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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1906
Page
21
A guide on planning and sewing bathing suits with emphasis on fit and fabric. It covers choosing materials like Mohair and silk, color preferences, and avoiding all white when wet. It describes styles from shirtwaist lines to princess cuts, accessories, tights, and childrens versions.
A detailed craft illustration shows a silk veil case with two views, open and closed. Instructions specify cardboard backs seven-and-a-half by four-and-a-half inches, layered with sheet cotton wadding and figured silk, plus crinoline fold-over sections stiffened by cardboard and silk covered. A silk covered inner piece wraps veils, and an optional color scheme suggests plain satin or peau de soie with a monogram or the name Wells.
Crab salad uses carefully picked crab meat marinated in French dressing with salt and pepper, then folded with mayonnaise and served on lettuce. Tomato and green pepper salad slices peeled tomatoes topped with chopped green peppers, centered on crisp lettuce leaves and moistened with French dressing.
Beaatrice Carey suggests practical hacks for travelers in small hotel rooms. Add extra hooks behind curtains to hang gowns and hats, press delicate frocks with a portable iron, and keep candies on each side of the dressing table to improve lighting and arrangement, easing travel wardrobe woes.
A collection of practical kitchen notes includes peanut cookies with butter sugar eggs yolks milk salt lemon juice and flour, plus clever storage ideas using hooks sheets and pillowcases. Also covers wine sauce cream cheese filling for sandwiches and a bouquet salad using hard boiled eggs beets lettuce and mayonnaise.
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