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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
7
A collection of humorous recollections from Seattle youths and neighbors recounting playful quotes and moments. Children like George, Raymond, and Ellen appear with lighthearted misstatements about famous figures, toys, trains, cows, and dogs, reflecting everyday life in local communities.
Fragmented list and garbled instructions describe Dinner options with veal goulash celery toast and orange salad. The text also includes messy notes on coffee jelly and a cake, plus unclear steps for lamb and peas.
A humorous list from a literary magazine offering thrift tips. It suggests gardening to reduce meals, walking to save fare, wearing old clothes, working in the garden to lower light use, buying hay cookers to cut gas, smoking cheap stogies, keeping windows open for fresh air, making breakfasts from inexpensive oats, avoiding coffee and tea, exploring one’s city on vacation, and cleaning leather with milk.
A fashion illustration shows a tan colored street suit with brown velvet collar cuffs and buttons. A quaint tan straw hat is banded in brown and tan velvet with a stiff left side bow matching the ensemble.
Winter boots stored for summer can be hard to wear. Rub petroleum jelly into them a few days before use for comfort. A wall pocket beside the bed stores treasures within reach, folded from ore tonne and stitched into pockets.
A verse tale shows Tousel Head seeking dream adventures with Wink and Blink. The Sand Man lures him to Dreamlands gate where crowds gather, hungry for air and clouds, while a lad longs to run and play among the dreamworld crowds and red hot hunks of cloud.
A paragraph describes a math riddle to reveal a woman's age by a sequence of arithmetic steps. It instructs using birth month number, doubling, adding six and multiplying, adding current age, subtracting 345, then handling the final digits to expose age and birth month. The method claims to always work.
A reader replies to a previous letter to Cynthia Grey about loneliness and dating. A working girl with long hours explains the difficulty for single women to meet suitable men and urges caution about dances. Another reader suggests the man take a vacation to find a companion who will value him.
A fashion note outlines season trends with moire sleeves on spring coats and pongee fabrics. It highlights Chantilly lace parasols, embroidered initials on jewelry, and the rise of wide gown hems and a Bavarian girdle belt as integral gown features.
An advice column footnotes reader questions about removing coffee and water stains, remedy for loose threads on a white tablecloth, and tips on sleep, ventilation, and chafing. It also includes a moralizing vignette on first love and marriage, with comments on teen girls’ notions of romance.
A guide outlines what an engaged woman should avoid saying about competing men and how boasting or jealousy can harm the relationship. It stresses hedged etiquette and pleasing a fiancé’s relatives as essential to a successful marriage starting from trust and discretion. The piece notes that genuine love at first sight remains a debated notion.
A decorative Chantecler hat features an artificial rooster head with richly colored feathers. The hat, shown as a conserva tive emblem, makes a handsome ornament for the embla turban.
The advice suggests recycling torn lace curtains by using edge pieces with cheap lace to cover dress tables or similar items. It recommends placing a pretty layer of sateen underneath to improve the overall look and effect of the refreshed decor.
A classic method for serving fried eggs on toast. Toast bread, prepare eggs in hot olive oil until whites set with a veiled yolk, then rest on warm toast. Garnish with watercress for an appealing, neat presentation and better texture than crowded, multi egg servings.
Onions sautéed in butter until golden brown. Add lean veal cut into bite sized pieces with salt paprika and flour. brown. Pour in water, cover, simmer one hour. Add raw potatoes and cook until tender. Serve.
The instruction describes layering orange slices atop watercress, sprinkling each layer with powdered sugar, and showering with shredded coconut for a decorative fruit salad presentation.
A recipe steps plan to make coffee jelly with marshmallow cream. Soak gelatin in cold water, dissolve in four cups boiling coffee, add one cup sugar and the juice of one lemon. Stir until smooth and chill for serving.
Advice on clothing and health measures for spring includes keeping warm layers and midweight outfits, avoiding wet underwear, and focusing on comfort. The fragment mentions food guidance, beverages, and modest remedies to support blood health and overall comfort during spring.
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