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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
7
Evening wraps dominate fashion as Empire and cape styles blur into long flowing forms. Broadcloth in white and blue shadings with coral and champagne tones feature rich embroidery, contrasting collars and cuffs, braids with gold highlights, and Irish crochet accents.
Fashion notes describe feminine coats and suits suited to different figures. The illustrated coat can be made up with or without a belt, in a rose shade with soft coloring. A champagne cashmere dress features a deep collar and eyelet embroidery.
Fashion notes describe fur trimmed empire gowns with matching hats, silver cloth evening hats, and short velveteen walking suits in browns and grays. Fashions favor circular skirts with circular flounces and pleated panels. embroidery with gold or silver threads adds subtle sparkle to lace motifs, while buttons of many materials adorn jackets and evening coats.
The fragment describes a cosmetic mix using gum arabic india ink and rosewater to stain eyebrows and eyelashes. It lists triturate quantities and a final paste with a tiny camel hair brush for application. The text references eyebrow staining and a general beauty treatment location in the department, with no clear date or attributing names.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a home made eyebrow growth ointment using red vaseline lavender tincture and oil. It instructs applying with a tiny toothbrush and warns about rashes if misused.
A department note states a harmless liquid rouge is available for facial blush. The writer does not recommend toilet preparations and asks about a weekly plan for skin care and coloring.
Advertises a pine and orange-flower cream for premoting removal of superfluous hair. Ingredients include spermaceti lanolin coconut oil flower water sweet almonds and a tincture. Directions note heating then cooling with benzoic and orange-flower water last.
A garbled set of cosmetic preparation steps mentions liquid roses and strawberry blush. The text references a simmering water bath, straining through a fine sieve, cola alcohol, dissolving carmine in alcohol, and applying a color to the cheeks with a few oils, but many words are unclear.
Advice discusses safe ways to cover graying hair without bleaching or dyeing, noting a need to maintain a natural look for daily work. It also explains dark circles under the eyes as often stemming from internal causes like anemia or poor nutrition, with temporary external treatments and cautions.
A reader asks about brown facial spots near temples cheeks and ears with a rustic autumn hue. The correspondent suspects liver involvement and requests a remedy. The reply identifies liver spots and provides an external whitening paste recipe using malic acid, rains, bay rum.
A vintage remedy claims to restore gray hair to its natural color using a mixture of sulphur bergamot essence and alcohol. It instructs applying the solution to scalp roots and spreading through the hair for even coverage, noting caution to avoid eye contact.
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