Sashes Return to Favor in Directoire Fashion Revival
The revival of directoire fashions brings back sashes as a key accessory for dresses. Black velvet or satin sashes are favored and inexpensive to make at home with three yards of three inch velvet ribbon and a waist belt of three quarters of a yard, plus hooks and eyes. Ends feature fringe or embroidery, with options for Arabian design and rounded or diagonal tips. Wide ribbon sashes require less time, with waist belt and ends finished by a wreath of ribbon flowers at the left side.
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Directoire
Fragrance Aids For Hair Curling And Facial Linens
The guide advises dampening hair with co Joine water before winding on the iron and drying fully to keep curls. It cautions against gum arabic fluids which dull shine. Scrim is praised for face cloths for its lint free porosity and easy washing. Pure soap without perfume is preferred with toilet water as an after bath astringent.
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Milady
Flower Holders For Practical Use And Display
The text advises choosing vase color and shape to suit flowers and setting. Gray dull green and soft dark red backgrounds work for most blooms, Japanese bronze and lacquered basketware also show flowers well, clear cut glass enhances even the loveliest arrangements, and opalescent bowls suit violets. Table decor favors cut glass and silver, with Dresden and Chinese wares used. porches benefit from brass copper wicker weed or bark covered holders.
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Dresden
Small touches that count in summer home care
After spring cleaning comes adding refinements that convey neatness. Favor plain or white wall coverings with minimal patterns and moss green or pale mauve carpets. Use cretonne or chintz on chairs, narrow dark moldings for sepia photos, and sheer cool draperies. Store excess bric a brac and varnish floors for easy summer upkeep.
Parisian Effect Simple Coiffure in White Tulle Knot
A brief fashion note describes a simple white tulle hairstyle twisted into a neat knot, achieving a Parisian effect. The illustration highlights an elegant, understated look suitable for daytime or formal wear.
Hats of White Lace Fashion Prophecy
Fashion discourse proclaims lace hats lace caps and lace turbans as the coming style. Dutch caps of delicate lace with chiffon bands are praised for summer wear and Valenciennes lace turbans match lingerie frocks.
Tips on Cooking Cereals in Old-Fashioned Style
The article outlines long cooking methods for old-fashioned cereals including oatmeal samp and wheat. It advises gradual boiling, overnight slow cooking, and finishing with butter or milk. It also suggests thicker gruels for certain palates and frying leftovers for Samp.
Sunshine in the House Inspiring Female Joy
Mr Parke urges women to spread real joy from the heart not for personal gain. True sunshine comes back, so practice daily kindness at home and toward others to brighten days and self.
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Mr. Parke
Maria
Lemon Pie From Old Time Kitchen Instructions
A traditional lemon pie recipe describes beating yolks with boiling water then cooking with sugar flour and vinegar to a paste. Fold stiffly beaten whites with sugar and lemon extract for a browned topping on two large pies.
Planked Steak With Oysters
An extra sirloin is broiled five minutes per side on a hot plank. The planking board is heated and the steak placed on it with mashed potatoes. After a quick salt pepper and butter rub the beef is topped with broiled oysters and returned briefly under the broiler for a hot finish.
Saving fuel by using a pan on irons for ironing
Advice suggests placing an old pan over irons to retain heat and reduce fuel use. The method, tested with gasoline and oil stoves, is proposed for wood stoves as a way to iron on a low fire while conserving energy.
Stovework Tip From Household Guide
A household hint explains how to prep hands before blacking a stove by scrubbing a bar of hard soap under the nails to prevent soap residue from sticking and creating difficulty during cleaning.
Household appliances as labor savers in farm homes
The article argues that labor saving devices reduce strain on farm wives, urging careful, value based purchases. It cites steam cookers, bread mixers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and gas stove options as economical for large families and problematic for small ones, noting moral and financial implications.
Cooling drinks for the home kitchen
A guide to making refreshing beverages such as Almond Drink Barley Water Fruit Sirup Tea Punch and Mint Julep. Recipes include blanching almonds boiling milk lemon juice and vanilla for Almond Drink and methods for Barley Water and mint infused syrups.
Ambiguous historical remark on private habitation standards
A fragmentary quote discusses preferring humane living spaces with care and beauty while rejecting unnecessary expense and formalities. The passage reflects a stance against ostentatious fineries in private homes. The speaker, identified as ASKIN, expresses a humane approach to living spaces.
Nuts as Food in Varied Dishes and Recipes
A guide describes nuts used in many forms such as croquettes, salads, desserts and soups. Recipes include Peanut Puree, Walnut Croquettes, Peanut Candy, nut and raisin filling and a nutty dressing for salads, with steps and proportions for each dish.
Favorite Dishes And Quick Cake Ideas In The Kitchen
A brief guide to speedy yet delicate desserts and savory dishes. Recipes include Lightning Cake with eggs butter milk flour sugar and vanilla and optional citron or raisins. brown sugar sandwiches. coffee caramel frosting using hot coffee. curried eggs with stock cream and rice flour. and a garlic scented lettuce salad with egg, olives, mustard, oil and vinegar for a finishing touch.
Guardian angels and guilty angels on life’s path
A reflective meditation on guardian angels and guilty angels who accompany us through difficulty. The text muses on recognition, memory, and the limits of what those helpers can achieve for us.
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Hatever
Ruskin
Lucy Larcom
Can Therapy End Snoring and Moral Doubts?
An odd editorial quip about culture and honesty contrasts with a medical advert for Paxton's Paxtine Antiseptic. The ad claims hot douche therapy for pelvic catarrh and pitches 25 cents a box or postpaid by The Paxton Toilet Company of Boston Massachusetts.
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Paxton Toilet, Co
Boston
Mass
One of Those Modern Houses in Detroit Style
A wife tells an architect she wants a fashionable home with a living room too large to heat and a kitchen too small to cook in. She seeks a modern house design, prompting questions about the desired style and practicality.
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Detroit Free Press
The Only Way Revival Joke
An elder at a revival baptizes converts and asks if any reason to withhold baptism. A tall onlooker warns that the man is an old sinner and that one dip won’t help, suggesting they anchor him out in deep water overnight.
Tulsa suitor seeks marriage as girl visits Pawhuska
The Kansas City Star notes a Tulsa youth asking for a daughter’s hand but is refused because she is deemed too young. The father, a traveling man, quips that if she leaves for Pawhuska and returns soon she may be old enough, prompting humorous doubt about timing.
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Oklahoma
Midland Valley
Tulsa
Pawhuska
Kansas City Star
The Worms Way and Coleridge Antivivisection Quip
An anti vivisectionist in Philadelphia cites English reports promising to end live bait in fishing. He recalls Stephen Coleridge’s Philadelphia debate on worm cruelty, quipping that a worm’s writhing is the worm laughing at being tickled.
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Stephen Coleridge
Philadelphia
Coleridge
Mr. Coleridge
California doctor praises Grape-Nuts as brain food
A Los Angeles physician with forty years of experience endorses Grape-Nuts and Postum as digestible dietary aids. He cites daily use for mental work, brain nourishment, and digestive health, noting travel usefulness and widespread physician support for the product.
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Los Angeles
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pkys
Wellville
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