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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
7
A long feature on fashionable bodices for coat suits emphasizes the usefulness of the scarf bodice in chiffon or embroidered crepe. It notes flat trimmings for elegance, tailored fit with bias tails, and a range from simple to elaborate designs suitable for day and evening wear.
The article discusses how fashion items have distinct uses and moments. It notes that while many pieces are in style, proper accessories and timing are essential to avoid an inappropriate appearance. The plain waist and simple coat suit are praised for neatness, while mismatched dress may look ragged.
A versatile wrap using chiffon satin fur and fringe forms a shoulder scarf with two long buckled ends. When cold the lower ends fold and hook under the upper buckles to create a fringed muff. The design is described as clever and pleasing.
A French influenced house gown design uses coral cashmere de soie trimmed with black satin net and lace. The chemisette and high collar feature ecru net with cream lace bands, a black satin border, and a scarf like chemisette secured by a gold buckle. A wide black satin girdle completes the draped look.
A display highlights hatpins for fur turbans, featuring fur headed pins with fox face designs attached to long steel pins. The collection adds a striking accent to heavy hats or trims.
Instructions describe transferring a floral embroidery design to cambric using paper tracings, mucilage, black lead rub, and drawing to create a clear pattern. It explains scalloped buttonhole edge and satin stitch flowers with cording for lines, plus preparation steps.
A medical man sounds a home laxative cough syrup recipe said to cure any cough in five hours by the clock. The regimen uses wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and pine syrup with specific dosing intervals. Also a hospital vignette offers varied medical advice and a Nebraska child custody notice seeks word from missing siblings.
A Sunday school pupil faces mockery from peers on a Christmas evening at church. Teasing centers on clothing as one child retorts that she came with her mother's blessing, turning the crowd toward empathy rather than scorn.
A well known physician endorses a winter tonic made by mixing one ounce compound fluid palmo wort and one ounce compound syrup sarsaparilla into a half pint of good whiskey. Taken three to six times daily in tablespoon portions it aims to relieve kidney and bladder troubles and strengthen the blood and tissues, especially for older people.
Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden founded the International Sunshine Society soon after Christmas 1896 in New York City with 18 sponsors. The group, called the child of the press, now claims about 3,000,000 members and she serves as president general.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and quack cures promises cures for catarrh piles and coughs. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure Allen's Lung Balsam PAZO Ointment and Lewis' Single Binder cigars, with testimonials and price claims amid general exhortations.
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