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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
7
A home crafts guide details sewing leather versus linen cushion covers, showing edge lacing and punching holes for leather repairs. It explains tearing seams to pattern new covers and uses appliqué designs on heavy linen with denim cutouts and color stitching for a refreshed Morris chair look.
A narrator recounts a matron’s warning about sewer gas and copied lessons on keeping homes safe. She emphasizes fresh air, hot water, and borax as key defenses, detailing venting practices for nurseries and baths plus borax’s cleansing and antiseptic roles.
Readers are guided on hand coloring leather and paper post cards with washes of blue, green, and yellow using water or dyes. Tips include skinning designs, light shading, avoiding overworked details, and enhancing printed scenes with selective color to achieve tasteful, period-appropriate effects.
New St Patrick day favors come in many forms from shamrock boxes and green pipes to snake and potato shaped items. Ice cream molds depict Irish figures and shamrocks while green hats and wooden shamrock shapes decorate tables. Shamrocks are common, with red accents and shamrock hunts as party fun.
A writer casually discovers color as eye relief for tired readers. Resting eyes on vivid color breaks the strain from long sewing or reading and improves comfort. The writer used a multicolor penwiper, suggesting color variety aids vision. Another tip is to look far away to reset focus and reduce aftereffects.
A description of pretty bureau scarfs made in an evening from dimities with floral designs. Emphasis on rose room style scarfs with briar-stitch hems or four inch ruffles, using embroidery silk for durability and color variety.
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