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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1910
Page
2
A description outlines two models: one in brown striped cloth with brown velvet trim, cream lace, and a brown crepe de chine plastron. The other features blue velvet or silk with cross front blouse, black liberty trim, multi colored embroidery, dotted tulle plastron, and a hobble skirt trimmed with liberty or velvet.
Nearly every girl has a hero and gathers mementos to honor him. A Napoleon devotee would build a life shelf with books and engravings and autographs. A heroine collector would similarly compile works and images of admired women who have shone in history.
Fashion note reveals new tunic dresses with two front pockets placed just above the knee. Designers allocate one pocket for a handkerchief and the other for a powder puff. No purse arrangement offered, so a small bag remains indispensable.
Instructions on matching outfits by painting with oil colors and gasoline for dress accessories and gowns. Notes that slippers can be matched precisely, a linen spot can be painted with water colors, and the paint wears off after five to six months requiring renewal.
The description notes a dress in a pretty soft shade of blue with a thin material. The bodice and upper skirt are finely tucked, while the lower skirt features flat plaits turning from the front and joining to an upper under a scalloped silk band.
Description of a woman's bodice featuring a scalloped lace yoke and silk trim. Details include box plaited center, silk cuffs, and silk joining band. Materials list cites seven yards of 42 inch fabric, one yard silk, three eighths yard tucked net, and a half yard lace.
The piece portrays the shadchen, the professional Jewish matchmaker, as Cupid’s rival. It describes his ragged appearance the green Prince Albert coat and his practical businesslike method of arranging marriages by consulting parents and using a memorandum book. It notes that younger Americanized Jews reject arranged marriages while immigrants from Russia Roumania and Galicia keep early marriages alive.
King Manuel met a young goatherd near Busaco while taking the waters. The boy, unaware of the monarch’s identity, said he could not read. The king wrote a blessing and gave money to the mother through the local priest, praising how such upbringing honors children.
A cricket club's winter gymnasium for members had an ju jitsu instructor. A cricketer arrived with a bandaged head claiming a youth injured him. The instructor pressed for a grip, but the man said the assailant dropped a brick from a third floor window.
In Cobena near Madrid a rural utopia emerges as death vanishes from the town. The chemist quit selling drugs two years ago and now sells sweets, half the cemetery is a pleasure garden, there has been no death in eight years, and the local undertaker has fled. The longtime doctor plans to emigrate.
A fragmented naval tableau depicts Ulysses sighting the sirens and turning pale, urging his crew to row for safety while the sailors bend to their ears and steer away from danger.
The article surveys turban and Greek styled coiffures dominating current fashion. It notes wider hat brims challenge turban volume, solutions include puffs curls and back chignons, fringe and braids, and new middle parted rolls with side curls. It mentions decorative velvet ribbons roses and rosettes revived from a half century ago.
A simple matching waist style described to be made from the same material as the skirt. Front straps may feature broderie Anglaise or lace insertions with Claudine collar and cuffs in plaited muslin edged with lace. Skirt and waist attach at a gathered waist band. Materials needed listed.
New eton styles include cream motre suits with square black sailor collars in mousseline de soie and black satin suits with white cloth sailor collars. Short jackets feature a double row of gilt buttons down the front. black and white fabrics show a white silk stripe on black velvet.
The piece urges applying the golden rule in etiquette and notes that genuine breeding lies in considering others feelings. It contrasts a nature’s gentleman with simple minds and argues courtesy defines any person, while a brusque attitude erodes social grace and self respect.
The article notes neckbows as a key element of outfits with narrow flat bows in black or white, flat bows from various materials, and plaited silk bows edged with Persian. It mentions morning frills and jabots of black net, silk rose clusters, and edging laces on fine muslin as fashionable details.
A fragmented description notes a hatpin concealed inside a powder puff. The item resembles a locket with a tiny puff inside and a pin threaded through the outer casing, suggesting a concealed cosmetic accessory or novelty pin.
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