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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
3
The article discusses bridal veils as a key costume feature, comparing straight and bias-cut tulle wells, and notes how front sections detach without disturbing the back veil. It covers lace veils, costs of handmade lace, and typical flowers like orange blossoms while describing artistic arrangements and five example pictures of veils.
A tract of fashion notes covers coiffure tips with a wreath and tulle veil styles, pin use, and how to secure veils without ruining hair. It includes home remedies for hair tonic and scalp care, skin creams, eye and brow preparations, facial blush from strawberries, and a toe lifting exercise for leg beauty.
A recipe for facial care and hand treatment a reader can mix at home. It lists ingredients such as ko racic acid rosewater glycerine lemon juice water and carbolic acid with instructions to apply to nose forehead and hands after washing.
Antique formula collection lists lemon glycerine lotion for freckles and several tonics for hair, skin, and teeth. Included are sachet powders, salves for scars, toothpaste blends, scalp massage guidance, and a breast cover treatment with alum and acetate of lead.
A historic cosmetic recipe instructs mixing gum arabic one dram, india ink half a dram, and rosewater four ounces. Powder the ink and triturate with rosewater to a uniform black liquid, then add the rest of the rosewater. Apply with a tiny camel hair brush.
A vintage hair treatment prescribes washing the scalp only every two months. It recommends nightly application of a blend of castor, coconut, rosemary and jasmine oils heated gently and bottled with a five minute shake.
A nineteenth century guide urges dainty boudoirs with washable chintz and light wallpaper. It describes a graceful dressing table in Chippendale style with silver or ivory fittings, a small tray, a scrap basket, a pincushion, a powder box, and a tapestry bound jewel box, stressing order and feminine luxury.
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