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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
3
A nostalgic look at dressing table accessories from fancy jars and pewter flasks to perfume atomizers and jeweled containers. The passage highlights ornate containers, ivory and lacquered boxes, and delicate French dolia as prized decorative and functional items, noting that cosmetics drive much of the expense alongside jewelry knickknacks.
A vintage guide extols cucumbers as a versatile, inexpensive summer staple. It details raw and cooked serving methods, cucumber shell stuffing with walnut fortification, oil and vinegar dressings, and complementary fish and meat dishes. It also covers potato sides, maitre d hotel butter, pickles, and a cucumber forcemeat bake with bacon and stock.
Footwear favors beige and white stockings with white pumps, while silk and voile stockings arrive in sport hues to pair with shorts. washable leather sport shoes are popular, and big buckles in jet, steel, or leather adorn pumps. practical washing tips circulate to keep white tones mud free.
Cleaning tips fill this fragment with home guidance on window shades bottles and kitchen chores. It offers dry salt and cornmeal on shade, soda water in vessels, parsley in peas, bath cleaning, and tin cover care, all in practical old fashioned tone.
The article surveys current cape fashion, contrasting embroidery and plain materials in a jauntily worn cape trend. It highlights Paris openings at Chan tilly and Longchamps, noting military drape and Indian squaw inspired draping, wool capes with Peralan color borders, and a black gazine dress with a collarless neckline and embroidered motifs.
News items note broad acceptance of a new maternity act by Congress with twenty five states already on board. University of Pennsylvania women plan a polo team. Germantown’s Mrs Thomas H Carmichael becomes a Poor Board member the first woman to hold that post. Mme Brigade is Belgium’s first female administrative official.
Miss A Maude Royden argues in Sex and Common Sense that feminine behavior shows a clear absence of chivalry toward men. She critiques women who seem to protect themselves from generosity and warns that such attitudes harm genuine relations between sexes. Royden advocates real coeducation and greater liberty despite anticipated disasters. Royden helped found the Fellowship Services in London with Dr Percy Dearmer.
A compact collection of social observations notes factory work for Japanese women and wage details for German servant girls. It mentions elderly Mrs Elizabeth Saunders and Mrs Julia Baumgardner, and reports Canada legislatures defeated a measure barring married women under 30 from voting.
Actress Miss Mary Lawton describes Shaw through Lilith in Back to Methuselah, praising his moral leadership and belief in the power of thought. She recalls rehearsals, Shaw’s direct critique, and his energy, noting his influence on a new epoch of American theater and the mind shaping destiny.
In Philadelphia YWCA branches millinery classes have expanded from six women to 730 in twelve weeks under Mme Lucille Thausant. Classes focus on hat crafting and color harmony across seven courses for women. Locations cited include India, China, and Japan, with funding from Rockefeller memorials and other sources.
Mrs Harriet de Krafft Woods, first woman named superintendent of the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, describes her role overseeing 500 staff, funds, and maintenance. Daughter of Rear Admiral de Krafft, widow of Arthur T Woods, she cites housekeeping insight yet aims to be judged by work, not gender.
The item lists recipes to remove disagreeable smells from chests and drawers using acetic ether formaldehyde and eucalyptus, notes airing after application, and suggests lemon slices with salt to remove onion odor. It also gives methods to brighten knives and clean items with Brussels carpet dust, garnished by steps for removing faint smells with crusted lime wash and ammonia wash.
In warm weather soups lose appeal yet remain nourishing. The article suggests serving cold stock jelly, tomato jelly with garnish, or quick beef extract soups. Methods include gelatin dissolved in water, tomato pulp with onion and Worcestershire, poured into cups and chilled on ice for a ready, refreshing course.
Lieut. Mina Van Winkle addresses San Francisco women noting policewomen as guardians of delinquent women. She suggests training, vocational programs, and therapeutic measures, praising women in office and calling for greater recruitment to social welfare police work across America.
A guidance note warns that extreme application can blind judgment and distort values. It urges periodic withdrawal from daily minutiae to keep perspective, balance focus with broader aims, and maintain mental poise amid demanding tasks.
A fragment notes New York girls Antoinette Currier and Anna Bender arriving in Los Angeles after bicycling from Minnesota. It mentions coeds taking up archery to develop nerves and steady eyes and a claim that women strawberry pickers overtake men in cleanliness and efficiency.
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