Dear Miss Grey Advice Column Gets Reader Inquiries
Readers ask about cleaning straw hats with Fuller’s earth or sulfur and lemon juice and ink removal on a white waist. The column answers on hat cleaning, kissing games, May 18 1894, ink stains, stiffening black ribbons, Canadian provinces, vermin on a kitten, and gooseflesh care with practical steps.
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Miss Grey
Paller
Elsie
Emily Harm
Neat Cashmere Blouse Designs Gain Popularity
Thin valleys and satin fabrics highlight cashmere styles with bold color choices. Black trim accents emphasize the rich cashmere tones for separate waists and refined outfits.
Worth Knowing Wardrobe and Craft Tips
Old cotton sheets cut in two lengthwise and stitched into bags enclose gowns and coats in the ward robe. Stencil work on Prussela net makes attractive curtains, effective from both inside and outside. Onion juice in mayonnaise enhances vegetable salads, or rub the bowl with onion to transfer flavor if onion is disliked.
Leftover Salad Mold With Spinach and Egg Yolk
A cold spinach salad mold is formed in a shallow custard cup and turned onto lettuce. It is dressed with mayonnaise and has a yolk from a hard boiled egg, pressed through a vegetable press for texture.
Daily Menu Breakfast and Dinner Snippets
A historical menu shows a breakfast including sliced pineapple cereal with cream crisp bacon and fried bread, coffee. Dinner offers tomato soup roast ham, new potatoes in cream, riced keg plant, sliced cucumbers, cherry shortcake and coffee. Supper features cold sliced ham, nut rissoles, draculta lemon raisin pie and tea.
Bread Griddle Cakes Recipe
A home cook recipe uses stale bread crumbs with hot milk and egg to make griddle cakes. Mix ingredients and fry like usual. This method repurposes dry bread into a tasty breakfast item.
Ham Preparation From Soaking To Roasting
Instructions describe washing a ham with a stiff brush, then soaking in a milk and water paste. After draining, boil until the appropriate time per pound elapses, cool in the liquid, skin the ham, stud with cloves, seal with flour and water paste, and roast with the soaking liquid added.
Old Time Home Cooked Dishes From Egg Plant To Desserts
A collection of simple recipe notes includes Riced Egg Plant with rice and tomato baked in earthenware, Cherry Shortcake with fresh cherries, Nut Rissoles made from nuts and rice, and Lemon Raisin Pie with lemon juice rind and flour thickened filling.
Red Robins Find New Home After Flight Delays
Mr and Mrs Red Robin return to their farm nest near the kitchen door to find another robin on eggs. A boy brings a carved bird house, the girl feeds crumbs to robins, and the pair quarrel before deciding to move in. By night they settle in the grandest bird home of the countryside.
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Mrs. Red Robin
Robin
Beauty Hints From The Old Time Kitchen Garden
The beauty doctor revisits old remedies using carrots celery spinach and beets for complexion care. Beets water makes a cosmetic liquid rouge and sassafras tea is urged for reducing flesh with a daily citrus and onion breath remedy. Spring is highlighted as ideal for blood purification and cleansing regimens.
There Are Other June Brides DOLORES OF SPAIN ON HER WEDDING DAY
A vivid description of a Spanish wedding with Dolores wearing scarlet velvet and white embroidery, a peculiar bishoplike turban, and hoop-skirt traditions that contrast sharply with American bridal norms. The groom appears rugged, adding to the colorful scene.
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Dolores
Spain
Dolorea
Fashion Notes and Pantry Tips Highlight Seasonal Accessories
Shawls and scarves in Paisley de aligns are among smart accessories. Toques with colored arrows trimmed in velvet and flowers appear for both simple and ceremonial outfits. A semi circular skirt with a deep fold debuts, and colored chiffons or cotton waists pair with jacket suits. Russian cheeses rise in popularity for children while keeping lids on pantry staples.
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