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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
2
A youthful dreamer traces evolving ambitions from engineer to lawyer to doctor to preacher, noting disillusionment with each path. He finds contentment in farming, health, and appetite, asking the reader what they think he is doing now.
May confronts Lady Leverton with accusations of loan defaults and stolen jewels linked to Lady Massingford’s diamonds. The daughter reveals her plan to recover the gems, implicating Mr Spencer and the dangerous scheme to assume Morton’s place, while Lady Leverton reacts with shock to the revelations and risk ahead.
In a tense drawing room May reveals Hubert Grant’s true identity as Mr Morton and a web of deception unravels. Sir Bruce Leverton contemplates a resolution as Morton pressures Mrs Scarsdale’s position and Grant maneuvers to secure a Quagga concession while Morton and Grant clash over exposure and power.
Ida Mellor outlines affordable hat styles in ribbon and straw, linen frocks with crepon and tussore fabrics, and simple, practical outfits. Guidance emphasizes navy blue as a unifying color, with a navy serge coat and skirt, white blouses, navy parasol, and minimal yet polished accessories for versatile daytime wear.
A period pattern note describes linen coats for young girls six years and up, with options in black satin or tasserio silk. It details a simple coat with rounded fronts, two large buttons, and a frilled neck, plus a five-part paper pattern and fabric requirements for a 42 inch width.
Readers can obtain design patterns weekly by mail from Misa Ida Meller at Australasian Fashion Publishing Co. 9 Liverpool Street Sydney NSW. Include full cost per pattern and mark envelope “Patteros.”
Practical household guidance covers cleaning irons with wax and candle soot, polishing blades with sweet oil and emery, using bran in a hot oven to refresh rag cleaning, wax and damp walls treatment to prevent damp penetration, pipeclay for washing linen, flannel soaking to prevent shrinking, and swede gloves cleaned with Fuller's earth or a clay mix.
The article contrasts nervous trouble between social and business women. It argues fashionable women overstate work and stress while idle women claim nerves, blaming others and misusing opportunities, with focus on self pity and imagined distress.
A column presents practical sandwich ideas for entertaining during the dance season. It covers bread selection, buttering tips, knife selection, and shaping, then provides two filling recipes using salmon with mayonnaise and a chive cream cheese spread, detailing ingredients and assembly steps.
Fragment describes a cheese sandwich method with ingredients like one ounce of cheese half an egg yolk a teaspoon of wine vinegar and pepper plus butter brown bread and a spread made from cheese and seasonings. It mentions serving for business people to take to town.
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