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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1894
Page
7
A detailed home sewing guide describes a curtain method to hang a drape over a door using a swinging rod or a fixed pole. It covers cutting, marking, sewing rings, assembling a head, threading cords, and mounting to architrave for a neat, floor-touching finish. The piece also briefly critiques fashion choices for women’s garments focusing on guimpes and blouse waists.
The text explains how to raise a curtain from the floor and loop a cord over a screw bowl to set a desired height. It notes the curtain style suits hallways, with one or two curtains depending on hall width, creating an attractive effect in narrow passages by offsetting curtains behind one another.
The Household suggests turning a washstand closet into a child’s playhouse with toy tables chairs sofa and a small cooking stove. Use wall cards and fashion plates for decoration and create a barn yard with papercraft horse stalls and cardboard animals to cut from agricultural papers.
A lively market shows a wide hat selection with straw toques mounted on bandeaus, floral wreaths, and side or back trimmings. Bonnets appear broader at the front with Parisian models featuring chin bows. strings are a common feature on contemporary designs.
Fashion writers advise mothers to choose dresses that define the waist for slim young girls ages nine to fourteen. The New York Times notes that empire or yoke frocks suit girls with fuller figures, helping them appear slender.
An authority in the New York Tribune explains sago puddings preserving rice-like grain. Instructions cover rinsing, simmering 20 minutes, folding in eggs and sugar, buttered molds, and a cream sauce with orange or sherry flavor. Also notes sago as a soup thickener with tomato and optional chicken garnish.
The piece praises French women for meticulous bonnet care, noting they gently reshape each loop and bow, straighten strings, brush dust from their hats, and store them between folds of paper. It contrasts this with American habits of carelessness, implying French millinery remains pristine for the next wearing.
A garbled OCR passage gives chaotic cooking steps mentioning soft ponchos, mash, cream, anger, two pies, half a teacup, and boiling water. It reads like a jumbled recipe with unclear ingredients and methods, including references to butter and nonsensical terms.
A stylish small spring capo described as usable by any gender, offered in cloth or velvet or a combination. The brown cloth variant is fitted to a Yoke with a paler shade, highlighting its crafted contrast.
A little spring cape features guipure fabric and a pointed hood at the back with a rolled edge to the yoke. The front is finished with a rosette on each side. hood and rosettes may be made in velvet to harmonize.
A new butter dish in plate and sterling silver is designed to present butter at a table without handling. The dish consists of two parts a round form that allows convenient serving. The inventor emphasizes the contrived mechanism to keep the butter untouched while displayed.
A literary garden idea features beds named after Shakespeare Longfellow Whittier Bryant and other poets. The arrangement showcases flowers referenced in their writings to illustrate how authors' works can inspire gardening themes.
A garbled list of names, firms, and places celebrates multiple gold medals awarded to individuals and companies. Mentions include Hyde Park Careno, Detbor Hue, Joseph A Moore, J T Medal Brand, Providence Peniser, Archibald Joos, Simpson & Co, Clark Green Prave, Moodie John McCrinuln, and others across Main Avenue and surrounding locales.
A noted artist delivers four pictures that promise first place in home or studio for artistic merit and craftsmanship. One coupon with one dime secures the four pictures. this coupon is the offer.
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