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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
5
Dorothy Deene, famed Chicago beauty, reveals to The Sun her ideal husband. He should be American, well bred, well groomed, with good taste, no Van Dyke, and able to support her art. He must be amiable, Bohemian, not jealous of female friends, own horses or a car, and have sufficient money for uninterrupted art work.
A collection of simple steps for board meals and desserts. Mulled jelly with currant or grape, banana pie, layered water melon cake with white and red parts, and a cream of potato soup. Recipes emphasize basic ingredients, basic processes, and serving in a home setting.
Gilbert Summers, a prosperous city druggist, shuns sentiment after his wife deserts him and their child. When the destitute mother returns seeking carbolic acid, Summers grows cold, but his daughter’s earnest embrace breaks his resolve and he accepts the reunion.
Grace George promotes a hipless gown costing $1000 as part of a fashion shift toward straight flowing robes. She argues such gowns are more modest and moral while noting men misunderstand women’s clothes and prices. The interview captures a playful take on contemporary dress.
The article describes smart tailored attire including jeweled shirt sleeve-links and stickpins in jade amethyst coral designs. It notes French handkerchiefs for tailor shirts, linen and silk fabrics with plaid effects, and novelty S shaped linen belts. It mentions long mannish white linen stocks as a popular accessory.
Professionals urge keeping dolls in girls rooms, citing feminine work and affection. Mothers resist novelty, favor traditional nursery decor and sentimental toys despite modern ideas.
Lillian Russell, famed actress, states that divorce is a good thing and that marriage contracts should not be permanent. She notes she has had several husbands. Local gossip and recent remarks accompany her comments amid ongoing tabloid interest.
The fragment teases an Es peranto exercise with a sample joke about a noisy noise and an oyster. It references Dan O Leary as a 1 000 mile pedestrian and hints at walking with purpose.
The poem urges a weary child to rise and labor in a cotton mill. It condemns human greed, urging the youth to weave a shroud while healthier children live and die in the clay.
A notice explains how readers can return borrowed books, receive jam from mothers, mail real Christmas gifts, and expect small package rates. It suggests postmen may deliver more than circulars and that laundry can be sent for home completion. It also mentions forwarding counter merchandise to Hoboken and buying items locally without express company charges.
A humorous snippet questions if the McKinley monument court battle is truly about art. It jokes about political figures and a famous poem, and ends by musing on Corey’s infatuation and the Gilessa family in a playful editorial tone.
Practical guidance for home dressmakers on cutting sleeves in pairs, collar fitting, shrinking braids, skirt pattern shortening, busting, nap direction, shoulder seams for different figures, armhole and sleeve length, pressing curved seams with a rolling pin, and bending steel or whale bone before insertion to improve bodice fit.
Braids appear in soutache and wide heavy silk effects used as band trimmings on many new cloth skirts. Monotone and combination color braids are showcased, with wide bands enhancing solid color skirts.
The Sun offers ten cent Paris fashion patterns described daily by a reading pattern company. Send ten cents plus the pattern name size and your name and address to the Fashion Department at The Sun to obtain the latest pattern that accommodates meals.
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