Literary tea party quiz with witty wordplay answers
A reading lists a party game idea “literary tea” where guests guess answers ending in tea. The page provides a partial set of questions and solutions from 1 to 24, with many famous names and quotes mapped to punned tea words such as adversity affinity beauty brevity cavity electricity equality familiarity frailty frigidity guilty honesty humility immortality liberty lofty longevity modesty necessity and others.
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Shakespeare
Thompson
McClellan
Edison
Iceland
Confucius
Mme
Roland
Methuselah
Eliot
Pantomime and Charades Play Teas Cup Prizes
A guide to quick pantomime with words ending in tea sounds. Three groups perform full words like Obesity Variety Agility Sobriety Vanity Empty and more, using costumes sparingly. Prizes include a tea cup set and related items, with a Nonspoon consolation. EMM PADDOCK TELFORD.
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Emm
Paddock Telford
The Art of Living Together
A reflection on social harmony and the value of cooperative living. It argues that being a good citizen, son, husband, and father supports the harmony of households and society, stressing the skill as essential to human life and governance.
New Hat Trimming via Hatpins Promises Quick Fashion Change
In this season new trimming uses hatpins to attach birds ribbons and flowers to untrimmed hats. Buy varied hatpins and match with gowns in black white or string colors. Morning looks feature birds and a black velvet bow. afternoon swaps for roses violets or lilies to suit the frock.
Youth-Giving Illusions and Youthful Cheer
In a column reflecting on women, readers are reminded that belief in delightful possibilities keeps a woman young and cheerful. The piece contrasts illusions with the notion of life as a mission and duty, criticizing lenient parenting that teaches children life is a search for happiness rather than responsibility.
Colds that hang on promote illness and weakness
Spring colds that linger deplete the system and exhaust nerves. Take Ov's Honey and Tar to quickly ease the cough and expel the cold. Safe and certain in results. Dreier & Bro.
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Dreier & Bro
Home Made Dainty Ruffs for Evening Wear
Instructions by Elizabeth Lee explain how to craft large delicate neck ruffs at home using net, ribbon, and trims. Step by step, the guide covers foundation pleating, measuring, cutting, and attaching ruffles, with cost-saving tips and styling options for white or colored ruffs suitable for evening attire.
Summer walking gown with inverted pleats and velvet accents
A smart linen princess gown features long lines and inverted pleats to create wide panels. Trimmed with soutache embroidery, a cross tucked chiffon yoke and a black velvet band on the triple tucked elbow sleeves. A burnt straw hat with shaded roses completes the outfit.
A Thought on Friendship and Loyalty
A short home chat urges not to judge friends and to carry complaints in person. It extols loyalty as essential to real friendship and claims more loyalty would lessen broken friendships. An advertisement for Bees Laxative Cough Syrup praises its gentle laxative effect for children and bronchial issues, sold by Meyer Bros. Co. at 602-902-1424 Calhoun Street.
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Meyer Bros. Co
Calhoun Street
Dress of Dainty Embroidery for Girls Frocks
Charming little frocks for small girls use English eyelet work. A model with short sleeves a low neck and a short full skirt features a double flounce and a sash tied in a splashing bow at the back, making a fetching effect.
Fads for Women Pere ze Lingeries and Dye Tips
The passage explores using trimmed silk petticoats with scraps to craft garments, noting brocade, dotted swiss, lace, and ribbons as salvageable trims. It offers cautions on dyeing small items and recommends warming coffee as a dyeing aid, plus tempering water to the final bath.
Dainty Frocks for Graduation Wear
With June examinations near, expectant graduates seek pretty outfits. Soft silks like India, messaline, and marquinette tempt, while sheer cottons with embroidered flouncing are favored. Batiste lace trimmed India with fine embroidery and dotted Swiss appear among suitable options.
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India
Batiste
Chronic Constipation Cured by Foley’s Urino Laxative
Advertisement claims Foley’s Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation by aiding digestion and stimulating the liver and bowels. It promises immediate relief and a pleasant taste, warns against substitutes, and is attributed to Dreler & Bro.
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Foley
Dreler
How to Dye Fabrics and Pack Garments
Instructions describe mixing paint with gasolene to color ribbons blouses slippers and hats, with hats and slippers to be painted. Try coffee first then the paint if needed, using small scraps to test color, and buy ready dyes for fifteen cents a bottle. Wrap flannels and similar items in deep blue paper then cloth, and store in a dark closet or trunk.
Use Milk to Remove Rust Stains
To remove rust stains apply milk moistened surface then rub with salt. If stains persist, apply lemon juice and salt for additional cleaning action.
Inexpensive celluloid accessories imitate tortoise shell
The article notes celluloid combs at $3 and up resembling tortoise shell costing $40, plus a compact vanity bag in pale brown morocco about 3x4 inches with mirror and accessories priced at $2. It also describes small wash fabric table covers making cushion covers and 59 cent cushions, highlighting colors and playful designs.
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Morocco
Practical Laundry Bags for Home Use
Practical laundry bags combine brown crash with cretonne for a sturdy design. The upper two thirds use crash while the bottom uses cretonne. Tops have hoop finish and wastepaper baskets fold for travel. These accessories prove very useful.
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Rades
Lfe
Elizabeth Lee
Dorothy ‘Daints Eyibe
Neeaneebe
Pereze
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