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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
7
Fashion writer Mary Dean notes a shift back toward fuller skirts and drapery and predicts a lingerie renaissance. She describes new combinations, culottes, pantelettes, and one piece coverings in lightweight fabrics with lace trim and minimal frills, reflecting evolving undergarment design.
The article advises choosing white cowhide leather shoes for children over kid leather. Cowhide shoes clean easily with a damp cloth and white soap, require no extra care, stay clean with minimal effort, wear longer, and cost about the same.
Winding the veil tightly around a rolling pin covered with light flannel and a stiff arched linen keeps it fresh. The method ensures even tension and easy storage for delicate fabrics.
Instructions describe making double pearl bead bows. Use two bead strings at 15 cents each and five cent wire spools, plus five to ten cents for marine. Assemble 100 beads per outer loop and 75 beads per inner loop with center clasp of five beads sewn to cloth for stiffness.
A dainty combing sacque cut from white and colored batiste uses a 36 inch square white piece with a back cutout and a center neck slit. Colored batiste is torn into three and a half inch strips, sewn to edges, with sleeves formed by turning the corners and rosette fastened with ribbon.
Fashion authorities note Roman striping and Scotch plaids influence modern bathing suits with caps showing striped or plaid motifs and some suits trimmed with girdles and waistcoats in the same patterns.
Illinois brief reports Fred Pendleton a 30 year old miner killed and Jack Stevenson injured when slate fell after a motor car crashed into props at the Witt coal mines near Pana. Other items note park fire risks at Starved Rock, arrests for embezzlement, a former Pana mayor's death, and local incidents.
Under a 1912 law the New Jersey state board of health issued rules for consumptives. They require sputum destruction, burn dressings, ensure an outside window, restrict tuberculous persons from handling unwrapped food, and prohibit home shop work unless sterilization is guaranteed.
The quip contrasts understanding a sharpshooter with gunmetal. A moral line notes that only those admitting ignorance can learn, implying caution against overconfidence in skill or knowledge. The excerpt reflects a terse, aphoristic style.
Creston Iowa resident Mrs A B Boscamp reports relief from prolonged female troubles after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved strength and a happy home with a newborn son. The advertisement touts roots and herbs used annually and invites readers to write for confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Springfield Union item recounts a humorous exchange in a drug store. A woman asks for smokeless powder at the cigar counter and learns the store does not stock it. She jokes she wants to mix it with her husband’s tobacco to stop him smoking indoors.
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