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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
7
A town article notes tub frocks and wash dresses as practical autumn winter wear for young children. It highlights warm long coats for the youngest girls and recommends simple ginghams and shambrays with minimal trimming as best for mothers choosing outfits.
The article reviews children's dress trends focusing on modest fabrics and restrained trimming for girls from six to ten years old. It notes that overdressing is undesirable, praises self trim and plaited skirts, and suggests dress construction details with panel fronts, suitable fabrics, and belt placement after age eight.
A fashion sketch showcases a white charmeuse satin gown with a long emerald tunic edged in silver braid. Accessories include a silver bow corsage, Cluny lace sleeves, a pearl necklace, and a cavalier felt hat with green mousseline trim. Also guidance on grooming nails and maintaining rose-tinted nails.
The article describes the French chemise yoke as a top created with cluny lace. It notes high cost relative to other lace but lasting durability. French sewers attach yokes to nainsook or cotton chemises for about 50 cents, with the top ready made and sewn on.
A white lace blouse features a front and back plastron design with long shoulders. Pale green silk bands border the piping, knotted at the girdle, and a black waist band with guipure trim and decorative loops. Full sleeves show guipure bands and cuffs.
To prevent embroidery on sheer materials from puckering, baste tissue paper under the area to be embroidered. It will easily pull away once the work is finished.
A compact collage of vintage ads and quips notes a 1911 rendezvous and the idea of the ultimate consumer. It references a hotel meal, a Panama Canal purchase of Rat poison, and various products from foot powder to soothing syrup, with a wink at social behavior and daily life.
A local resident who lives with his mother in law and wife notes the rule of three. He cites the birth of his first baby as evidence of balance and harmony in his household.
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