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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
5
The page shares reader inquiries on pickled cauliflower recipes and social etiquette. Advice covers proper hosting manners, table setting order, stage concerns, hair and fashion for young girls, and handling money with a spouse.
A reader notes mid summer sales push women to shop for needed household items and avoid unnecessary purchases. Prices drop on gowns lace trimmed dresses petticoats and La Grecque underwear while table linens and porch furniture become sales center pieces at local stores. Bathing suits also feature in deep discounts as retailers promote year round use of select furniture and decor through inventive arrangements.
Newport gossip notes Miss Made Talmage Force, bride elect of John Jacob Astor, coyly shows an engagement ring. The ring is a solitaire diamond, weighing 14 karate, costing $12,000.
A brief note suggests using hot soda water to improve hair brushes. Rub gently to avoid bending or breaking bristles and keep bristles white and stiff with a minimal treatment.
A fragment discusses how to prepare sweet croquettes by mixing sugar with crumbs. It hints at steps for incorporating sugar into the croquette mix but provides no complete recipe or method.
Mrs. Nellie Jones Lawrence of Cleveland discusses her sudden fitting of Francia Carroll. She notes incompatibility as a divorce ground and questions why it cannot end an engagement. She concludes that prevention is wiser than care in marriages and mentions global wedding rates.
Maude Young and Henry Johnson were married at 6 pm Wednesday at the bride’s parents’ home with Rev. Greene officiating. The couple expect to reside at 28th and Ward, Seattle, while a long list of attendees includes Maude Beatrice Young and Henry Johnson along with several Seattle and Kent residents.
Margaret Edwards, a girl who was saved from death by her mother's exercise program, now appears on vaudeville to teach women nationwide the breathing, diet, and scientifically chosen exercises that Stellar Life magazine credited with making her the most perfectly formed girl. She is less than 14 years old and has historic measurements cited by her mother Mrs L Edyth Edwards.
A dated collection lists Ambrosia with pineapple berries bananas oranges lemon and sherry or Madeira to chill. Tomato and Cucumber Salad asks to scoop tomato pulp mix with cucumber and pepper then mayonnaise and refill shells in lettuce nests. Old Fashioned Veal Loaf combines veal bread milk eggs herbs garlic and seasonings baked and served cold in cubes. The vogue of the fuchsia remains popular.
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