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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1916

Page

8

Sweet Sixteen Club Idea For Girls By Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax responds to readers about forming Sweet Sixteen clubs. She urges modest dress and natural hair, warns against cosmetics, and shares two example clubs: a Junior Musicale focusing on music and hospital visits, and a Sunday Walking Club. She suggests cooking, reading, or sewing clubs with simple, practical aims and recommends involving a teacher for guidance.

Beatrice Fairfax Martha B Sweet Sixteen Junior Musicale

Fashionable undergarment pattern from the magazine era

The article describes a simple shapely underwear pattern suitable for cotton or silk fabric. It covers chemise or combination garments, notes a front fullness smock as optional, and suggests scalloped edges or hem finishing. Materials listed include yardage for sizes bust 38 to 44 and mail order from the paper’s Fashion Department for ten cents.

Summer Dangers for the Baby Circular on Infant Care

Commissioner Samuel G Dixon warns hot weather endangers infants and perishable foods especially cow milk. He urges cooling milk with ice, boiled water for drinking, meticulous bottle cleaning with borax, and using multiple bottles to avoid contamination and illness.

Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon

Hand painted decorations trend for 1920s fashion

Hand painted shoes hats gowns and lingerie are rising in popularity this season. Women can stencil decorate gowns and accessories with light delicate colors, ideal for evening wear. Light colors suit soft black fabrics and garden hats paired with afternoon gowns as a relief from heavy trims.

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