Priscillas Of Today Stir Western Versus Puritan Hairstyles
A feature on schoolgirls described by doctors and educators as Priscillas, contrasting Eastern demure dress with Western hair fashions. It notes Western girls adopting high boots and riding attire while East standards focus on tidy grooming, with experts praising careful styling and recent hair trends like the pompadour and light switches.
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Mildred Pur
High Alden
Meet
Smythe
New York
Erasmus Hall High
Terner
Maud Parker
Broadway
Queen Anne
Very Woman Should Have a Business Training
A persuasive essay arguing women benefit from basic business education to avoid fraud and financial hardship. It cites scams exploiting untrained women, notes how husbands and fathers influence gain, and urges practical knowledge of receipts, accounts, notes, and installment plans to empower women and protect families.
Cleaning Carpets and Floors with Ammonia Solution
A faded OCR fragment describes refreshing carpets by water and ammonia, using gray flame cloths for floors, brooms, and wall wiping. It cautions not to scrub with it to avoid wear and mentions using a cloth dipped in a thick solution.
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N & Supply
Cleaning Tips for Garments and Linens From a Home Guide
The passage offers practical care steps for fabrics. It recommends suds of white soap for washing, rinsing with hot-water wrung cloth, and using Whiting mixed with tepid water for dirty paint. It notes washing unused linens yearly, drying thoroughly, and refolding to prevent yellowing. A hydrogen peroxide soak can remove small scorch marks from white fabrics.
Glove Repair Advice for Tidy Seams and Patches
An old practical note explains how to fix worn gloves. It warns against finger tip holes and bursting seams and prescribes patching from the inside with fine cotton, avoiding silk, and carefully aligning edges to prevent tight stitches. It also covers rejoining split finger seams with minimal bulk.
Wright Sister Objects To Women Aviators
Katherine Wright, sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright, opposes women flying. She prefers home life and avoids publicity, saying aviation would make women conspicuous and that she would not fly again unless the attention subsides. She notes she has ridden once with her brothers and dislikes the accompanying public scrutiny.
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America
Geenay
Elizabeth Gregory
New York
Wright Brothers
Wright
Katherine Wright
Germany
Orville
Europe
Ohio
Ma’am
Mise Wright
Wilbur
France
Dea
Miss WrigHt
Worth Knowing Tips for Furniture Care and Leather Maintenance
The note describes cleaning mahogany with olive oil on a linen cloth to remove dampness and dust for a mirror finish. It advises applying glycerin to boots leather to keep polish and softness, and suggests trimming lamp wick threads to ease movement. It also mentions sprinkling powdered material for clean grilling fires used by chefs.
Dear Miss Grey Advice Column Excerpts on Hats and Etiquette
A selection of reader questions and answers on hat cleaning methods for gray felt and white velvet hats, care of ostrich feathers, etiquette for introductions and greetings, dyeing lace curtains, and meanings behind names and symbols. The column features practical tips and light social guidance from Miss Grey.
Stuffed Apples with Maple Sugar and Meringue
Large juicy apples are hollowed with most skin left at the bottom. Fill cavities with grated maple sugar, bake until tender, whip egg whites with maple sugar, top each apple and bake until lightly browned. Serve with whipped cream if desired.
Pickled Mixed Vegetables With Curry Glaze
A preserved mix of green tomatoes onions peppers and cauliflower is scalded then brined overnight. A curry flavored glaze made from flour sugar turmeric and dry mustard blends with warm vinegar to coat and heat the vegetables through. Add celery for extra bite.
How to Preserve Quinces In Sugar Syrup
To preserve quinces keep them whole or halved. Boil golden pippins to form a thick jelly with the juice, then add sugar to each pint of jelly and boil clear. Add whole quinces to the syrup at once and halved pieces a little later, skimming until the fruit is clear.
Recipe for Raisin Cake From a Historic Pantry
A vintage baking instruction describes combining cooked raisins with sugar butter egg cider vinegar lemon extract and flour to make a batter. The mixture is beaten to a counted 100, then more flour baking powder and milk are folded in. The batter bakes in a greased pan in a moderate oven.
Oyster serving tips for plates and sauces
Keep on tee till serving time. Have small oyster plates half full of fine fee and lay the oysters in the deep half of the shell on the plates as fast as opened. Salt pepper and cut lemon should be served with oysters, and a true oyster lover will use no other sauce. Small oysters are preferred, and four to six are enough for each plate.
Leary's Compound Promises Lung Relief
A historical ad notes pneumonia and lung troubles treated by Leary's Compound available at all druggists. It highlights coughs sore throat and general lung issues as addressed by the remedy.
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Leary
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