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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
15
Mrs Vinton and Joanna visit the poor widow Mrs White to deliver gifts. Mrs Vinton, moved by the plight, realizes Rosamond and child Mary are her own kin and plans a Christmas reunion, ending with the suggestion of a family tree together.
Mrs. Vinton, wealthy widow, broods over a Christmas void left by her vanished daughter Rosamond. She asks Joanna Ott to locate truly needy locals and plans to deliver food and gifts, hoping to soothe old wounds with acts of charity on Christmas Eve.
In France fine nets are called tulle and waterproof tulles provide a durable, dampness resistant fabric for making frills jabots collars and roffs. The piece highlights lace collars worn outside the coat as a season’s novelty with an illustration of a tulle neckpiece.
A physician urges replacing white with green blue or yellow in nurseries to ease irritability and protect infants eyes. He warns white surroundings like walls ceilings and baby gear hurt delicate retinas and provoke discomfort.
A clever girl turns a 40 cent oval picture frame into a chic tea tray. She stains and sands the wood, adds brass handles, fits a cretenne panel, covers the back with felt, and ends with a tray that would cost 5 dollars in stores.
Celluloid toilet sets in vivid colors gain vogue with deep purplish blue translucent pieces available plain or gilt. Prices run high with a pair of military brushes at 16.50, nearly the cost of silver. A similar amber set follows, not quite as costly, in the same fashion.
A fragment explains a method to close a turkey by inserting wooden toothpicks and string rather than sewing the opening. After roasting, remove the toothpicks and string to reveal a closed cavity. The passage ends with a claim that Marisa left to reveal how the trick was done.
Leraé Rossmore recalls meeting Mrs Ronalds at Park Lane in London. He jokes about naming her Panny and then kissing Nora as Mrs Stirling enters, provoking shock from Mrs Ronalds before the host explains their relation and the joke.
Sir Henry Lucy recounts a Cornhill Magazine tale from Nansen the explorer about two sleeping bags used on Greenland trek. Nansen and two Laplanders slept with heads out while three others stayed in a bag that proved too hot and sought shelter behind a snow hill.
Floating farms on the Yangtse river cover up to two acres on rafts. These floating settlements include homes, pigsties, barns and storehouses. They voyage up to 1000 miles to markets, selling crops, dismantling the rafts, and returning home by common travel routes.
The passage discusses Cobbett and Arthur Young opposing tea consumption among workers. It argues tea as a costly habit that wastes time and harms health, citing East Kent as an example where men and women alike seek tea at work and at breakfast, worsening the poor’s plight.
Mrs Oldcastie notes her son has become a proctor in admiralty while Mrs Gottalotte consoles her friend saying she has done the best she could for him. The exchange captures relief and quiet satisfaction amidst a legal path ahead.
A brief exchange features a scientist arguing that death is a matter of habit and thought, countered by a woman who asks if anyone is in the habit of dying, underscoring a humorous clash over mortality.
Cynicua notes he never married until Be marries. Sillicus recalls past disappointments in love, while Cyrnicuaimpoewibie remarks no man is ever disappointed in there till Be marries. The fragment hints at romantic fate and personal history.
A housekeeper explains sewing matting repairs using raffia instead of thread. Patch parts larger than holes by matching patterns, then darn edges under the hole weaving colors. Raffia provides lasting, inconspicuous mends and can join breadths to resemble woven material.
Mrs Lily Haxworth Wallace told a Pure Food Show cooking lesson that oysters are best eaten raw and the American oyster should be used as such if not eaten raw. She praised the American salad and shared a recipe for an almond egg sandwich with almonds eggs butter on thin bread.
Tobacco brown chiffon gown features a white satin panel with brown soutache trim in a button effect. A two color belt and double chiffon flounce create a simple yet striking costume image.
Old and faded gowns can be refreshed economically by being torn up and sent to the dyers. When cut again and made into new gowns the resulting costumes will resemble even the original outfits after alterations.
The season of snow and ice arrives with Frost and Boreas guiding the cold. Children find joy as mufflers and mittens come into fashion and sleds and skates emerge from storage. Hillsides fill with lively sliding and skating as winter gifts delight young people and memories of summer fade.
The article reports on Messer barbarus in Dalmatia, an ant species that not only harvests and stores seeds but also makes bread. Professor Neger explains that seeds sprout and dry in the sun, are chewed into dough, formed into tiny cakes, and sun baked for future use. The piece notes sun heat as stored fuel and cites observations from the Philadelphia Ledger.
A playful ring game described as slaps around a circular rope loop. Players grasp the rope to stay linked while one person steps in to slap a hand emerging toward the center. If successful, the slapper swaps places with the person slapped, creating a lively, brisk showdown.
A student named John questions why he is like a fact and the teacher offers a blunt reply calling him stubborn. John dislikes the answer hoping for a gentler line about being true. The quirky exchange highlights classroom humor and character.
A playful handwritten verse from Nicholas describes a cat and its curiosities. The speaker imagines the cat dreaming of meat cream mice birds trees and sunlit grass while secretly hoping the cat thinks of them and senses a whispered secret wheels turning.
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