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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
6
This article explains a Danish style all white embroidery for corners in drawnwork. It covers transferring patterns, selecting linen or cotton, buttonhole stitching around each motif, padding optional but helpful, and constructing wheels A with inner and outer rows. It warns against crochet rings and emphasizes balanced, simple lace stitches for each motif.
Ribbon work expands beyond decoration to bags cases and accessories with varied widths. Designers fashion bows with side loops and middles knots while silver rims and braids provide luxe effects. Exquisite embroidered roses violets and forget me nots appear on screens and textiles creating shifting dot patterns under light.
Eleanor B. Clapp outlines proper dress for afternoon society events. Hostess attire leans toward white or light gowns with high necks and long sleeves, while guests wear rich street costumes or dressy fabrics like chiffon and organdie. Debutante hosts wear youthful white outfits. mothers and assistants choose formal, nondecollete reception gowns.
A column on starting a laundry outlines issues with common washerwoman practices and odors from poor ventilation. It contrasts country drying and sun freshening with indoor drying and emphasizes hygiene, air quality, and the need for capital and training to run a well equipped laundry.
The article outlines training to run a public laundry, notes long hours, risks and rewards, and advises educated women to aim for management. It discusses learning curve, staff selection, wage ranges, and starting a laundry with careful experience. It cites Miss Ethel P. Jayne on duties, challenges, and career progression.
A medical guidance piece highlights early detection of diphtheria in infants through throat examination, isolation, and prompt antitoxin treatment. It stresses watching for nasal throat membrane changes, fever, and swollen neck glands, with emphasis on testing cultures and preventing spread by fumigation and keeping the patient away from others.
Winter mending advice suggests using shrunken flannel patches to avoid further shrinkage. For tight children's union suits, cut at the waist and up the back, insert a fat patch band, and hem without turning under to avoid bulky hems and dropped stitches along ribbing.
The Queen of Greece is credited as the world’s only woman admiral, honored by the late Czar of Russia who was greatly fond of his beautiful cousin.
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