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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
4
The narrator recalls leaving the city after nearly two years to live on a farm nine miles from a lemon grove. He contrasts urban bustle with rural calm, laments city life’s conformity, and muses on aging, youth, and the enduring pull of nature and culture to keep the mind alive.
The narrator recalls two years on a farm near a river, cherishing oak trees, maples, and fields while weighing city life against country living. They prepare to move, debating the lure of urban culture versus safety and peace of the country, and vow not to live in a boxed, steamy city life.
A cultured Boston woman questions acquaintance with Timon of Athens, while Mrs Newsitt dismisses the famed Greeks with a haughty sniff, pondering if he sells candy or roasted chestnuts in a street scene from the Chicago Daily News.
A catalog of afternoon dresses describes three outfits. The first features a gray crepoline dress with a spotted muslin blouse and filet lace over-bodice, plus Aubergine silk scarf and gray ribbon sash. The second uses Saxe blue cashmere with a plain skirt and lace-trimmed bodice, featuring a silk vest with a jeweled button. The third displays orchid mauve face cloth with passementerie trims, a cross-over bodice, and deep lace collars with chiffon vest and mitten cuffs. Materials listed for each set include yards of crepoline, lace, muslin, silk, and braid.
A practical guide to preparing and preserving jelly in small wine glasses for easy lunches and travel. It covers grape and berry jellies, a fruit preserve made from thick candy fondant, and careful filling with paraffin. It warns to make only a quart at a time to avoid mishaps.
A new outdoor accessory, the collarette or ruff, is described with its back rosettes and hanging ribbon ends. It pairs with a matching hat for dressy effect, shown in color suggestions like shaded blues with a blue collar and hat or orange and white boa with a straw hat.
The article discusses the tension between evolving fashion trends and frugal wardrobes. It argues that many women feel pressure to buy or overhaul clothing each season, warns against empty spending, and suggests choosing quality pieces and wearing them simply. It emphasizes individual style over striving to copy others.
A century-old kitchen note offers a Yorkshire pudding recipe: six tablespoons flour, three eggs, a teaspoon salt, and a pint of milk mix into a middling batter. Cook under hot drippings, bake until brown, then flip for even coloring. For a firmer cut, two hours. traditional pudding about half an inch thick.
A historical recipe describes browning sugar to a cinnamon color then mixing with scalded milk or cream, vanilla, salt, and sugar, simmering, cooling, and adding egg yolks before baking in cups in a water bath to set. It yields eight cups and can be served cold with custard or apple dumplings. A second method makes caramel sauce by browning sugar, dissolving in boiling water, and storing for future use.
The upholstery department trims clothing with cotton ball fringe, converting cretonies into coats and tablecloths into skirts. Lace curtains become tuties and fringe decorates collar edges, reverses, and sleeves on linen and cotton suits, frocks, and top coats.
The article notes coats vary in style and length from hip jackets to seven-eighths coats. It describes a trend toward a silhouette that slopes below the bust with a longer back than the front. Coats originate in fabrics from wash linen to broadcloth and silk.
A favored spring and summer hat display features a model wearing a popular style that flatters many faces. The design blends azalea beauty with thoughtful construction. Feathers and the hat harmonize in tone or contrast for a unified look.
A column notes the rise of “bridge frocks” as a catchall term for gowns suitable for weddings or teas not meant for balls. The piece compares the misuse of the label to women who never play bridge or dine out, and mocks those who wear symbols or bands without real experience.
Five ounces stale bread cut in pieces and three ounces lemon peel with sugar and raisins. Add orange juice and stew. Melt butter in a yan with milk and sugar until brown. Beat four eggs and make a custard with buttered milk. Combine all, pour into a buttered mould, and bake in boiling water for three to four hours. Serve with sauce.
Simple orange cake recipe uses sugar eggs and milk with flour and orange juice and rind. Bake in square pans then sandwich with egg white filling and frost with yolk mixed with powdered sugar and orange juice while hot.
The piece discusses the shift from very short frocks to loose knee length outfits for children. It highlights blouses tunics aprons and pinafore frock forms that keep rompers looking fresh with modest labor and cost.
A vintage recipe item describes making apple popovers: flour with salt plus milk egg and melted butter baked in iron gem pans, then filled with sifted apple sauce and served with lemon sauce. Also outlined is lemon jelly made from two lemons sugar flour and egg whites, boiled and served cold with cake.
An old bed spring laid on grass serves to beat heavy rugs, letting dust pass through the springs. It also proves handy for sunning and airing pillows and feather dede ca.
Reverend A C Dixon outlines eight facets of the Easter joy for daily life. He notes the surprise of finding life instead of death, the opened tomb as confirmation of Christ's claims, light from Heaven, victory over death, and the duty to tell others, with Christ's presence and the Hope of His return fueling daily faith.
A patient argues for a stimulant to warm him as the doctor asks if a burning stick truly benefits. The wood warms as it burns, the patient notes, but the doctor implies the patient is warming himself by burning himself, a metaphor for self-destruction.
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