Hints for Spring Cleaning From a Bygone Guide
Practical household tips cover washing white woodwork applying soap and pipe clay cleaning leather and wood furniture with lukewarm tea polish with oils linseed vinegar or turpentine treat gilt frames with egg whites and soda refresh frames with onion water clean feathers and fabrics with varnish and bread rub glass with methylated spirit curtain and carpet care ends with a refreshed home and happier housekeeper
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Morocco
Spring coats for little girls show chic fabrics and trims
Read about several small girl coats featuring white serge with narrow collars and elk braid, black and white plaid with cuffs, white cloth with Dresden silk cuffs, a pink bengaline silk with hand scallops, and a white pique scalloped coat.
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Dresden
Sewing Tips for Neat Garment Edges and Seams
Practical guidance for precise finishing in tailoring. Avoid crooked buttonholes armholes and corners. Overcast edges neatly and press selectively to prevent shrinkage. Do not pull fabrics or strain threads. avoid lapped back seams and inconsistent tack directions. Use appropriate scissors for trimming threads.
Pannier Skirt Styles Stir Fashion News Across 1910s
Catherine Talbot notes spring and summer fashion shifts toward pannier skirts, calling the style tentative yet promising for slim figures and diverse fabrics. She warns against overdrawn silhouettes, highlights draped side panels, border designs, and the mousquetaire sleeve while illustrating gowns from turquoise brocade to chiffon ensembles and ready to wear costs.
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Catherine Talbot
When Nerves Appear For Self-Control And Nerve Foods
The article advises quickly regaining self control when nerves falter by exercising determination, stepping outside if possible, or taking a brisk pause. It notes sleep as a powerful nerve restorer and recommends open windows. Nerve-friendly foods include raw onions carrots lettuce and celery with olive oil, but stresses willpower as the main remedy.
Baby’s luxury cradle frees from ribbon basket
The infant’s new bed rests on a white wood stand and features a wicker cradle with lace and quilted silk. It can be lifted from the stand and carried, offering BT comfort.
Ways to Use Stale Bread in Everyday Cooking
A housewife can transform stale bread into appealing dishes such as a bread omelet with white sauce and beaten egg whites, a warm bread cereal ground to a coarse meal and served with cream and sugar, and a brown betty layered with apples, cinnamon, sugar, and butter then baked until top browned.
Three-In-One Nickel Tray Accessory for Invalid's Tray
A nickel and copper plated three in one tray combines a tea or coffee pot a cream jug and a sugar bowl stacked as a compact unit. It promises an inviting breakfast setup for invalids and includes a cord attached percolator to heat under teapots, reducing need for alcohol lamps.
Chantilly Lace Parasol Cover Shown as Heirloom Relic
An old chantilly lace parasol cover is described as a preserved heirloom. The illustration features a carriage parasol with a high cup shape and a deep blue satin border on white ground, reflecting Chantilly lace fashion of past eras.
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Lucky
Chantilly
New Percolator Device Aids Chafing Dish Suppers
A compact percolator device lets hosts prepare chafing dish suppers in their own apartments. By simply adjusting the unit and placing covers, meat and vegetable dishes stay warm. The setup avoids carrying alcohol and is said to be inexpensive, with divided porcelain trays and a hot water feature to keep vegetables hot on the serving table.
Exercise and health tips for business girls
A health column advises business girls to include brief morning and night exercise to cure digestive troubles and improve posture. It urges eating more fruit, reducing tea and starchy foods, choosing soup or eggs for lunch, ending meals with fruit, and drinking water.
Swinging Shelf for Kitchens and Dining Rooms
A swinging shelf idea uses a two foot wide board or boards joined to form a front with hinged legs. The back attaches to the wall with hinges so it can lift and hook away or drop down to rest on front legs as a table. It claims to be highly convenient and seldom found in kitchens.
Norfolk Jackets Fashionable This Season
The Norfolk jacket returns in popular style with a loose belt and plaited design. Last year it appeared in dark green blue and scarlet with white vege and white linen skirt. This year it forms part of the suit and also comes in summer ratine.
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Fabrica
Mme de Pompadour
Dersens
Norfolk
Home Dyeing Guide Sparks Quick Color Fixes at Home
A practical at home dyeing method outlines packet quantities for many fabrics and colors. It covers prewashing, boiling with soda, dye preparation, starching steps, and testing dye uptake, plus which materials dye well and which to avoid.
Summer dress fashions feature cotton fabric gown
A WwHtscrape cotton gown for the summer girl appears in a fine fabric with a two accordion plaited flounced skirt. The bodice uses knife plaits and the outfit is accented by a white satin ribbon bow.
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Toias
Changing bridal fashion favors soft fabrics over white gowns
The article notes a shift from mandatory duchess satin to softer whites and pale rose pink overlays for wedding dresses. It highlights affordability, modern style, and daylight suitability, with brides increasingly seeking subtle, nontraditional hues rather than traditional ivory or deep cream gowns.
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