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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
2
Paris fashion notes describe winter trends featuring coatees with vague waists and kimono sleeves. Paquin and Dorcet opened shows with indoor and restaurant wear styles in fur and velvet fabrics, many bolero shaped and finished with large collars.
Vogue notes the bustle as a distinctly American trend, mostly advancing with women under cover. The fashion piece says many use wide sash bows and drapery to disguise the bustle while elaborate gowns enhance the look. Conservative couturiers still frown on the style and its future remains undecided.
A brief guide to crafting a small handkerchief from linen, outlining cutting from a stool piece, trimming edges with a minimal hem not fully stitched, and finishing with near invisible stitches or cross stitched decorative lines in chosen colors for a simple keepsake. It suggests using contrasting thread to add subtle decoration along the hem.
A readable fragment explains creating an all white handkerchief edge using embroidery, crochet, and fine thread. It suggests an Initial in a corner and notes washable fabrics like mercerized cottons or silks. The guide urges neat, narrow crochet along the edge for a seamless finish.
The piece notes a trend toward minimal sewing by producing more work with shortcuts such as paint brush techniques. Stenciling and hand painting aid embroidery, with stencil applique combing for new oriental looks. Oil paint on crash fabric creates painted fruit centerpieces with cotton leaves and stems.
Fashion notes show skirts longer and narrower than last season with some over drapery. High neck dresses are prominent while formal evening gowns are less dominant. The trend favors dressy day and dinner gowns usable for evening wear with few very low necklines. Trains on evening gowns are detachable and not very long.
Seasonal refresh extends to lamp shades, with Paris styles inspiring home decor. One shade uses white organdie over rose, diffusing light for a flattering boudoir glow. Lining can switch to navy to match furnishings, with ribbons, bead flowers, tassels, and jade ornaments for refined touches.
Knoxville professor George Herbert Clarke reports on warfront impressions from Ypres and a South African observer, weighing how long the conflict will last and comparing trench danger to sea voyage peril. He notes the desolated towns and American sympathy amid fighting.
More than four hundred National Army enlistees at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, can neither read nor write nor speak English. They are Indians from Oklahoma and Mexicans from Texas districts. An army schoolmaster, aided by interpreters, begins their education in English history and geography, using War maps and color codes to help them learn.
Guidance on cow housing notes stalls and feed boxes for five cows, ventilation, manure handling, and a $25 base cost plus labor. Describes bedding, gutters, and arrangement for easy cleaning and access.
Grace Mayer Stokes, popular pastor of the First Congregational Church in Hadley Massachusetts, draws full pews with energetic forceful sermons and strong interpretations of the Holy Writ.
A projection by Charles H. Gras ty estimates daily freight unloads at the port of debarkation for U S troops in France. The calculation spans 100 pounds per man per day, equating to about 60 000 tons daily for a million men, with ships and routes from New York and French ports. It outlines fuel, hay, oats, rations, ammunition, and cantonment needs across thousands of acres and multiple depots, plus notes on tonnage terminology and ship capacity dangers.
Readers debate feeding cows during milking noting temperament dictates effectiveness. Quiet cows stand calmly, see the milker, and milk flows more freely. Nervous cows with heads down may balk and distract the milker throughout the milking.
The guide notes Holstein cows eat daily 10 to 12 pounds of clover hay and 30 to 40 pounds of corn silage. It recommends feeding cows one pound daily of the…
Guidance on feeding dairy sheep with grain blends for milk production. When milk yield per sheep is between four and forty pounds daily, a recommended mix uses oats barley corn and meal in specified pounds. If barley and corn are unavailable, an alternative mix of oats and oll meal provides the same daily intake per four to forty four pounds of milk per cow.
Cream testing from 85 to 40 percent stays in good condition longer and cools easier with lower transport cost. It leaves more skim milk on the farm but a heavier cream risks sticking to utensil sides and may mix back into milk during separation.
Farmers note cows that freshen in winter need legume hay and mixed forage with protein. A dairyman should feed cows while dry with careful attention to nutrition to prepare for safe calving and a long milking period.
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