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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
3
Fashion note highlights lace and embroidered voile frocks for children with simple straight edges. Patterns cover sizes ten to fourteen with yardage for bordered or plain material including ruffles and chemisette. Send 10 cents plus optional 2 cent postage for mail delivery and use the coupon with name and address.
A New York Journal excerpt explains how cold floors steal body heat. Wood and stone floors feel different. warmth travels from radiators, and clothing layers keep heated air near the body. The piece urges maintaining heat to preserve health, noting even thin mats offer modest protection.
A playful exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger features a pretty teacher asking what a word means and a quick boy reply offering a demonstration if they were really winter known, underscoring a light schoolroom joke.
Dainty and attractive hat boxes designed to hold baby bonnets or a girl’s best hat. Boxes feature hand painted flowers, ribbons, and a lined interior with a hat stand to keep brims in shape. Lasts several seasons and teaches neatness through fine storage.
The article notes the growing popularity of black and white outfits inspired by Paris. A frock of black taffeta with a white organza collar is shown, paired with a white hemp hat with velvet crown. It discusses persistent white collars and a surge in Swiss and organdie styles, including starched pique collars, in Normandy fashion.
A fashion note suggests finishing separate skirts and blouses at the waist with ribbons or belts. Use wide ribbon or silk such as taffeta or satin, layered in folds. Create two pointed front ends with buttonholes and fasten over colored glass or bone buttons.
The piece notes oxford shoes with colored uppers and French detailing dominating this season. It mentions oxford ties rivaling English pumps and describes country wear with leather thongs or patent leather ties and varnished ribbons. Brown leather pumps fade in fashion while bronze gets little attention.
A collection of macaroni based recipes for warm weather meals substitutes for meat. Dishes include Nice Breakfast Dish Macaroni With Egg and layered cream sauce baked to a brown top. Also Macaroni Ragout with cheese and potatoes and Baked Macaroni With Cheese using milk, cheese, paprika and breadcrumbs.
A young man named Harry admits to stealing a kiss during a call but explains he intended to give it to a poor girl who never received any. The mother reacts with anger yet the girl supports the gesture, recounting that she granted multiple kisses for the sake of the needy. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the tension and moral discussion.
A schoolmaster tests word roots with stan meaning place of and receives a quip from Johnny Snages Umbrellastan the place for umbrellas. A pun-filled exchange follows about marriage proposals and classic mythology.
In a Washington Star quote, a serious youth asks if a man should reveal his business to his wife. Miss Cayenne responds that sometimes a wife should worry only when her husband is summoned to testify in an investigation.
Evelyn hears a tale about a dog and loves it. A master’s missing dog is found after a case at the courthouse. The dog signals its owner by jumping to him, and the judge declares the dog chose its master, ending the dispute.
In a fairy tale prank of two kings, Prince Edgar and Princess Eulalie are raised apart to avoid romance. A staged meeting leads to a real kiss and mutual desire, as both declare their wish to unite under an unlikely royal match and feed each other in a symbolic ending.
Mary Lee Harkness argues that women who boast of sewing their own gowns encourage a vanity she likens to men bragging about making their own trousers. She questions whether such pride serves progress and invites readers to reconsider social vanity.
Directions describe making preserves with strawberries and pineapple. Three quarts of berries are hulled and washed while two small pineapples are peeled and cubed. Layers of fruit and four pounds of sugar are left to stand overnight, then lemon and orange juice are added. Orange peel is blanched, bitter white lining removed and sliced, then mixed in. The mixture is heated to boil, skimmed, and simmered until pineapple is tender, then finished in the sun.
The New York Times notes that while many back the underdog, they prefer the upper dog remain unaware of the support. The observation casts light on rivalries and public sentiment in competitive contexts.
A classic health note explains backache and dull kidney misery stem from overeating meat. It advocates Jad Salts a four ounce daily dose in water before breakfast to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, claiming it neutralizes urine acids and ends bladder weakness.
A man claims society is hollow as he fails to break into its inner circles. His acquaintances question the claim, and he leaves sadly without answering, in a line cited by the Cleveland Main Dealer.
Julia Bottomley notes that Premet’s taffeta silk model with plaid silk underpetticoat and bunched skirt is attention grabbing but ungraceful. She praises certain features later adopted by American makers such as plaid revers and cuffs and the enduring overskirt. She argues refined taste will steer buyers away from sensationalism toward garments with proper lines and wearability.
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