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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
6
Daphne Dean describes thrifty festive ideas with personal touch for holiday gifts. Vell holders, pincushion baskets, sunbonnet needle cases, doll handkerchief receptacles, reticules, and fashionable girdles shown as charming, affordable options to convey thought and care rather than expense.
A plain guide to reviving worn clothes with simple home methods. Ammonia and water rubbed on the right side smooth creases, iron while damp, and avoid wearing until dry. For shiny fabric, sandpaper lightly to restore texture, but avoid holes. Fresh ink stains respond to milk or lemon salts, milk-soaked garments should be laundered with ammonia water.
A guide for young crafters describing simple handmade gifts. Suggestions include a four leaf clover teapot holder cut from velvet and trimmed with silk, a cheesecloth storage set with colored shades, a round pasteboard cover wrapped in cretonne to protect a glass jar, and a sand filled dotty halves toy as a sturdy craft project.
A description of a fishing themed party game where a fisherman moves among players circling the room. Players must name fish corresponding to clues such as a wood, a port, an animal, a metal, and a heavenly being. Fish examples include carp pike whale skate dogfish starfish cod goldfish and silverfish.
New watch bracelets are extremely handsome with jointed wristbands in silver gold or platinum. Tiny open faced watches attach to the bracelet and feature enamel and gem settings that match gowns and outfits. Some designs use blue enamel sapphires or platinum with diamonds and pearls. The pieces are delicate lace like in appearance, flexible, and comfortable to wear.
The article describes cleaning woolen items with a gasoline and cornment brush, washing sweaters in warm soapy water with borax, rinsing in three waters with bluing, and air drying over three days. It adds specific rules to preserve whiteness in silk and wool underwear, recommends avoiding hot water, and warns against ironing sprinkle for best results.
Instructions for lemon sauce mix three eggs and sugar with hot water butter juice and lemon rind. Stir over heat until the mixture thickens to syrup like consistency. Serve hot or warm over puddings for a delicious finish.
A vintage recipe collection details making several candies including nut wafers with walnuts and caramel style confections. Methods cover sugar, corn syrup, milk, butter, and chocolate mixtures tested in ice water, plus guidance on flavoring citrus options and using baking soda for foaming. It also describes candy for the stocking with sugar, water, cream of tartar, flavoring, coloring, and shaping into sticks or squares.
The description portrays Miss Fleming as deft at evading gossip while highlighting her knack for spotting pleasant traits in others. She curates kindness, supports a cherished book club, and remains frank about preferences while avoiding harsh judgments. Her friendships are generous and sincere.
A fragmented instruction set describes a holiday bake with half a cup of butter creamed into sugar, lemon rind and juice, egg yolks and whites, then flour to form dough. Roll thin, cut shapes, brush with egg white, dust with pistachios and red candies, bake softly. Also mentions a plum pudding with spiced batter baked in tins and served with orange custard sauce.
A vintage guide suggests innovative tree decor ideas from butterfly shapes to snow themes. It describes making butterfly ornaments from translucent papers and fabrics, using visible wires, and creating a snow tree with white cotton and silver accents.
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