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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
6
Fashion notes describe airy summer gowns for garden parties and resorts, featuring white silk muslin and chevron detailing on sweeping skirts. Describes point desprit slips, lace trims, and smoked muslin accents, with Paris reports favoring a long pointed bodice and the straight-front corset as the season’s ideal silhouette.
There is a cool fresh beauty about white enamel furniture in summer homes. Willow furniture offers entire dining and bedroom suits for country living plus unique pieces for loggia and veranda. Bedroom sets come in white enamel and various woods. Venetian carved furniture suits drawing rooms and halls. Lentwood armchairs rockers and settees provide comfort for country homes. The old mission furniture remains a quaint solid option.
A detailed period style instruction from Ladies' World for a clover edged doily using silk finished crochet cotton. It explains tightening technique by holding over the finger, buttonhole stitches, chain and single crochet sequences, and repeating rows around a central linen motif to achieve a refined look.
Discussion on floor staining for country houses covers matting and wooden floors. Prussian blue is a potent stain with effective uses on yellow pine, creating water like blue green shadows. The article also notes an apron designed for amateurs in home arts with deep pockets for carpentry tasks.
A historical clipping describes a leather skirt with a wyUare style bib and back strap, a station for a gate of leather sleeves, and a porch scene with glass up pers. It notes denim portieres with white rope lattice borders and mentions Vogue color ideas like emerald and plain or tucked fabrics as season trends.
Fashion favors soft bright hues in wood and cloth for summer interiors. Butter color leads, with shellac tinted willow, white enamel pieces, and rich greens or purples in chairs. Plain wood covered with buff chintz, sparing use of scarlet, and rattan furnishings create cool serene rooms.
The article details fruit punch preparation with sugar syrup and multiple juices for flavor, plus serving tips using glass punch bowls and ice. It also describes a rose centerpiece idea with ruby glass vases, wire moss grounds, ribbon swags, and silk mats in salmon pink and pale yellow to decorate a table in a classic Boston Cooking School Magazine style.
The text advises choosing a calm warm sunny day and avoiding windy conditions to prevent rapid evaporation and chilling. Do not bathe when feeling cold, and enter water promptly after undressing. Best bathing time is two to three hours after meals, preferably in forenoon. Beach and waves are cleaner at epic tide. air should be warm. Dry the body quickly, dress fast, and a cup of hot milk after bathing aids the delicate.
A travel notice lists Train No 9 on the Fort Wayne route stopping at Grand Rapids 9 40 p m with through Pullman car service on weekdays. Next month the through car extends to Petoskey with Northern Michigan resorts opening. Excursion July 31 from Massillon to Atlantic City Cape May Avalon Anglesea Holly Beach Ocean City Sea Isle City Wildwood Ocean City Maryland and Rehoboth with ten day return. Details from J A Shoemaker PA Co Massillon.
Excursion tickets at one fare for round trip will be sold to Mt Vernon Ohio due to Ohio Baptist Assembly on July 21 22 24 26 and 28 via Pennsylvania lines See Ticket Agents.
The July and August daylight trips from Cleveland and Buffalo are cancelled. Steamers will depart Cleveland daily at 8:00 p m Central time and Buffalo at 9:00 p m Eastern time. Details on fares and schedules available from Pennsylvania Lines agents in Cleveland.
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