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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
6
Dr Grace Peckham Murray argues mothers spoil children by over indulgence teaching self reliance and early training to curb despot like crying habits. Fashion notes follow with long coats in Irish lace and a raspberry silk muslin model for girls or young matrons highlighting lace edging and velvet ribbons.
A fashion piece discusses hair care with long heavy hair preferred, including sachet powder use and multiple shampoos. It describes sun drying for shine and introduces linen coats with decorative embroidery and citron tinted paletot varieties.
A Paris society woman buys a long golden hair plait for 600 dollars. The hair once belonged to a Normandy girl who sold it to cover a debt, then passed through Parisian buyers for 200 and 50 before ending with the current owner. Also described is a cardboard panel with two pockets for weekly invitations and notices, styled with floral rulings.
The article notes short tailor costumes use everyday fabrics and smarter gowns favor smooth cloths and effects. Chiffon returns. light-weight cloths and serges rise in popularity with two serge outfits advised. White and blue serge gowns are especially smart. silks stay stylish with plain or changeable effects, narrow color contrasts in light silks. The shepherd’s plaid resurfaces in cloth and silk for short gowns with coats or matching blouse outfits.
A recipe for salmon mousse made in a fish mold. Fill the mold with salmon mousse, chill until firm, unmold onto a bed of watercress or parsley, and garnish with thin slices of ice cold cucumber for an attractive luncheon dish.
A vintage kitchen note describes making vanilla ice cream in a border mold with frozen bananas and orange juice, then assembling desserts with pistachios and soaked pound cakes filled with preserved ginger. It also details roasting saddle of venison with a flavored sauce and serving tips, plus a note on sweetening iced tea and a creamed beef on toast dish.
When asparagus is plentiful and cheap, cook with two quarts of milk, two peeled potatoes quartered, a celery stalk, a small onion, and a bouquet of herbs. Press soft through a sieve, season with salt and paprika, and bind with a roux of flour and butter. May use one quart milk and one quart water instead of two quarts milk.
A collection of practical tips on decorating skim walls with striped coverings to add height, enhancing cocoa with cinnamon, lemon in rinse water to sweeten cloths, corned beef hash with stock and paprika, onions boiled in water to deter flies, boiling lamp wicks in vinegar, sponged nursery wall coverings, improving fruit cooking, tempering hot dishes with a glass jar, swallowing raw eggs to dislodge fishbone, ink removal with melted tallow, washing silver with ammoni in water.
Ffalenciennes lace appears in circular flounces while linen soutache braids trim smart linen garments. Gilded leather belts are embroidered in color, ghaded stockings rise toward the top, and there is a craze for reseda green hats. Patent leather ties come in mauve and white as short black coats with light skirts gain popularity.
The Washington Post notes a Kansas barber advertising ears washed without extra charge as a sign of progress in civilized customer service. The playful remark reflects local humor about evolving barber shop services.
Fritz asks which county buried the other person in a terse exchange. The line suggests a local or rural setting with implied mystery or investigation. No further context or names are provided.
A New York physician recalls a hale old man who has endured a long siege of multiple ailments. He claims the patient was once told he could not live thirty days and wished for the autopsy, yet the man remains cheerful seeking a cure and fascinates the medical field.
The city’s Chinese residents numbered 6 080 in the last census, but popular estimates put the figure at about twice as many. Despite the federal exclusion law and low birth rates in Chinatowns, the community appears to be increasing.
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