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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
8
Edna Egan describes creating a wild garden with shaded sun loving and shade tolerant flowers. It covers soil preparation with shells clay and leaf mold, raised beds, seasonal plantings, and transferring wild plants from woods to the garden for a thriving first year bloom.
A domestic satire contrasts a woman who stayed home all summer with a sister who traveled. Friends mock the homebody’s restraint while praising the town visitors, detailing social rituals, Cotillon jokes, and a clash of choices versus economy in a stubborn social echo.
An article on interior ethics argues that dress and furnishings shape a woman’s social reception, not money alone. It stresses harmony in color, simple schemes over lavish rococo, and tasteful decor to create genial, cheerful dining rooms while avoiding overbearing or undersized effects.
Practical advice on cleaning tinware with dry flour, preserving flowers with fresh water and sugar, extending glove life with rubber tips, and tips for beating eggs and preparing cake batter in an ice cream freezer. Includes storage and home maintenance suggestions and small cost saving ideas.
An article by Annette Angert discusses professional women and business men forming clubs to discuss writing and business issues. It notes the need for solidarity, mentoring, and shared conversation to ease pressures of a strenuously busy life while recalling warm, simple home memories.
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