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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1907
Page
8
The text describes various home remedies mixing wax sperm oil and perfumes to create a facial cream, with notes on warming jars and avoiding drafts. It also veers into odd advice about gloves on a child and mentions skin care myths, with a digression into hair growth and a dubious cosmetic formula for pimples and wrinkles.
The article offers vintage guidance on cosmetic use from glycerin lip enhancements to lip color, gentle hair brushing, and light styling. It notes skin reactions to glycerin, daily brushing, careful eating, and regular baths as part of a traditional wellness routine referenced in old period writing.
The article outlines practical Christmas shopping dress guidance emphasizing two wardrobing goals a daywear and a rainy day outfit. It notes fabrics such as worsteds serges cheviots and broadcloths and advises plain trims, height tweaks for tall or short figures, and simple belts and collars.
The text outlines a dark gray rain coat with interarm beam shaping and shoulder coverage, featuring a flat notched collar with machine stitching and ends. Sleeves use a double gather design, with various materials suggested for rain coats including rubber Hued and waterproof cloths. It mentions a smart short coat design for a fine day outfit.
A garbled fashion feature describes outfits and fabrics for a baby’s first birthday party attire. It details tailored waists, collars, sleeves, and trimmings in brown broadcloth, mohair, and velvet, plus decorative tucks and plaits. Various materials and regional fashion notes are included.
A poetic fragment describes dawn, dew, and a run to the playing field led by Celis and others. The speaker longs to chase the ball through a bright morning, imagining wind and sky lifting their spirits as they pursue the game across grassy slopes.
A grand display of Princess Marie Bardastria’s trousseau for her marriage to Prince George toured Athens. Sixty costumes and lavish accessories were shown, but many items were not ready, including the wedding gown. The jewelry and gowns, mostly empire style, featured white dresses with silver trims and sable pieces valued around $100,000 plus items like a sable cloak and various furs.
An excerpt covers hoarding advice amid hardship and warning about the white plague. It discusses Italian immigrants, health risks of poverty, and a physician in Rome who warns that better wages abroad harm health by exposure to tuberculosis. The piece contrasts misery from economic strain with disease spread in cities.
Col Towler reports last month imports valued at 62 652 079 for all merchandise down from 87 002 181 in November 1906. Gem and luxury goods slipped far as automobiles rose with 145 cars valued at 438 435 in November 1907 versus 15 cars at 372 702 in November 1906. A US army recruiting notice appears for San Antonio. HENTZBERG JEWELRY CO invites customers to view their wares.
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