Dear Miss Grey Advice on Red Hands and Perspiring
A reader asks how to whiten red hands and reduce perspiration. Remedies include hydrogen peroxide and lemon juice, corn meal and vinegar, glycerine rosewater tincture of bengoin lotion, almond meal soap substitute, and perfumed preparations. Excess sweating attributed to nervousness. suggests walks, hot baths, Turkish towel rub, deodorizing powder, and general circulation improvement.
Manners Taught in the Home
A home based guide urging parents to model good manners for children. It argues that daily conduct shapes behavior, not just formal occasions, and stresses consistent training at home over public praise. The piece offers simple tips for household chores and odd hygiene hacks as teaching tools.
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White Furs In Vogue For Winter Attire
The article notes white furs as a stylish choice for winter outfits. It highlights various grades and prices, pairing with cloaks or wraps to create a pleasing contrast. It suggests matching furs in other colors by adding new pieces to harmonize the look.
Prodigy Kitty Slyboots and the Pinups of Proportion
A reader asks if a fourteen year old may have a boyfriend and whether her measurements matter. The columnist urges girls to stay childlike, study, play with dolls, and learn from mothers to become good housewives, noting boys prefer innocence over concern with proportions.
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Old Time Pickling Recipe Lines Read Like A Treasury
A dated recipe describes pickling green tomatoes with salt onions peppers cabbage and spices. It covers multiple steps including salting overnight boiling with vinegar sugar celery and mustard seeds and finishing with hot canning and peeling tomatoes for preservation.
Two Halloween Parties From a Historic Custom
The article traces Hallowe en origins to sixth century Christian history and pagan rites. It describes two Halloween party ideas a Cinderella style mask game and a fortune sheet with black cutouts and broom handle ballots.
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East Indian Preserve and Tomato Ginger Pickle Recipe
A collection of old kitchen notes describes making a green tomato pickle with cucumber cauliflower onions peppers and celery plus brown sugar flour mustard and salt in vinegar. It also mentions a tomato ginger lemon preserve recipe with gin ger and sugar, plus a short verse about Love and a sleeping maiden.
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