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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1910
Page
3
Frances Ward reports on two hats inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte’s three cornered chapeau. One is named the Napoleon, the other the Little Corporal, a rough straw hat turned up like the emperor’s. Each bears ribbon and a smart brush, proving the ruler’s style endures in various people’s faces.
The column targets women who must keep up with fashion, promoting a gold or silver vanity set worn as a bracelet. It lists items like lip salve holder and powder box, notes optional cigarette case, and criticizes the noisy jangling as unsuitable for nervous women.
FIFO hood transitions from utility to beauty with lace like fabric and delicate straw resembling lace. Floral dinner souvenirs feature rosebud arrangements in tiny china tubs. Tiny Japanese gardens impress grown women with temple grottoes and miniature tea dolls, each owner courting original effects.
A feature notes that girls are taught to fear nothing including mice and snakes as public schools form natural history classes. It suggests future generations may eradicate old gender myths about women and fear, citing a dying girl image. It laments fashion trends with numerous small accessories.
In a crowded car a well dressed man eyeing Maud Lorinson discovers her use of a tiny mirror a powder from a receptacle to dust her nose and a glittering ornament to shape her eyebrows. She finishes her toilette and regards onlookers with supreme discretion.
A nursery mother seeks linen picture books to embroider, with sheets folded to stitch on one side and stitched edges. Pages feature figures and letters worked in outline stitch, using mercerized cottons and vivid colors that wash. Books are durable, launder well, and can be designed by the child.
The advertisement notes rising demand for Colgate soaps and talcum powders praised for value. It also promotes a large variety of perfumes described as a daily necessity rather than luxury, advertised from Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.
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