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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
10
A mid 19th century fashion note discusses dimity dresses with ribbon garniture and decorative back details. It describes a bell dimity gown with cream lace sleeves, yellow highlights, and a new French moisage back ornament, praising graceful simple lines and home sewing ease while cautioning against extreme neck cuts.
A collage of home cooking notes details Cheese Straws Beet Soup Creamed Rice and Cocoanut Cookies. It lists ingredients like grated cheese, beets, rice, coconut, oats, raisins, and spices. Also included is a gum arabic marshmallow method and a light street scene with Mrs. Wife and Mr. Jones in a playful exchange.
A segment discusses women’s roles and marriage in blunt terms, advising to appear less strong minded to attract husbands. It emphasizes sleep, leisure, and modest charm for married life, then shifts to fashion notes about Poplinet fabric and simple clothing care tips for mending broadcloth and household tricks.
The article describes linen store colors and dress styles with low prices on ready to wear. It notes draped and knife plaited skirts, long linen pieces, black accents, and elegant necklines as summer trends. It hints at modest shapes for mature shoppers and popular snug fitting poke skirts.
Frederick and Nelson lists a range of lingerie items in nainsook and cambric including corset covers with lace, embroidery, and ribbon trims at 25c to 99c, drawers from 19c to 49c with lace and ruffles, and gowns from 49c to 99c in various styles like slip over and kimono. The page emphasizes delicate trims such as insertion lace, medallions, and Swiss embroidery.
The era’s favored natural-color pongees include Real Oriental Shantung Pongee eighteen inches wide at 48c a yard and extra quality eighteen inches wide at 9c. Tokio Pongee is pure silk with a bright finish and twenty four inches wide at 65c a yard. Novelty Pongee offers a satin-striped eighteen inch silk at 48c a yard. Basement Beles.
Women’s tailored wash suits offered in cotton rep and natural linen. The 4.95 option features an eight inch semi fitting coat and a button trimmed panel front skirt. The 5.65 option showcases a long semi fitting coat with bias straps and a gored flare skirt.
Silk dresses in messaline taffeta and satin foulard priced at 9.65 feature pink blue gray old-rose and other shades. Princess and Empire styles with long lace trimmed sleeves and tucked net trims, some plain for street wear. Skirts are gored or circular with button trims, other gowns show waist tucks plaits and Valenciennes lace details.
Children's rompers described in pink gray or tan duck striped shirting or oxblood chambray in sizes 1 to 6 years with white piping. Additional rompers in blue pink and white check or chambray gingham with white piping, sizes 1 to 6 years. Wash dresses for ages 2 to 5 in percales and ginghams in French or Russian style. Prices range from 55 cents to 1.00. Harement Balearoot.
Wide selection of laces and embroideries in dainty patterns. Nainsook Embroidery Sets and Galloons offered at 10 to 50 cents per yard. Venise bands and silk embroidered nets in various widths and colors. Edges, inserts, and net waisting priced from 4 to 50 cents per yard. Valenciennes Edges, imitation Cluny bands, and ribbon galloons also available.
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