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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
8
The piece argues against cheap brushes and promotes durable bristles and washability. It quotes the Philadelphia Post on how a woman’s true value lies in modest, selfless behavior rather than ostentatious displays. It reflects on love, marriage, and the idea that steady affection outlasts flashy gifts. It notes the Pony coat as a fashionable autumn item and mentions a vest feature for versatility.
A New Haven Register editorial argues a girl should ensure a young man’s spending on her pleasures stays within his means. It claims the ideal companion keeps busy with work, values money, and avoids spending others’ funds, emphasizing prudence in leisure and cost awareness.
A guidance piece argues married women should sign letters with their full name or with Mrs William Pitcoe in business or formal correspondence. It urges avoiding Mrs in casual acquaintance letters and notes many women disregard the rule, reflecting etiquette expectations of the era.
A new eye shade called the Maisette gains favor among royalty and fashionables. Queen of Spain and Princess Ina are seen using it to shield the eyes from Madrid’s glare. The device mirrors a lorgnette style with a retractable bar resting on the forehead, helping prevent sun headaches and wrinkles.
Paris women embrace roses in dress with muslin gowns featuring large rose patterns and rose patterned lace medallions. Hand made lawn dresses show thick raised embroidery resembling Japanese work as the era honors the rose in fashion.
Advice from Marianna Wheeler notes that in the first six months an infant needs little stimulation. By three months the baby explores surroundings, then objects, fingers, and toes. Later a simple toy suffices, avoiding excess. The piece questions whether adult gifts serve altruistic or selfish motives and potential harm from overindulgence.
A dealer explains the proper technique for fitting and removing gloves. She notes to slide the four fingers in first, then the thumb, and to unfasten at the wrist. For removal, start at the wrist and turn back to the finger tips to avoid stretching.
The woman who seeks to charm in your place may be intelligent or jolly or sympathetic. She may be bold and wholly reprehensible. But she doesn't complain, she doesn't.
A description of a new cape length reaching the dress hem with a two inch double stitched hem and a quaint Dutch hood attached. The piece notes the latest style as a long circular cape for practical yet decorative wear.
A description of a pelerine with fringe available in colored silks and in black or white. The piece features gayly colored borders and is promoted as a delightful combing jacket option.
The article notes canvas shoes are comfortable and cool but difficult to wear for a heavier child when needed. It compares economy heavy leather options, stating heavier grades don’t always last longer and that wear depends on proper fit and the amount of cushioning the wearer uses.
Pipings outline panels and decorative pieces on cloth costumes. A refined effect uses matching shade pipings or a smart touch with multicolored piping. A favored style combines double piping such as bright red with black and white on a plainly colored suit.
Cape Eton notes showcase multiple wraps in vogue this season. Jaunty capes creating an Eton effect are among the latest and best looks, adapted to silk and chiffon fabrics.
A guide to facial cleansing emphasizes unscented soap and a complexion brush. It advises firm bristle pressure, sweeping motions from chin to ears, and light downward pressure to prevent sagging.
The article describes a tailored jacket with multiple front, back, and side pieces for a perfect fit, plus a separate vest and a lace or velvet collar. It details material needs for sizes and notes novel sleeve treatment, with examples in pale blue radium silk and moire antique.
Silk braid and chenille in rich shades combine to create striking bandings. The craft yields distinctive elements in hat decoration and fashion millinery.
Rows of cloth buttons appear along the back seam of the skirt, with arrangements at each side of the placket and another line from waist to hem, creating multiple decorative rows.
Mrs. R. C. Riggs of Arkansas City Kansas owns a shipment of Italian queen bees valued at 1500 arriving on the steamship St Paul from Salerno Italy. She explains bees require skilled apiculture, insurance by an Italian firm, and that stings can have therapeutic effects for rheumatism despite a harsh business.
Collier's Weekly recalls how Americans prior to the Civil War favored fishing and hunting with little angling, croquet and sailing as leisure, while riding and driving remained limited to the affluent. The piece notes a dormant play spirit revived after the war to counter sadness and trouble.
A Monoument Oregon Enterprise tale recounts a group from a dominant race giving a strong tea and red sugar to an aborigine craving firewater. The surprised brave spurred his cayuse toward kin, dreaming of revelry while his people remain wary of palefaced scheming.
A collage of science notes covers human respiration at twenty breaths per minute, ocean fish populations, brain weights, and a Geneva invention dissolving burnt gas odors. It discusses the behavior of odors in damp versus dry air and notes Cunard’s Mauritania with electric elevators.
The Tid-Bits note that potato spirit could fuel motor cars as the high price of patrol drives experts to explore alternative fuels. It suggests a hypothetical hundred mile ride powered by a quarter ton of potatoes, illustrating surprising potential of humble tubers.
A description of post dinner etiquette in Danish households where children greet parents with Tak for mad and visitors greet hosts, and a similar custom in traditional German families. The custom involves standing around the table, shaking hands with neighbors, and blessing the meal with a traditional phrase.
A Chicago Record story recounts a scene where a young woman and her father remark on the courteous railway clerk. The exchange centers on their surprise at being treated with politeness while purchasing tickets for a side trip on a particular rail line.
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