What smart women will wear this season
The feature describes autumn ensembles with satin and wet fabrics, a circular bridge bag on a gold skeleton frame, rose enamel medallions and pearls, a cuffed tunic over contrasting skirts, tan Beoth worsted coats with braid shoulder details, and matching tan boots. Veiled hats with aigrets, cobweb lace veils, and blue net blouses with lace and satin accents showcase plaited skirts and silk materials to maintain a slim silhouette.
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Maire
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EWEST
Canning Fruit In Oven As Recommended By Government Guide
Government cookbook endorses oven canning for best shape color and flavor. Prepare fruit and jars, sterilize, fill with syrup, seal, and bake briefly on asbestos or water bath. Adjust syrup quantity by fruit size and taste for peaches pears quinces and other large fruits.
Embroidered Rose and White Linen Night Case Set
A delicate night case in sheer Irish linen features double folds with hand scalloped edges and French knot centers. The long sides attach to pale pink satin lining over a thin sachet, closed by pink satin elbow knots, with a square corset case similarly made and both monogrammed.
The Qualities of a Lady
A guide on ladies bearing, focusing on clear articulation, calm speech, unhurried demeanor, quiet politeness, and neat attire. It stresses not seeking attention, keeping dress and manners refined, neat personal appearance, and modest public conduct.
Coiling Shoes Best Care for Back Leather Wear
A brief tip advises preserving back leather shoes by applying olive oil with a small flannel rag. After initial rubbing, use a fresh dry rag to wipe and finish the care, preventing wear and cracking.
The Good Wish Necklace Becomes Fashion Fad
The latest fashion trend features a rosary like necklace called the Good Wish, blending secular and religious styles. Women host rosary parties inviting guests to bring beads and wishes, creating a colorful, varied circlet that sparks conversations everywhere.
Autumn footwear trends and new shoe styles
Autumn brings light colored shoes back to the shelf while black boots regain favor. Highlights include patent kid trims with black suede uppers, a softer patent leather alternative, bronze shoes revived with matching bronze stockings, and velvet Turkish slippers with satin linings and bow accents.
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One Sica
Delicious Breakfast Breads From Simple Ingredients
A vintage home baking guide outlines recipes for Rice Puffs Emergency Biscuits Parker House Rolls Brown Bread With Raisins Quick Graham Bread and Sally Lunn. Each item lists ingredients and steps to mix raise and bake in common kitchens.
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Parker House
New Orleans
Household Tips for Polishing and Cleaning Furnishings
A guide offers a recipe for furniture polish using equal parts olive oil vinegar and alcohol. It advises against scrubbing white paint with sand soap and suggests soap solution and warm water cloths for cleaning. For mahogany a half hour polish routine with cold water and dry cloth is recommended. Carpets respond to coarse salt and thorough sweeping. White felt hats can be rejuvenated with cornmeal and brushing.
New Shapes in Fall Hats
Fall millinery features return of derby influence with varied brims and extreme droop designs. Postilion crowns vary with brims up to twenty-two inches long, tall parasol shapes with plumage centers, and large elongated dress shapes allowing hats to sit low without blocking vision.
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Millinery Trade Review
Attractive Bonnets for All Occasions in Simple Steps
Useful and attractive bonnets appeal to women. two cap designs shown, Dutch cap and a three-piece model. Made from silk, opange, corduroy, linen or washable fabrics like lawn. Simple construction, little time, no expert skill, with optional lace or ribbon touches. Dutch cap uses three quarters of a yard, the other cap one yard twenty-seven inches wide.
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Evyen Eghinae vi & Parc
A Style Becoming to Few Women in Velvet Hat
A fashion note describes a high crowned stiff brim Gerby hat that suits a few women. The crown end brim are white velvet with red velvet facing. The high owl trimming is also white, making the chic model scarce for most faces.
Slaves of Habit and Household Rules
The piece argues routine can enslave both sexes as a wife leads the home with care. It warns that self centered vanity harms harmony and that sympathy and interest in a husband’s life work fuel mutual happiness over mere beauty.
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