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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
7
A reflective essay contrasts women's window shopping with sales staff stress. It urges frank talk about budgets and purchases, and warns that truthfulness protects love. It ends with a moral: honesty strengthens relationships and earns lasting respect.
A narrator warns that promising luxuries before marriage, while hiding finances, leads to betrayal. The piece argues honesty about income and future plans matters, citing a man with twenty dollars a week who hides his true means and the impact on his fiancée Dora.
A humorous look at wedding splurges as brides demand endless gowns hats and trunks. A bemused groom recalls mishaps with numerous suitcases delaying trains and hotel rooms, ending with a pared down one trunk for a fortnight and a baggage car for relief.
In the Virginia Almanac eighteenth century column a humorous receipt advises heating oneself by repeatedly tossing a single billet of wood from a garret window to the yard and back, with brisk climbs and continued exercise. Probatum est.
Harold, recovering from typhoid fever, must drink plenty of buttermilk. He dislikes it but complies. When a nurse brings a huge glass, he laments aloud that he wishes every buttermilk cow in the world were dead.
Satin makes a comeback in 1916 fashion with taffeta gowns in Fragonard tones and black satin suits trimmed with wide silk braid. Net gowns and Reboux nets dominate afternoon frocks, while a blue and white striped silk afternoon dress gains popularity among eastern fashion leaders. The article explains net construction, suggests decorative net covers, and notes durable, washable options for black net.
The cozy cover is described as handsome, hard wearing and economical. It uses net with roses and foliage appliqued or stitched in place. Color choices include cream white or black with black noted as especially stylish.
A simple two piece wooden rack stands about 2 feet 3 inches high and 2 feet wide. Use well planed wood about 1 inch thick, with two side pieces and two upper boards joined by screws. Finish with dark green stain or paint to match the room, and scale the size if desired.
Olive Borden poses as an oriental physician at a village bazaar and gives Gordon Lee a playful diagnosis that shifts his imagined shoulder pain to a heel. The ruse reveals Lee’s charm, Olive’s wit, and Verda Willoughby’s amused tolerance as the two months pass and Lee unexpectedly finds relief and happiness.
The article notes veils worn loose and flowing with circular designs and elastic bands for crown fit. Colors dominate, with brown blue taupe plum and wistaria matching hats, while black and black and white veils remain smart and versatile.
White embroidered nets will be worn this season along with lingerie dresses from former years for midsummer. Early models combine net and embroidered handkerchief linen and are very attractive and smart. Gowns feature eyelet work embroidery with net and lace. Lace trimmed lingerie dresses appear popular again this year.
An inventive ribbon resembling straw braid is made from wood fiber silk with a dull finish. The flexible ribbon forms loops and bows for hats suitable for morning to evening wear. Parisian designers credit the idea to a war widow in Paris who makes the flowers to raise funds and employ widowed women.
Silk covered buttons trim a frock with wide cuff sleeves. Buttonholes flank the cuffs with two buttons joined by twisted silk strands, mimicking sink cuff buttons.
The description notes that blue serge suits gain accent with color touches. One suit features yellow buttons and trim while another uses gray stitching bands and a gray silk collar for contrast.
The brief item notes that some of the new straw hats feature square crowns. It mentions fashion details without naming brands or people and frames the update as a compact style notice.
A bureau statistician analyzes desertion cases and finds causes include wife's ill health or peevishness, slouchiness, nagging, or dislike of children. Reconciliation often hinges on the child, while happier marriages occur when husbands and wives resemble each other in age, nationality, religion, and health. Native American husbands show higher desertion rates than foreign born, per the study.
The piece argues health vigilance is neglected until pain signals danger. It urges proactive body preparation years early to avoid mental anxiety and bodily pain, noting dependence on doctors and drugs only after illness. It cites H. H. Roberts in National Magazine on preparedness.
The best method is to hold a toothpick over the upper lid and lift the lashes to bend the lid back so the inner pink surface is visible. Use sterile gauze to remove the particle and rely on sharp light or magnification to detect it. Irritation may continue briefly after removal.
A speaker seeks self renewal in nature's darkest woods and the dense swamp. They describe the wildwood as a sacred place where strength lies in the marrow of nature and suggest the same soil nourishes both men and trees.
Marjorie Wayland and David Pearson reveal their true identities after a summer of deception. Marjorie, posing as Miss Wayland, falls for Pearson while tending a suburban garden beside the wall. He confesses he has been the gardener all along and plans to tell her the truth.
A weather prophet catches cold just like others, proving superior wisdom does not guarantee protection from the elements or misfortune. The saying suggests practical limits to knowledge and prudence in facing nature.
A brief moral exhortation stresses the value of enduring friendship and warns against severing ties with a friend after a long effort to win them. It emphasizes loyalty and steady companionship as essential social virtues.
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