Cornmeal Day Kitchen Dishes and Invalid Meals
A collection of old time recipes and guidance includes cornmeal dishes, olive oil benefits, and meatless options. It details Indian meal doughnuts, corn bread, economy omelets, and fruit desserts, plus meals for invalids and good Thanksgiving dishes like boned leg of mutton and jugged hare, with stepwise instructions and cautions on serving hot foods properly.
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Elonaemon
Wren
Chetul
Ned Mayer
Fluttering Garb in the Announcements of a Department Store
A fragmented dialogue questions the art style used to illustrate department store announcements and clothing displays. The garbled exchange hints at visual presentation choices and the pace of dress fashion coverage within a retail context.
A Sporting Proposition
A fragmented sporting item discusses odds and bets with phrases about a dollar, a doughout, and a man who figures odds closely. The text includes interruptions and references to a husband and probendy, illustrating a lively but incomplete exchange from a historic page segment.
Repairing Lace Breaks and Dressmaking Threads
Instructions describe repairing small lace breaks with a needle and thread matching the lace. The method covers threading the needle, passing through the damaged area, and knotting tightly to imitate the original weave, then trimming loose ends. A note mentions London post office employing over 40,000 women for new dress apron effects.
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London
England
Wrap Coats and Coatees For Cold Season Etiquette
Paris correspondent Idalla de Villers describes half length wrap coats as charming and practical for all occasions. The sketch shows a warm sleeve lens coatee intended to be worn under a loose motor wrap or a heavy fur mantle, adding a decorative cozy look for tea or visiting when outer mantle is off.
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Anys Idalla de Villers
Paris
The Sleeveless Contee Designed by Premet
The sleeveless contee, veloura de Inlbe in a warm shrapnel-gray, features a short sae outline with gunmetal buttons and fur trim. It reveals the smart blouse beneath, with a printed silk lining showing dark blue and black designs on orange, reflecting wartime fabric trends and cheaper materials in France for tailored suits.
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Premet
France
Cold Bath as Beauty Aid for Winter Skin
A beauty expert recommends cold water practices to harden the skin and maintain a healthy glow. Start with a warm bath, finish with cold rinses, brisk towel rubs, and a neck cold compress at night. Avoid heavy overheated rooms and dress for the outdoors with skin protective prep.
Belts and Styles Dominate New Sweater Fashions
Sweaters feature knitted belts for slender figures and separate belts for full figures. Slip-on designs with sleeves and sailor collars are popular for automo wear. A heavy white wool model with wide ribs and striped sleeves appears autumn ready. Brown mohair looks new with brown Scotch trims and lighter brown stripes. High color schemes and corrugated heavy ribbing define the season with wide sashes, deep fringe, and large pocketed sweaters with pleished tips.
Fashion’s Fancies and Embroidered Garments Trend
Embroidery imitates carpet weaving with narrow belts replacing broad sashes on frocks. Tailored suits use gabardine serge and embroidery. velvet hats gain satin facings while velvets feature velvet bands. Plush offers a velvet alternative, and fragrant ribbon sachet flowers decorate clothes with easily made petals and yellow knot accents.
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Mademoiselle
Japanese Motifs Influence French Designers This Year
French designers increasingly draw on Japanese motifs for inspiration shaping embroidery and frocks. Georgette crepe afternoon dresses feature long cylindrical white beads as trim, embroidered to create perpendicular lines from belt to hem.
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Japan
Hats Face Fabric Shortage Shapes For Season
Fashion notes explain a felt and velour shortage driven by army needs. Hats shift to wool fabrics that mimic felt and chenille, with knitted or crocheted looks. Dame Fashion favors small to medium hats over large picture hats, a trend easing supply pressures. Juvenile hats lean toward poke and mushroom shapes with retrimming of last season models.
Pretty one piece frock for slender figures in brown tones
A two tone brown one piece gown with a self material sash girdle and lighter silk facing. The waistline is defined by a sash girdle and delicate embroidery in the lighter shade enhances the contrast.
Fashion notes on waists gowns and fur coats
The Drygoods Economist notes waists vary from normal to long while Hanes styles favor shorter waists for girls. Vibrant plaid silks trim merge dresses with navy blues trending. Advice includes shoulder-straightening exercises for frequent sitters. A Russian season signals heavier fur use with peltry on topcoats. Nutria seal and Kolinsky pair with sturdy velveteen frocks from both dressmakers and department stores.
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Drygoods Economist
New Plan for Farm Barns Emphasizes Light and Sanitation
William A Radford discusses farm barn design stressing appearance economy practicality and sanitation. He describes a 60 by 74 foot monitor roof barn for dairy cows horses and beef cattle with wide aisles horse wing cattle shed hay storage and overhead storage, plus a silo corner for efficient silage feeding.
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Indiana
Illinois
Ainy
Farm Barn Design Emphasizes Efficiency And Appearance
The text argues for modern ventilator equipped farm barns with balanced costs, noting proper dimensions, layout for feeding and cleaning, sanitation through light and drainage, and the value of a durable concrete foundation. It also describes a 60 by 74 foot general stock barn with central uprights and shed wings for large hay storage and long service life. It mentions the fourragers honor for French soldiers, a cord and brass tag worn by gallant regiments with green red or green yellow color schemes.
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France
Ant Eaters in South America Describe Remarkable Creature
South American zoological marvel the great ant eater features powerful claws for opening anthills a foot long tongue and a long bushy tail. Native observers claim the tail sweeps ants but in fact it creates a rain shedding roof of hair when the animal rests, keeping it dry in storms.
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South America
Eskimos Festival of Masks and Sun Return Rite
Eskimos of Alaska prepare for the winter solstice festival of masks where dancers portray gods devils and animals. The sun mask is central with sun ray masks and a moon mask also featured. A German agriculturist describes a process to extract bark fiber from hop vines for cordage.
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Alaska
Suade
Fashion and kindness in a fox terrier tail tale
A girl named Kate learns from friends and a dog doctor that cutting a fox terrier’s tail for fashion hurts the animal. Her puppy Billy endures pain, forgives her, and Kate vows not to repeat the cruel practice. The story contrasts stylish trends with humane treatment and ends with a new resolve to keep tails intact.
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Kate
Daddy
Billy
Neacy
Nick
Nancy
War Saving Game and the Price Rise in Guns and Ammunition
War time has raised gun and ammunition costs about percent, turning hunting into a rich man sport. The Wild Life Protection Fund urges sportsmen to save game for future generations, citing New Mexico posters and federal safeguards for waterfowl. Lessons from buffalo extinction show breeding refuges are needed, and deer, elk, and mountain sheep require protected habitats to rebound. Dress in London shifts after three years of war, with fewer formalities and changing attire. Dining with a private officer sparks etiquette debate. Flower calendar at Grasse highlights seasonal perfume crops and the creation of perfumed fats for Paris products.
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Permanent
Wild Life Protective Fund
Frederic J. Hask
Ufe
Wild Ufe Protection Fund
William T. Hornaday
New York Zoological Park
Gam
New Mexico Game Protection Associations
Ruth
Congress
Mexico
London
Manchester Guardian
House of Cour Mons
Keir Hardle
Hooded Knight in Gila National Forest Spotlighted
A vivid note on a Hooded Knight formation in the Gila National Forest New Mexico. The piece muses on its ancient gaze over a canyon and humanity's possible eclipse while mixing in a rugged travelogue tone. It also includes clipped, misheard dialogue about lights and a traffic stop, reflecting quirky frontier reportage.
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Gila National Forest
New Mexico
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Annes
Panda
Contee
Dresamakera
William A. Hudford
William A. Radforth
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
William A. Radford
Wale
Eding AL
Mary Graham Bonner
School of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
Ed Revealthy
India
Charley
London Daily Chronicle
Mufti
Leutenant
Tye
Grasse
Mr. Chaggins
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