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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1906
Page
6
Instruction on adjusting waist patterns for bust and torso variations. Explains how bust measurement should be taken under the arms and above the bust line, and describes how to modify patterns for figures that are tall or short, using folds and slashes to achieve proper fit.
The guide explains adjusting patterns to fit backs with varied shoulder shapes. It covers easing the back, balancing waist fit, and tapering lining to smooth wrinkles. It outlines sleeve length changes by measuring arm segments and trimming as needed without altering elbow placement.
The piece celebrates a brown broadcloth costume for a boy aged two to five with full bloomers and hat. It contrasts French, English, and American approaches to children’s dress, praising American practicality and early male independence while urging encouragement of high ideals and work ethic.
A plaid season arrives for women from spats to coats and gowns with checks stripes and ribbons in silk and cloth. Tailors say without plaid a woman's costume is incomplete this autumn and plaid will appear in walking suits shirts waists and accessories with two tone ribbons and bold color combinations.
The text argues giving boys inexpensive watches, rubber boots, proper dress, and early bedtimes builds practical skills, physical health, and trust. It favors education by routine, warns against punishing before sleep, and links well being to diet and restful nights for strong mental health and reliable friendships.
Fashion notes describe matinee petticoats and matching jackets in silk or batistes with sweeping trains. The garments feature English embroidery, lace insertions, scalloped patterns, and Point de Paris lace, with satin ribbons and shirring to shape the lines.
A Brown and yellow library design guides wall coverings flooring and furniture. Emphasizes coordinating paper, ceiling color, and rug choices. recommends pine shelves with silk curtains and brass rods. suggests wicker seating, dark oak tables, and brown velour couches with yellow and brown cushions.
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan recalls a severe bowel complaint in her two year old son and credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving him. The advertisement urges use for similar symptoms.
Lamps for reading and sewing remain preferred for night work as they are gentler on the eyes than gas or electric lights. Kerosene models with one or two burners, gun metal finishes, and simple metal styles dominate, with green glass globes, acorn-pattern tanks, and various shapes like mushroom, bell, and dome enhancing decorative appeal.
The note asserts the moon has an atmosphere enabling some life but not humans. It promotes Electric Bitters as a universal tonic and remedy for headaches biliousness malaria chills fever jaundice dyspepsia dizziness torpid liver kidney complaints general debility and female weaknesses. Dreier & Bro. druggists guarantee it for 50 cents.
Advocates argue children need ample sleep and warn that keeping them up late and forcing early rising is harmful and improper.
Peter Fry of Woodruff Pennsylvania writes that after two years of treatment with the best Waynesburg physicians he was told to act quickly as no cure remained. A friend recommended Foley's Kidney Cure. after three bottles he began to improve and was finally well? a testimonial noting recovery.
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