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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
4
The description details gowns and accessories with long sleeves, crepe de Chine in hyacinth blue, a draped purple sash, and purple blue foliage embroideries. It notes the trend toward decorated green tulle, heavy woven fabric, and favored blues and greens for hats and bows on evening wear.
Scarfs that fit closely about the throat join with a muff in a stylish set. The muff’s foundation and rug portion are separate yet joined, lined throughout, and tacked. The neck scarf is lined and interlined with one end slipped through a band to draw up at the throat. Materials vary from fur, fur cloth, to velvet in many colors.
The description outlines a versatile garment using cashmere with silk or satin bands for winter wear and lingerie fabrics for other seasons. It notes a fitted waist with optional shaping, yoke detailing, and trimming along indicated lines. Sleeve options include fitted linings, with choices for tuck or gather. Fabric quantities for medium size are specified, including widths and quantities for bands and edging.
A Philadelphia Record recipe outlines simmering rice in milk until tender then stewing sliced apples with water brown sugar and lemon juice until soft. The mix is mashed lightly then combined with the rice baked in a greased dish with an egg milk custard and finished with macaroon crumbs for a thicker, richer pudding.
Scrape green ginger roots and soak in cold water twenty minutes. Boil in three waters, changing from hot to cold. Drain, cool in ice water, and prepare a sirup with sugar and water. Boil, skim, then pour cooled sirup over ginger and rest twenty four hours. Repeat heating and pouring over two more times, ready in a fortnight.
The New York Press notes peppers grow in favor as vegetables and salad additions. Green peppers can be used whole stuffed with chopped sweetbreads and served on lettuce. Boil sweetbreads with onion to minimize flat taste, then dice and mix with seasoned mayonnaise before filling peppers.
Practical hints on refrigerator use and ice handling including keeping doors shut, using platters for meat, avoiding contact between meat and ice, freezing and opening canned fruits early. Cautions about artificial ice sources and proper oiling of fittings. Tips emphasize minimizing heat loss and preventing flavor transfer.
The Washington Herald extols baldheads as good natured optimistic people who endure flies and jokes about their hair loss. It argues bald men suffer few worries, call for supportive extermination of flies, and endure their “one serious affliction” with humor.
In a Washington Star quote, Mr Comrox confesses unease after dinner about tipping. He notes a waiter snubs a customer who tips too little, yet over-tipping marks a stranger in the place and earns sneers regardless, revealing social tension around gratuity.
An ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine with the signature of E W Grove claiming to cure a cold in one day for five cents. A Denver Republican note shares a father son exchange about seconds at preserves highlighting family humor.
A humorous exchange quoted from the Chicago Tribune features a wife accusing Geoffrey of leading a double life, while he retorts that she consumes and travels as much as he does and spends similarly on clothes, highlighting domestic frictions.
A historical snippet shows an advertisement promising Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. Included are endorsements from druggists Walpino and MAKvIN and a credential line by J Cheney and associates. It also mentions internal use for blood and mucous membranes and notes other products like Hall's Family Pills. The text digresses to a comment about New York City's restaurant scene.
An ad style blurb highlights ongoing innovation in farm gear clothing shoes and safety razors. It touts the Ship Shave postpaid for twenty five cents from 134 Leonard street New York as superior to pricier razors and suggests owning multiple razors for best results. Also mentions elided references to medicine and timber.
A father recalls his son Clyde suffering chronic eczema for a year with severe scalp and face sores. After applying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, Clyde slept that first night and improved within six weeks, returning to full health.
An old advertisement claims Yorke piles treatment cures itching, bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days, with a money back guarantee. It also mentions a large private picture gallery owned by the Duke of Portland and a claim about Woolford's sanitary Lotion curing itch in 90 minutes.
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