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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
6
Catherine Talbot surveys spring millinery trends with feathered crowns and aero plane hats. She notes high feathered plumes above crowns, straw and braid combines in soft taftta, new materiales like pyroxylin straw, avant garde Parisian influences, and warnings about color saturation and political context shaping hat styles.
A housekeeper promotes practical frugality and self care for housewives. She urges quick rests on a dining room couch, brief reading breaks, and using furnace heat for cooking to cut expenses. Efficient dishwashing with multiple pans and organized stacking further saves time and effort.
Instructions for preparing light meals for invalids include egg custard cooked in a cup, a small neck mutton cutlet with brown gravy, rice with milk and sugar, and an apple dessert with egg rice mixture. Emphasizes serving daintily and in portions separate from family meals.
Advice emphasizes avoiding grievances in social life and stressing amiability. Do not dwell on wrongs, practice honey over vinegar, and keep promises to avoid disappointing friends and resenting your own actions.
A new chiffon veil features a square shadow lace veil cover that drapes to lightly veil the face. It measures one and three fourths yards and comes in pale blue or taupe combinations with white, or white with shadow insertion. Priced at $1.79, the piece uses poor quality chiffon and is not described as artistic.
A description of a rose shade lightweight gown blending kimono design with modern tailoring. The garment features shaped underarm seams, close lines, and a true kimono sleeve, bound by cream satin ribledon at the square neck and bell sleeves.
A householder fixes a broken venetian blind without a handyman by removing screws and tape knots, threading new cord through pulleys, and knotting ends. Reassemble, retape, and rehang the blind ensuring tight cords and aligned laths, with easy readjustment of any fallen slats.
The article highlights selvage trims in matching or contrasting colors, black and white satin gowns, and the trend of sleeves in different materials. It notes the appeal of crepe de chine blouses with tailored suits, the growing fullness of shirt waists, and Parisian style boots with silk uppers and long pointed vamps.
Small craft notes describe making folded crape tissue tissue blotters decorated with sunbonnet babies or butterflies. Designs are cut, pasted on bristol board and mounted on blotting paper with ribbon, forming inexpensive crafts suitable for fairs or gifts. Each tissue fold yields many blotters for distribution.
White batiste embroidery will be heavily used for summer gowns. Embroidery comes in two edged banding, sold by strips four and a half yards long, priced about $1 per yard for five inch widths. Ten to twelve inch widths are popular. Designs are open and conventional, offering a feminine, soft look after last season's harsh lace styles. Colored cotton crape patterns with white apple blossom embroidery cost about $5 each.
Practical elder care notes describe safe infant bathing and nursery routines. Emphasizes room warmth above 60 degrees, 100 degree bath water for newborns, ready supplies, locking doors, and avoiding drafts and spills. Recommends elbow test, no scented soaps, proper drying, and timing after feeds. also covers powders and binder sewing tips.
Instructions advise marking spots on a white bedspread or blanket with colored silk before washing to aid spot rubbing when the fabric is wet. The silk marks are easy to spot after wetting the article.
A washable decorative pillow suited for boudoir use or bedroom decor. Described as made from handkerchief linen with eyelet embroidery and Greek key motif. Eyelet border allows a ribbon to be threaded to match the design.
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