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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
5
The article traces how kissing evolved in Rome from a brotherhood ritual to a social practice, noting laws about intoxication and public decorum. It compares Greek and Roman adoption, cites emperors like Augustus, and recounts legendary punishments for public kissing. The piece ends with a tease for continued notes.
A comparative sketch contrasts two girls over spending and saving. Girl No 1 lives frugally with minimal dress spend and fixed routines while saving in a 4 percent bank. Girl No 2 earns more but spends nearly all, keeping up appearances with clothes and accessories. The piece ends by asking which girl readers would choose to resemble.
A fragmented, humorous snatch discusses a girl’s future spouse based on a sequence of buttons and old rhyme. It hints at predicting marriage by occupation through a nonsensical play with buttons. The text remains imperfect but centers on a superstition about future matches.
The passage shifts from class labels to a deeper question about character. It contrasts social roles with essential qualities by asking if the future husband will be good honest and kind, rather than merely his occupation or status.
An article urges mothers to carefully guard their daughters in marriage guiding choices away from drinkers and dreamers. It argues propinquity shapes matches, warns against unsuitable suitors, and stresses parental control to ensure a respectable son-in-law. It notes a built in dining room sideboard with lead glass doors and white woodwork.
The Star offers guidance on weight gain through water intake and flesh forming foods. It suggests a target weight of about 140 pounds for someone five feet five inches tall and gives home remedies for setting colors in wash, including salt, alum, soda, vinegar, and oxgall, with cautions. It also shares a clam cocktail recipe with steps and ingredients.
The feature outlines hat styles with large spreading ribbon bows and lace accents on silk gowns. It notes black net over gray satin in evening wear, embroidery on wave patterns, English eyelet on lingerie dresses, and voile de coton to resist creasing. It also mentions wrinkling differences in linens and striped cuff sets.
Instructions for a dessert and salad course outline a banana cream filling with whipped cream, cheese blend, olives on bread layers, crisp lettuce and asparagus bundles with red pepper rings, then a French dressing over paragus and lettuce. The recipe also notes a cheese ball with paprika served with salad.
The menu lists breakfast items such as Strawberries Corn Flaken with Cream Breakfast Pudding Chap Bacon Waffles with coffee. Dinner features Clear Soup Roast Lee of Land with Mint Jelly Potatoes New Green Peas Excalloped Tomatoes Strawberry Salad Banana Pudding Indian Bquansa Snow Flakes Coffee Supper includes Spanish Sandwiches Asparagus Salad with Cheese Balia Strawberry Baskets White Pound Cake Chocolate.
Step by step bake a custard topped egg slices in buttered dish with milk salt pepper nutmeg and grated cheese then bake until firm. Layer canned tomatoes bread crumbs onion butter and sugar, bake low until through and browned. Prepare a strawberry salad with sugared berries on lettuce and mayonnaise dressing. Also a chocolate and meringue dessert using egg whites and yolks from Indian Squaws notes.
A letter from Henry Allison, a Madison, Washington contractor, credits the Loughney Institute Bake Oven treatment with curing fifteen years of rheumatism. He praises the method and notes free initial consultation and nursing care. Office hours are 8 am to 6 pm weekdays and 9 am to 12 on Sunday at the People's Bank Building.
Fill crisp pastry rounds baked in inverted gem pans with a thin batter. Prick shells, bake until set, cool, then fill with sweetened berries. Garnish each basket with four spoonfuls of whipped cream for serving.
A fragmented recipe notes sugar butter milk egg whites pastry flour cream of tartar and baking powder. It mentions citron optional and instructions to dredge with flour and mix last.
The Regal Dental Offices advertise permanent fittings of artificial teeth replacing two or more teeth. They claim quick cures for Riggs disease and other dental ailments, with guarantees and a large expert staff in Seattle.
A new fad proposes an autograph cook book collecting friends favorite recipes. Any bound blank book can serve as a keepsake and practical household helper. A sage bunch in the pantry is suggested to ward off ants.
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