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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1911
Page
5
The Star prints Cynthia Grey letters offering household recipes, fashion guidance for girls, etiquette on calling, velvet daisy care, agate formation, and questions about dating and public schooling. Answers cover covering a hat, color choices, invitation etiquette, and how to handle jealousy in young relationships.
A fragment describes a gipsy tea as a family outdoor meal option with chairs on the lawn and a menu including tea, fruit punch, sandwiches, and cookies. It emphasizes dining outdoors as a relief from indoor dining in an urban age.
Contained are old time instructions on avoiding spoons during cooking to prevent heat conductance, greasing jelly vessels with lard to stop boiling over, and a method to clean floors using a blackboard eraser attached to a broom and a touch of coal oil to collect lint and dust.
A terse obituary fragment recalls a woman meeting death in a calm, embracing moment. She takes his hand and smiles as he lingers, kissing her lips before he stays. The tone suggests a peaceful passing captured in elegiac prose.
A fashion note describes belated victory of simple artistic coifs with natural waves and curls. Braids puffs and knots shift to close to the head and loose styles, with various knot placements at the nape. elaborate dressing possible with a puff.
Cupid Corner wedding of Mary E Johnson to Charles C Pagan occurred Monday at 8 pm at 627 36th av N officiated by Rev E V Shayler. Groom son of Charles Fagan principal of Cascade school. Couple left for Alaska for a year then plan Seattle settlement. Also lists numerous marriage licenses with names and places including Sacramento Stockton Seattle Hood River Everett Los Angeles and more. Thimble of Today was Thimble Bell of Past recounts origin and materials of thimbles from thumb bell to modern thimble with Dutch origin and Chinese carved pearl examples.
Jessie Bryant, 22, of Seattle, taught at Magley school in Green Lake and earned 11 percent on the Los Angeles Normal exam as the 17th of 300. A Broadway High School graduate of 1906, she later attended Bellingham Normal and the Los Angeles Normal and holds life certificates in Washington and California. She is managing editor of the Expo nent, the Los Angeles Normal paper.
The article explains foot reading as the latest Paris fashion, noting that worn heels signal self reliance despite inner distrust, worn soles suggest dreaminess, broken uppers imply good living, and foot direction reveals personality traits such as timidity or fearless character when feet angle outward.
F. W. Stevenson & Co. brokers in the Bailey Building urge investors to buy dividend paying stocks. The advisory emphasizes selecting dependable income producing shares for steady returns.
A dinner menu features Asparagus Soup Veal Cutlets Spinach Mashed Potatoes Lettuce Salad Lemon Sponge Coffee and includes a recipe for Lemon Sponge with gelatine lemons sugar egg yolks water and double boiler steps plus a method to whip egg whites and set the mold Serve with sugar and cream.
Fabian, a Chicago woman, operates an electric coupe to support her mother and brother. Her work includes chauffeuring the wealthy for outings and theatre visits, health drives for elderly women, and transporting people to weddings, depots, and convalescent outings. She keeps her car ready at day for calls and parks it in the garage by six.
Chief Examiner H. L. Hudson awards a license to Miss Fabian after a strict practical test, scoring 90 percent by guiding her coupe through the loop district. She plans to cater mainly to women and children, noting demand for outings and pleasure drives from female customers.
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