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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
7
A mixed set of letters from readers seeking companionship and marriage in The Star. Contributors describe loneliness in the city, hopes of finding a honest partner, and requests for replies to P.O. boxes or street addresses. Several writers outline criteria, from practical support to affection, with a few offering personal details and desires for correspondence.
Instructions for various salads including Ham Salad Chicken Salad Salmon Salad and Lobster Salad with steps for preparation ingredients and dressing. Also includes method for lobster meat preparation and serving on lettuce with garnish.
Dessert style salad item describes shaping color cream cheese and pistachio colored mixture into egg sized balls. Arrange on lettuce leaves and serve with mayonnaise for a cold dish.
The article notes a trend toward shorter sleeves with fitted upper arms and long cuffs, and predicts the return of hip panniers before winter. It mentions narrow box plaited velvet ribbons for trimmings on coats and gowns, a Robin Hood style hat in green velvet, pleated skirts with yokes, hidden back fastenings, and belt details matching dress fabrics.
A reader suggests boiling a white corset cover in one half gallon of water with a handful of green peach leaves to remove dark perspiration stains. The method is claimed to remove the stains entirely.
A reader asks how to remove hair oiliness, another seeks wart treatment for eyelids, and a wife questions secret correspondence with a city man. The column notes advise consulting a specialist and warns against secret affairs while mentioning Ina G. Richmond as Scotland’s first woman lawyer.
Breakfast dishes include Stewed Apricots Cereal with Cream and Coffee. Lunch features Okra Soup Baked Fish with Oyster Stuffing Mashed Potatoes and Caramel Custards. Supper offers Fried Liver Potatoes Pickled Pears and Tea. Detailed recipes describe making Pinwheels Four-pound fish and stuffed liver with butter, herbs, and vinegar for roasting. directions include dough, butter, citron raisin rolls and seafood stuffing.
A fable-like tale follows two young pines growing in a forest. Two men cut one tree for Christmas display while the other remains. The chosen tree is decorated but fades to the yard and dies, while the uncut pine realizes life and growth beat brief adoration and eventual ash. The remaining tree in the forest reflects on its fate and its better path.
A chalkboard notice at Frederick & Nelson in Seattle admonishes staff to wear plain skirts and simple hairstyles. The message critiques elaborate hairdos and faddish styling while questioning fashion trends and consistency in dress within the department store culture.
A recipe blend describes a chopped red cabbage pickle with peppers and a hot vinegar pour, plus a butter sugar milk cornstarch flour bake with baking powder whites of eggs folded in. The relish is described as tasty with baked beans and stored in a stone jar.
Practical tips on removing grease from utensils with soda, treating vaseline stains with ammonia and soap, whitening saffroned linen with cream tartar, and sunlight finishing. Also notes on blue tissue storage and saffron hues. Ends with fashion tip about black satin gowns with metallic lace.
A simple relish method uses the coarsest celery scraps chopped into small pieces. Add salt and basic seasoning to taste, then proceed with the recipe steps as read, keeping to a straightforward mix.
Cut stale bread into cubes and fry in boiling fat until brown. Frying time is about half a minute. Ensure the fat is smoking in the center when bread is added. A good method to use stale bread.
Mrs. Mary Holladay, former president of the Williamsville Greenville St Louis railway, the only woman railroad president in the United States, sold railroad holdings for 1000000. Mrs Theodosia Beacham is a railroad contractor who built and turned over hundreds of miles of lines. Wilhelmina Fleming Paton is a leading American astronomer, Harvard curator of astronomical photographs, and the only woman named in a Harvard catalogue.
A dainty informal dress in semi-princess style uses raspberry silk henrietta cloth. Side panels are smocked to create fullness over the hips while a silk mull ruff and sleeves finish the gown. Delicate embroidery accents the elbow and vest.
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