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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1910
Page
7
A sequence of dishes lists breakfast items such as sliced bananas and cereal with cream, eggs, hash, and supper ideas including cabbage au gratin, biscuits, and a strawberries and cream cake. It also describes preparing a thin steak “birds,” a tomato and onion scallop with cheese and buttered crumbs, baked until tender and browned.
The text describes making hash from leftover meats or fresh fish with potato, seasoned with pepper and salt. It suggests finely chopping cold meat, forming balls, or mixing with flour and water, rolling in bread or cracker crumbs, and frying in lard.
A recipe outlines cabbage au gratin using one small cabbage or half a large one, white sauce, cheese, cracker crumbs, melted butter, and paprika. It describes layering cabbage with cheese and sauce, topping with crumbs and butter, then baking until browned. A note suggests making small steak birds from round steak as another serving idea.
A historical recipe describes making cherry tarts by boiling sugar and water, adding pitted sour cherries, thickening with arrowroot, then finishing with butter lemon juice and chili. The mixture simmers ten minutes before being spooned into small pastry shells.
A nutritious luncheon dish features cucumber slices with crisp lettuce young onions and radishes in a large bowl. Dress with olive oil lemon juice pepper salt and a touch of sugar then pair with bread cocoa or a plain cake for a satisfying midday refreshment.
An American girl in Paris designs a light cashmere handkerchief over a large wire frame to protect hair in wind. Edged with black moire and tassels at each corner, the fashionable piece may be made at home for summer wear.
The piece advises loose braiding at night to air the hair and protect roots, warns against tight clothing causing red hands and restricted circulation, and recommends a jar of fine oatmeal to soften water and smooth hands arms and neck during beauty routines.
Miss Martha Berry, head of a school near Rome Georgia for poor white boys, raises 50000 to secure an equal gym from Mrs Russell Bage and Andrew Carnegie. The Georgia school grew from a ten year old Sunday school and now owns land 1000 acres with 150 pupils and 15 teachers. Katherine Taylor wins the Borden fellowship at Vassar college worth 1500 annually for a year abroad in study and travel.
Fashion notes describe kimono inspired ideas in cor sage sleeves and bodices, the blazer suit as a key summer feature often fastened by one button or left unbuttoned, and Paris guidance that skirts should sweep the floor by two to three inches for the season.
This snippet offers home remedies and tips including soaking elbows in warm water and borax to remove callous, drying and rubbing with cold cream, giving dusty plumes an alcohol bath, and storing a skirt with a hook and eye at the bottom to prevent tearing. It emphasizes fire caution.
Instructions describe drying rose heads and mixing with salt to create potpourri. Combine dried leaves with one arms root one violet sachet quarter teaspoon each of cloves and nutmeg plus 60 cents of rose oil. Add ammonia and seal. opening the jar releases a pleasant scent.
A 1910 copyright notice for a collection titled Children’s Playtime Stories suggests the work is intended for evening reading. The item notes that either father or mother or another adult must read to the children tonight.
A playful verse recounts Teusel and companions Teusel and Sweet Slumber visiting an island of mystic ground. Creatures like Wings of Night and Hoata of Plytog Fish appear as children rise and play before Teusel awakens startled by the dream.
The piece argues that real love is shown by action not talk. A man should protect and support his partner, work hard, and provide with gentleness and respect. He aims to make her life easier and treat her as a woman deserving admiration and care.
The passage advises women to avoid short skirts and favor long trailing skirts for height and grace. It contrasts walking skirts two inches from the floor with floor-length hems, and recommends training to maintain a generous sweep, even in an era of shorter styles.
Potted bulb plants should be set aside for spring planting to ensure next year’s bloom and stronger color. Sew a flannel pin cushion around the machine arm for convenience. Wash stockings before wearing to reduce run and shrink. Clean a wire clothes line by rubbing with a wool cloth and keto sene, then with cleaning powder for fresh lines.
A reader thanks The Star editor for mentioning small women and ready made clothes. The letter notes the small woman rarely finds clothes that fit and urges efforts to help Bee obtain suitable garments.
Readers A Friend and O. E. H. sent letters to The Star about email women styles seeking their names and addresses for an unpublicized item of potential interest.
The etched display shows Hind hand CI embroidery on curlass bodices worn in Paris. The skirt ends at the knee with a broad bias band, a short kimono edged similarly, and a low-cut lace yoke in cream. Lona gloves and a medium turban with a chantecler feather complete the costume.
Instructions describe using an old toothbrush and corn meal to clean Panama hats. Rub vigorously until the meal appears boiled, brush out, then apply clean meal and repeat until the hat is clean. Remove the hat band and replace with a new one if worn.
Readers seek fashion hairdos sailor blouses corsets and stockings while others ask about etiquette nails medicines and dressings. The Star provides practical tips on how to wear hair in a braided style, where to find a sailor blouse, and proper manners for eating vegetables.
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