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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1911
Page
8
Readers are invited to answer what feature of The Star they like best and why. Submissions must be ink on one page, addressed to the Woman's Page Editor, open to men and women, mailed or delivered to The Star office by Thursday night. Prize winners appear next Saturday.
Paris fashion notes present the Charlotte Corday dress as a 1911 style model by Worth. Simplicity defines the revival with basques fichus and broad collars borrowed from revolutionary era portraits. Designers echo aristocracy’s perilous history while current wearers seek bourgeois chic.
Frederick Sawyer keeps exact city expense records through appropriation accounts enabling instant access to annual department costs and remaining funds. His method has cut city overspending and saved thousands for Seattle taxpayers, presenting a case for his councilman-at-large election.
Paid advertisement notes Robert B. Hesketh gaining support as voters prepare for the March selection of eighteen council candidates. Friends work to secure seats and mobilize behind his campaign.
A collection of reader questions and notes to Miss Grey includes a physician’s insulting view of women, recipe requests, fashion queries about dyeing, sleeves, and trimming, and love questions involving a 22 year old and a 92 year old.
A historical account recalls the 1607 Jamestown landing and Capt. John Smith’s explorations. Pocahontas intervened to save his life, forging a temporary peace and later alliance with settlers. She married John Rolfe, bore a son, and died in 1616 with burial at Gravesend England.
Mrs. Bertha McConaughy argues girls should determine their career paths after ordinary schooling and cautions against forcefully mapping a life work. She notes self reliance, prudent guidance, and that lack of college life need not deter ambitious individuals.
Regal Dental Offices advertise replacement teeth for those with two or more teeth left. The ad promises natural look and feel without plates, a guarantee of lasting work, and a painless, gentle technique. Located at N W Cor 3rd Ave and Union St opposite the post office.
The piece describes a girl learning to master the secrets of a comfortable home, focusing on practical skills and household management shaped by maternal guidance. It highlights daily routines, discipline, and the transfer of domestic knowledge within a family setting.
Leon R. Johnson argues that mothers should guide daughters toward education and homemaking to secure lifelong happiness with a suitable companion. He urges careful watching and home training after schooling, emphasizing peace and fulfillment in domestic life.
Noting frugal lines and material scarcity spring costumes stay purse friendly. Slim silhouettes remain, waist high, hips small, sleeves short to elbow length. Skirts stay narrow with many slashed hems, walking length favored, black or navy and gray or brown as preferred colors. One piece dresses in serge to foulard fabrics offer wrap free wear, black and white dominate, red used as trim, braids common on coats, full length separate coats in satin, wraps seen in evening garments.
A Seattle primary on Tuesday February 21 lists eighteen candidates for nine council seats. Voters are urged to choose nine from the roster including Geo. F. Bennett E L Blaine H C Bohlke M J Carrigan Austin E Griffiths A F Haas Robert B Hesketh W G King Thomas W Miles Frank P Mullen W H Murphy T L Quigley Frederick Sawyer Joe Schlumpf F S Steiner F R Van Tuyl Max Wardall Eugene Way. Cut this out and vote accordingly.
Riggs Hair Grower and Cure Co of Seattle recommends "Riggs Eczema-Dandruff Cure" to customers. Swift's Pharmacies reports two years of steady sales and no failures, signed by M. Marr on behalf of the firm.
An Alaska owner praises the Neal Institute treatment for alcoholism describing a Seattle man whose life was wrecked by drink and who became a “new man” after a three day cure. The ad promises a contract guaranteed cure or cost of nothing and provides East Howell and 16th Ave address in Seattle with phone numbers.
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