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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
7
A reader exchange on marriage, wages, and independence. A letter from Roy, editor, argues men hesitate to marry due to earning constraints and wartime economic pressures. A second contributor, a crusty bachelor, critiques how economic stress and easy credit affect marriage and domestic life.
In a sunlit yard, two robins named Jim and Jack make a home in the trees near a kind owner. They wander freely until a piece of thread appears. Jim swallows half, Jack the other, and the kindly owner carefully removes the thread to keep them safe.
A scanned column offers sewing tips for garments and hems, along with dance room notes and etiquette guidance. It includes reader questions about Christmas gifts for friends, and free stenography learning options in Seattle with no public-school provision.
A practical brown velvet hat for little girls titled The Man-o-War features pink satin facing, a crown banded with brown fur, and a large ornament on the right in the pore sketch.
Fashions describe a revival of bracelets and arm bands in gold and satin. Jewelry bands decorate wrists and upper arms, with three quarter sleeves allowed to wear them anywhere. Veiling laces with chiffon becomes common, dressy frocks show lace under a chiffon yoke, and yellow satin with black chiffon trim appears.
The text lists breakfast items including stewed prunes cereal with cream baked hash with buttermilk griddle cakes and coffee. It then describes making griddle cakes with sour buttermilk eggs flour soda salt and egg whites, then a black bean soup recipe with beans pork bones seasoning lemon juice and pepper.
Instructions describe boiling macaroni in salted water for thirty minutes until tender. Drain, rinse with cold water. Melt butter, stir in flour and milk to a cream, season with salt, then layer the mixture.
A collage of recipe fragments listing dishes such as cheese dishes with macaroni and sauce, fruit cake, meat pie, cream cookies, stuffed clams, and omelet hints. Includes instructions, ingredients like sugar molasses lard sour milk and methods to bake simmer and thicken. Ends with a prompt to send in recipes to Cynthia Grey at The Star.
Advice on selecting meats emphasizes precise color and texture. Veal should be finely grained, tender, and juicy with firm whitish fat. Mutton fat must be white and hard with lean meat firm. Lamb fat on back and loins should be white and hard. Neck vein should be blue. Pork skin color and fat firmness indicate quality. Buy the best meat, pay well, buy in small quantities.
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