes reassigning names to avoid duplicates and reflect life milestones.
Rosanna Schuyler offers practical, economical tips for hosting card parties focused on bridge. She covers invitations, room setup with proper lighting, keeping scores, pivoting partners, small candies, timely round ends, host mingling, prizes, and a simple dessert plan with ice cream.
A home requires mutual amusement not just the wife’s duty to entertain. Men should share conversation topics, enjoy small talk, and read papers to spark dialogue. Even light exchanges bring spouses closer, creating a happier home and a view of the husband as wonderful.
A fragment describes The Parisienne’s pearl headdress as an ornament in her hair, valued for its beauty and the envy it provokes among others. The text also references The Juliet cap and mentions fashion details amid a flurry of feminine adornments.
The too slender girl should adopt dainty ivory chiffon guimpe with fine insertion lace. Sleeves and yoke use vertical tuck details, lace stopping near armholes to suggest fullness. Black lace bordered with velvet ribbons appears as a sash or corsage on new gowns, knotted left front with long trailing edge.
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