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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
3
A glossy description praises a heavy coarse silk evening wrap with white silk cord and elaborate design. It notes its beauty and uselessness for warmth, suggests cheaper alternatives and hints at its extravagant price beyond most purses, while admiring its style.
A descriptive room portrait highlights a brown and cream color scheme with green accents. The owner’s clever sewing transforms chintz and crash fabric into shams bed covers and draperies, creating a calm, simple space that reflects the girl’s neat, thrifty style.
An essay debates why women marry, contrasting lovers, fortune, and status. It questions the appeal of money over love, and asks whether happiness lies with faithful partnership or social advantage in marriage.
A fragmented reflective piece ponders suffering, language, and expectations. It contrasts tyrannical demands with divine freedom, suggesting earth and heaven unite in purpose. The text weaves thoughts on truth, safety, and the value of individuals amid busy world noise.
Cream whipped stiff sweetened and beaten with crushed fruit served in sherbet glasses makes a nice hot weather dessert. Sliced angel food with whipped cream and preserved fruit is a dainty dessert. Always serve cold mint sauce with cold lamb. Dip more cold lamb in French dressing and roll over hot fire to vary the menu.
Mrs. Jeanette Ryder of Havana leads a Band of Mercy that teaches humane lessons to youths resisting bull and cock fighting and legalized lotteries. Norwegian suffragist leader Gina Krog notes broadened female support in the US. Louise Hirtsel of Chicago suggests using animals as candle holders and incense burners as home aids to silent sermons.
A column of brief reader questions answered by Cynthia Grey covers bedbugs remedies, party invitations R S V P meaning, wart removal methods, Hobson's marriage, and the start of the suffrage movement in America.
A display features new shapes in maire corded silk felts and velvets in Fall colors. Hats are trimmed with ostrich coque wings feathers bows and ornaments. Street Hats in moire with velvet facings show quills ornaments and ribbons in black white tan gray and green combinations. Basement Saleer.
All white jabots with color effects priced at 25c. lace trimmed variants at 15c. long imitation Clung jabots at 25c. Lace stocks with jabot and soutache braid also 25c. Embroidered lace stocks and embroidered tab styles 25c. Lace bowls in various styles 25c. Stiff linen Eton collars plain or embroidered in broken sizes 10c each. Basement Halesroom.
Do not store damp juicy foods in paper bags as chemicals in the paper may touch them. Serve fried foods immediately and avoid covering to prevent steaming and toughness. A few drops of lemon juice in boiled water makes rice kernels whiter and adds flavor.
A brief catalog note highlights dainty crossbar handkerchiefs sold in women’s accessories, listing Good Handkerchief Values and item number 614c as a reference point for shoppers seeking tasteful, colored linen options.
Silk Downe a fabric with fine silk and wool and bright lustrous surface shown in black cardinal green combinations. Bordered skirt patterns in 48 inch high class wool with novelty borders in Prussian blue taupe and dark gray. All wool plaids 54 inch wide in dark navy with satin cross lines in cardinal and bright greens 98 cents per yard. Basement Salearoom.
A scanned old cookery page describes Pineapple Sherbet with gelatin and pineapple, Cocoanut Custard Pie, Gingerbread, Seed Cakes, Savory Beef boiled shin diced and sliced, and Potato Cakes with mashed potatoes and flour. It presents measurements and steps for each dish in plain recipe style.
Cotton wash goods bleached flannelette twenty seven inches wide eight cents per yard. Thirty two inch dress ginghams in tight and medium dark checks stripes and plaids fifteen cents per yard. Bleached all linen crash with red border good weight seventeen inches wide ten cents per yard.
Machine made opaque window shades 36 inches by 7 feet mounted on Stew art Hartshorn improved self acting roller priced 49c Water color window shades 36 by 7 feet priced 29c Basement Balesroom.
Fall stock features boys and girls coats in navy red and brown diagonal cloth with double breasted box styles. Prices range from 1.50 to 2.95 with sizes 2 to 5 years and includes reefer coats and satin lined Copenhagen variants. Also offering coat sweaters and stylish felt hats and bonnets with bargain pricing.
Basment Salesroom offers full-fashioned seamless stockings described as fast black cotton hosiery with slight imperfections not affecting wear. Regular length medium-weight with garter welt well-shaped foot spliced heel double sole and toe. Exceptional value at 10 cents per pair.
A large quantity of China and Japanese matting bought at low figures is offered at saving. About twenty attractive patterns to select from in one and two roll lots. Priced while they last at 15 20 and 25 cents per yard. Basement Salesroom.
Advertises several lace waistings including 36 inch striped lace at 1.25 per yard and 36 inch dotted lace in white and ecru at 1.00 per yard. Also offers 36 inch white lace waistings with conventional designs at 1.35 per yard and %-inch floral lace in white and ecru at 1.35 per yard.
Broadcloth capes 52 inches long with full circular drape and military collar. Black silk maire collar options feature jet buttons. price 7.50. Also available are black cardinal navy capes with black satin collar gilt soutache shoulder trims. Basement Salesroom.
Glace gloves offered in oversam two clasp style with one row embroidery. Available colors include black white tan brown gray navy and green. Priced at 79 cents per pair highlighting fit and value.
A basement salesroom offers Silkoline drapery fabrics in light, medium and dark grounds and plain colors at 10 cents per yard. Comfort Lateens 36 inches wide available for 12 1 2 cents per yard. Cretonnes 36 inches wide range of designs at 15 cents. Rep Tapestry 50 inches wide in red green brown at 50 cents per yard.
Basement Salesroom offers fall shoe lines with patent Bluchers and Button Shoes priced at 2.95 for women and 2.45 for large girls. Styles include mat tops, Goodyear welt soles, Cuban heels, and various leather uppers. Sizes range up to 6 for girls with foot form lasts.
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