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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
7
The article notes playful designs for young girls adapting sweet sixteen to sweet eighteen to twenty four. It describes chiffon taffeta and velvet materials, accordion skirts, lace accents, and ribbons. Two dresses feature cream voile with rose moire girdles and back bow finishes, plus accessories like pearl beads and black satin slippers. Julia Bottomley.
Two new petticoat designs feature hand embroidery for a touch of elegance. One white nainsook option has a scalloped buttonhole edged ruffle with embroidered sprays, while a practical unbreached linen style is narrow with side slits and white embroidery. Both are launderable and suited to street or utility dresses.
A dressmaker's visit notes that most women oil machines with kerosene, which harms delicate parts. She advises warming the machine in sunlight, heating clean oil, and oiling all points from bobbin winder to foot, then wiping away excess for six months of good condition.
The article shares household cooking methods for tarts and pies with fruit filling, tomato preparation, and baked potatoes. It notes using minced fish or chicken in hollowed tomatoes, macaroni dishes from leftovers, and a method to treat scorch marks with a paste. It also covers cake spice mixing and oven timing for baked goods.
The article advises adding a woolen blanket beneath the bottom sheet to prevent heat loss. The wool layer traps heat from the body, keeping warmth from escaping downward while top blankets halt upward loss, resulting in a snug, warm bed.
A recipe instructs melting sugar to a thick caramel like syrup, adding water and boiling, then mixing in milk eggs and granulated sugar. It folds in dried figs cut small, strains, freezes, thickens, and packs in a mold with salted ice for two and a half hours.
A simple omelette is cooked with thin onion and chopped tomatoes. Melt butter, fry onion without browning, add pepper and salt, then tomatoes. Stir ten minutes, press through a sieve, return puree to pan and reheat with wine.
An old salt or sugar bag becomes a soap bag for dishwashing. Fill it with scraps and odd bits of soap and use it like a dish cloth to wash dishes, eliminating waste and keeping residues out of the waste stream.
Frying mush improves texture by dipping in egg white before the hot fat. The egg helps create a crisper crust and light, golden surface.
An article portrays Bermuda as peaceful and prosperous with hospitable Bermudians and swift justice. It traces early governance from 1612 under the Virginia and Bermuda companies, noting the 1629 parliament as a key lawmaking body and self-rule despite London oversight.
A Los Angeles Times snippet mocks using obscure terms misapplied in science. It notes a Nevada government agronomy project and explains agronomy is simply agriculture, urging plain language for common understanding and warning against fanciful labels.
The article marks the 100th anniversary of Henry Kirke Brown born in Leyden Massachusetts. It notes his early farm upbringing, study in Italy, and return to the United States in 1846 to found a New York studio making the first bronze casts in America. It highlights his DeWitt Clinton statue in Brooklyn Greenwood Cemetery and other works in New York Prospect Park Washington and the Capitol. He died in Newburg New York on July 10 1886.
A list ranks famous world buildings by seating capacity from Colisée in Rome at 87,000 to La Scala in Milan at 3,600. Notable entries include St Peter's Rome 54,000 and Notre Dame Paris 21,500, with venues across Europe and New York.
A Peking dispatch to the Morning Post reports a presidential order restoring to lineal descendants of Confucius most titles and privileges enjoyed under the Manchus, including the holy duke title.
A fashion note highlights three French influenced coiffeurs for evening wear. Styles range from a face framing waved crown with a pearl ornament to a full waved back look using a ready made piece and a fringe, and a loose waved back with a shell comb.
Fashion note describes cheerful spring accessories including vests coats and girdles made from brocaded ribbons and florals. Emphasis on oriental inspiration rich colors and metallic threads. Highlights include green gray vests with velvet roses, red gold girdles, and satin button details for versatile dress variety.
Fashion notes describe dressy waists combining lace and nets with taffeta, featuring white or colored silk girdles, plaited sleeve frills, and new Japanese collars. Many models show unlined sleeves and a low-cut lining, with flesh tint visible through lace, while necks finish in upstanding frills or Medici styles.
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