Wet Weather Fashion and Make Up Insights from Mary Tallis
A column on winter wardrobe and beauty tips outlines rain gear and accessories. It notes metal and wooden handbags, splashproof stockings, new chevron fish-net designs, waterproof shoes with sound welts, and chromium plated fastenings. It warns against poor quality mackintoshes that sweat and dampen outfits, then shifts to makeup guidance stressing clean skin, minimal foundation, proper blending, and avoiding heavy lines. The piece ends with cleaning tips for carpets and rugs using carpet soap and sugar soap, plus care steps for walls and polishing surfaces.
Dressing and home care tips from a bygone era
The excerpt offers practical sewing and home improvement guidance. It covers fabric handling, pin usage for dressmaking, pressing techniques, hemming advice, and the value of built-in furniture to save space. It emphasizes careful fitting, proper seam finishing, and patient tailoring processes.
Cookery and Home Advice for Married Life and Health
A fragment from a periodical offers kitchen tips to please husbands with well seasoned dishes and varied menus. It also covers thrift in sales for home decor, fabric planning, and practical guides to simple remedies for coughs, including inhalation methods and mild tonics.
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Les
Belt
W. Elliot and Sons
Melville Street
The
Mint
Vay
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Miss Mary Tallis
Brown Corke's
Corke’s
Brown, Gorke
FREAY
Holdenson & Neilson Fresh Food Pty, Ltd
Brooks Mewege
H. R. Barrey
Baker & Pastry Conk
Melville Stare
Numlerat
APTOS
Fite Dines
SP Rose Praja
MR. J. Ingram
M.V.O.A
Lond
Optician
Vallours
Pam
Farmers’ Arms Hotel
F. A. Guenther
W. Fairless
Melville ST
ADOUT
Repo
Goulburn Yiley
M. A. Eddy
Metville-street
Nemurksh
A. E. Morris
Morrie Brew
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