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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 21, 1914
Page
2
Fragmented verses explore beauty in a woman’s eyes and the elusive ideal of art. The speaker recalls a motherly gaze, a painterly longing, and the delaying ache of “some other day” as life passes, with lines echoing nostalgia and the cost of deferred dreams.
In a cave hidden by cliffs Diana Devenish known as Quarry Queen meets resistance from local quarry workers led by elder Seer and the clan as they debate an outsider’s arrival and a looming lease dispute set to renew at Michaelmas. Diana longs to defend her people while a noon meal crowd floods the scene with sympathy and scrutiny.
Lady Braithwaite debates marriage prospects for Di and Tom with a wary tone. DI, a widowed daughter returned home embittered, resists matrimony despite social pressure and moneyed suitors. The discussion centers on Viscount Hesiod and the Hurst legacy as family tensions unfold.
The Braithwaites plot to move Di Hurst into an arranged match with Durham to stabilize the family. Lilian and Di debate the approach while Tom mockingly hints at a possible match between Durham and Di. Di longs for genuine happiness amid social maneuvering at the manor and farm.
Norman praises Di as she descends in brocade, then sketches a clever revenge on Durham through a worldly, glamorous display. Di weighs the plan, torn between mischief and humiliation, pondering the moral cost and whether victory justifies the gamble.
In the column on women and attire in the home, the text notes housewives and daughters perform much of the day’s tasks requiring aprons. It discusses the apron as a practical everyday garment, whether long sleeve or sleeveless, and suggests sleeveless aprons are favored to keep sleeves rolled up while cooking.
The text describes an apron suitable as a cooking or dusting garment, with indigo linen accents and saxe blue options. It details a bodice and sleeves in one piece, a joined skirt, a hip-pocket, and back-fastening buttons. Trimming options include striped cotton, self colored braid, and belt guidance. Also included are finishing touches for the coat, belt passing, and care recipes for bath preparations, vinegar, camphor, and starch bran skin-softening methods.
A compact meditation on genius haunted by failed dreams and sorrowful loves. The palm is described as carrying a handle of rods where fools have bested it by calling them blind, signaling a critique of perception and ambition.
A belted wrap coat for girls from twelve years old is described in tweed and frieze. It features a wide low belt that gives the garment its distinctive style, fastens at the front with two buttons, and has a mitre pointed belt tip. The coat is collarless and worn over a blouse, with the belt lined and stitched along both edges.
The guide specifies two yards of 45 inch tweed or frieze for the wrap, folded lengthwise with five pattern pieces laid as shown. Pattern includes one front, half back, one upper sleeve, one under sleeve, and half belt, with back edge and belt folded to avoid a seam. backs and fronts stitched, sleeves fitted.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe pattern designs including coat skirt and blouse. References to patterns, orders, bag and pattern numbers appear with scattered phrases and misread words. The text mentions pattern rejections and a livable fashion context from a magazine page.
A draft from a housekeeping column offers practical advice on cleaning candlesticks, windows, and fabrics, urges letting sunshine into the home, and suggests simple solutions such as quince seed tincture and a thimble to protect muslin blinds. It also covers removing ink stains with moistened water and mild acids, noting remedies may vary in effectiveness.
The article highlights two main collar styles flat and Medici with high collars falling out of fashion. It praises soft white and ivory lawn collars hem-stitched, white crepon collars on dark blue coats, and colored embroidered collars on white crepon blouses. It also notes striped silk collars on black cloaks as another stylish option.
A vintage beauty guide describes simple baths using vinegar stirred into warm water to firm skin, followed by a brisk towel rub. It also details a camphor vinegar infusion with thyme cloves lavender and cinnamon, strained after a week for later bath use.
The passage advises against bright colours for those inclined to be stout and warns against harsh eye treatment. It suggests avoiding rough stabs at the eyes, defeating regrowth of eyelashes, and prescribes thickening and shaping eyebrows as a beauty aim.
Unselfish and truthful portrait of a young woman praised for cheerfulness, discretion, and helpfulness. She avoids scandal, saves money, aids her family, and remains kind to friends and siblings while resisting vanity and deceit.
Methods for preparing Apple Gateau Apple Puree Apple Souffle French Apple Tart and Short Paste pastry detailed with quantities and steps including boiling leaf sugar forms, sieving, baking times, and oven temperatures.
A collection of maxims and guidance. It notes that value lies in memory rather than reading, that ease comes from diligent learning, and it offers hair grooming advice warning against tying the brows too low as thin eyebrows result from this habit.
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