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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
10
Correspondence from New York reports Mrs Josephine Dodge Bacon’s new work In the Wet Country provoking debate among suffragists. The book centers on motherhood, women’s work, and traditional roles, with Bacon arguing women should prioritize home and children over professional careers.
A clipped column quotes Mrs Bacon urging in America for larger families over suffrage. The excerpt casts a male loving letter as a model of intimate partnership and childbearing, contrasting babies with ballots and suggesting men and women join to bear sons.
A fragment of dialogue questions officials' plans to clean cities while criticizing their ability to care for their own children. The remark highlights skepticism about leadership and public works.
The passage reflects on how women’s ballots could affect family life, with Mrs Bacon expressing a lifelong aim to use writing to urge women to stay home with children. She notes making good men as a policy to ease social ills like the saloon and divorce problems, while acknowledging her own past misconceptions about women’s role after marriage and noting her three young children.
Use a clean whisk broom to sprinkle clothes before ironing to avoid a wet mess. Remove tar by rubbing with lard and washing with soap. Prevent tea stains by applying sweet milk immediately before drying to keep stains from setting.
A Seattle note details a free evening stenography class taught from 7:15 to 9:15 p m on Wednesdays and Fridays starting in October with no charge. A reader asks about required books and where to obtain one and mentions guidance from a local book store.
The season favors wolf skin and skunk furs for long coats, shawl capes, and stoles with sables, mink, and baby lamb also worn. Plaids rise for boys with two tone gray outfits and plain vests. Midwinter coats stay loose and warm with dolmans in heavy cloth and fur, trim details include cloth covered buttons and braids.
The Star publishes a plea to single men who want wives to first become foster fathers. Readers are urged to donate to the Bachelors’ Xmas Plan aiding Seattle children, with a call to give any amount and mail presets to The Star. The piece links charity to moral reward and future family happiness.
A reflective piece argues for female individuality and competence in domestic roles and social acceptance. It stresses being self possessed and tactful, and warns men should expect capable homemakers. It notes the cavalier hat gaining popularity in larger sizes.
A traditional view states a girl should marry only when she can understand and fulfill the duties of a wife and capable housekeeper, and never delay such responsibilities.
The page lists a daily menu for breakfast and dinner with items such as oranges cereal with cream fish and potato hash corn dodgers coffee and tomato soup and Hungarian goulash with baked potatoes creamed carrots and baked Indian pudding. A recipe instructs frying onion in beef drippings then browning flour, seasoning, adding beef stock and simmering beef to tender.
A family style steamed pudding using grated potato and carrot with flour sugar seed and raisins, flavored with cloves cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix with soda and salt, steam three hours, and serve with whipped cream and a vanilla rice custard.
Sections describe potato bake with onions and parsley and a milk bake method for rolls, followed by a Virginia style lamb dish. It covers ingredient lists, measurements, steps for boiling mashing and baking, and a method to brown and braise the lamb with vinegar and spices. The tone resembles a home cook era guide with practical kitchen instructions.
Seattle readers share kitchen tips including an orange pudding recipe with a custard topping and a brown sugared meringue glaze. Another note describes frying bacon until crisp then browning potatoes, scrambling eggs with them, and serving garnished with parsley.
Two pounds beef ribs simmered slowly with one pint tomato, one onion, one red pepper, six cloves. Add a quart of water and cook for two to three hours. Salt to taste and thicken gravy with browned flour before serving. VRS Fred W.
Description lists several apron types with material details and prices. Dainty Aprons in white lawn feature embroidery and hemstitched ruffles, Maids' Aprons use square bustles with embroidery, Large Band Aprons come in sheer lawn with a broad hem and sash, and Round Ten Aprons are dotted Swiss with an embroidery ruffle and sash.
Catalog listing various women's children's and men's handkerchiefs with materials including sheer, cambric, and Irish linen. Prices range from 7c to 25c per item, with many boxed sets and initial embroidery options.
White stockings with lace and ribbons offered in all white or with a dainty color touch priced 75c and 85c. Collar and cuff sets in white with color accents priced at 75c per set.
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