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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1904
Page
5
The article advises careful use of hot water bags for patients. It warns against using bottles that leak or heat sources like stoves without precautions. It suggests sewing a cover from cotton or linen, padding with sand, and tucking the bag safely to avoid burns while keeping warmth for the sick.
Rules to help deafness from thickened membranes or waxy buildup include ear syringing with warm soap suds twice daily, keep the head warm, wear a firm night covering, apply sweet oil to the ears, and prevent constipation.
Instructions for washing feathers in tick bags using warm water soap and ammonia. Make two fabric bags, separate feathers, rinse in two warm water baths, wring, and dry on a cool windy day. Turn and shake during drying to prevent clumping.
An instructional note outlines how swimming engages all major muscles including arms legs and chest, improves circulation and breathing, and emphasizes relaxed steady motion. It covers breathing coordinated with strokes and suggests side and back swimming for variety.
A short stay in the water is better than a long one. Try to swim when tired, keep moving toward shore. After your bath, take a little run on the beach before dressing.
Instructional note by Miss Amy Monroe from Tecunican College promotes economical cold meat dishes. Steps include simmering meat in stock with bread flour, sauce, and seasonings to tenderize meat without boiling. Final dish served over fried or toasted bread with optional oysters tomatoes or mushrooms for flavor.
Cut meat finely and mix with eschalot and parsley per pound, season with salt and pepper. Bake in a moderate oven half an hour, then top with sliced tomatoes and breadcrumbs, re-season, and bake another half hour.
A tested curry and rice dish uses 1 lb cooked meat 1 apple 14 oz dripping 4 oz flour curry powder salt sugar mustard water and chutney. Fry onion and apple, add spices, simmer sauce, reheat meat in curry. Wash rice, cook briefly, strain, and serve with curry in the center.
Recipe for rissole made from cooked meat chopped finely with parsley and herbs, mixed with breadcrumbs flour and egg, seasoned then formed into rounds coated in flour and breadcrumbs, fried until golden brown and served with parsley.
A reflective note on the value of staying connected with friends and affection yet emphasizing that practical life requires individual effort. It argues that active preparation in worldly duties is the best safeguard for personal stability and success.
A compact excerpt discusses health of body and mind from Lydia Maria Child and moral guidance from Charles Dickens. It emphasizes that good ends require good means and warns against justifying bad ends by plausible aims.
The column discusses how posture and carriage shape the look of outfits, comparing American and English women. It notes upright American Haltung enhances frocks while English posture can dampen effect, and stresses shoulders back. It highlights debutantes improving with culture, stage presence, and that dress success relies on wearer’s bearing as much as fabric, with black taffeta seen as versatile.
A fashion feature notes black taffeta gowns in a season devoted to supple fabrics and late Victorian revivals. It contrasts pared down modern adaptations with extravagantly frilled styles, praising artistic modification for modern wearers while warning against overburdened silhouettes. The sketch describes a full skirt with three ruchings, a bodice with gauging and cordings, and guipure lace at the front opening.
The article catalogs blouse styles with intricate detailing such as insertions and embroideries. It notes gauging lines, lace motifs, and medallions on fabrics like crepe da Chino, silk, satin, voile, and muslin, highlighting black spots and selective use of black with bright dress tones.
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