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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1909
Page
3
A reader column presents practical tips and Q A on cleaning bathtubs preparing codfish for an invalid mother and managing common household concerns. Included are bath remedies skin care baby clothing stamps and color guidance for baby clothing.
A fragment outlines rainy day care with umbrellas drying handle up to avoid wear and silk cracking. It notes a fashion trend of photo cutouts on menu or place cards for a bride to be, used as engagement lunch party guests’ cards with cardboard backs and no names or places listed.
Paris sends another striking hat, a large black moire silk model with a turned brim held by a gold galloon rosette. It features a cluster of cream ostrich feathers as the sole trim, suited to youthful faces and the season's new coiffure.
A humorous essay on a supposed love cipher in which phrases like Do you love me reveal gendered meanings. It explores how lovers use coded language to express feelings and expectations, with examples about marriage, independence, and social roles, set in a late 19th or early 20th century urban context. The piece satirizes courtship norms and the anxieties of single and married women.
Oatmeal Macaroons recipe notes one beaten egg half cup sugar half cup melted butter pinch nutmeg half teaspoon vanilla one teaspoon baking powder two cups dry rolled oats. Mix thoroughly and drop by teaspoons into buttered pan. space apart. Bake quickly and avoid browning. Let cool five minutes before removing to prevent breakage.
Beat yolks of two eggs with one cup sugar three tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir into boiling milk until thick and smooth then remove from heat. Flavor with vanilla and stir in a half cup shredded coconut. Fill baked shells and top with meringue made from two egg whites and a tablespoon of sugar. Bake until browned.
A simple lemon pie mixture uses one cup sugar one tablespoon flour one beaten egg juice and rind of a lemon and a pinch of salt. Add one cup milk and mix thoroughly bake with two crusts or one crust and a meringue. Do not bake too fast or too long or the filling will run thin.
A vintage recipe note outlines making a marshmallow paste with sugar butter water flour soda cream tartar vanilla egg whites, then a marshmallow mixture with milk marshmallows hot water and vanilla. The two are combined and heated until spreadable. Also begins a Dutch Apple Pudding with flour and cream.
Mix salt soda and cream of tartar with flour and sift. Rub butter into flour, beat eight, add milk, mix quickly. Roll percent inch dough in buttered pan. Pare apples and cut into eighths, arrange in rows, sprinkle with sugar. Bake hot for twenty five minutes. Serve with sugar and cream or plain sauce.
A string of quaint domestic hints covers dyeing fabrics with tiny color drops, sugar or lead set for wash, and candy coloring in rinsing water. Stain removal includes alcohol on Grasse and fruit marks, while oversalting is offset by vinegar and sugar. Vanilla should stay in the dark. sour milk makes better hot cakes. corn starch enriches cocoa. sharpen needles with a whetstone. A woman credits rest and open windows for a clear complexion.
A notice specifies access via the Madison or Spring Street entrances and through the store from Second Avenue, outlining the new entry points for customer flow.
Laces Nets and embroideries matched sets of Valenciennes edges and insertions at 65c a yard Normandy Valenciennes edges and insertions 2 to 4 inches wide at 9c a yard Narrow Venise bands and appliques 8c a yard Embroidery ribbon reading 7c 10c 15c and 25c 22½ inch all over embroidery for waists 50c 65c 87c and 95c Swiss embroidery flouncing 22 inches wide 50c a yard Swiss and Nainsook embroidery flouncing 18 inches wide 25c a yard Soutache braided net all over rat tail effect shown in wistaria and other colors yard 1.50 Basement Salesroom.
Gray wool hose priced at 25 cents per pair. Perfect-fitting ribbed top design offered by Basement Salesroom.
A basement salesroom offers women's coats and suits in light materials suitable for early fall. Styles include broad cloth suits with tailored coats and duster-plaited skirts in white and champagne, white serge and white with black hair-line stripe, plus natural-color pongee long coats. Many pieces are slightly soiled and in broken sizes for immediate clearance.
Silk fabric selections highlighted include 26 inch chiffon-finish Swiss taffeta in black at 73 cents per yard and 34 inch black taffeta at 94 cents per yard. Other offerings feature 18 to 44 inch wide silky blends in multiple colors at 44 to 58 cents per yard and 19 inch Peau de Cygne checks in navy champagne and other color pairings priced attractively.
The advertisement promotes one piece fleece lined House Dresses in gray and white stripes with full front waists, turnover collar, long sleeves, and skirts over hips. Also black and white checked flannelette Wrappers with full bottom flounce and yoke trim, all priced at $1.00 in the Basement Salewroom.
Drummers' Samples and Carpet Ends advertised at exceptionally low prices. Basement Salesroom offers a selection including seamless Tz 9x12 tapestries brass and granite art squares 9x9 to 9x12, Axminster rugs 36x72, velvet rugs 27x54, and 27x54 area pieces.
Pure white cotton corset covers offered in high neck long sleeve style for all sizes. Perfect fit advertised with a price of 25 cents. Basement Salesroom sale notice.
Advertises children’s hosiery including 15c two pairs for 25c, medium-weight ribbed hose in black and tan with double knee spliced heel and toe, and extra-heavy fleece-lined hose in black. Price 1Sc per pair, 2 pairs for 25c.
Clearance prices on rompers for children in dark blue shirting and blue white stripe gingham with white piping. Sizes 2 4 and 6 years. Also pink gray duck oxblood gingham and plaid shirtings in sizes 4 5 and 6.
An attractive assortment of new Fall Shapes in corded silk and satin offered in black and colors. Prices range from 1.45 to 1.95. New Felt Shapes in black green brown gray and garnet priced 1.45 and 1.65. Smart gilt buckles set with brilliants 25 to 50 cents. Jet ornaments and pins 10 to 25 cents.
Curtain ends and Irish point and Swiss applique curtains offered in lengths 27 to 36 inches and widths 45 to 48 inches. Prices start at 9 cents each and ends priced at 19 cents each.
Yard-wide burlap in green brown blue gold tan natural and red priced at 10c per yard 48-inch Roman stripe tapestry 29c for couch covers portieres and curtains. Yard-wide denims in reds browns and greens priced at 18c per yard.
Closing Out Corsets at 39c features well-made pieces in white or gray with good ironing. Styles include C. B. a la Spirite models, short hip with medium bust or medium-length hip with medium bust, at exceptional values.
A new corset model designed for the average figure features a moderately high bust and an extremely long skirt. It uses strong coutil with an embroidered edge and includes three pairs of hose supporters. Price is $1.50.
The advertisement lists fall women and misses shoes including patent blacher and patent button models with military heels priced at 2.95. It notes gray suede top patent button shoes and kid blucher styles also at 2.95. School shoes for large girls in Vici Kid and patent leather blucher are 2.45 with sizes 2% to 6. Basement splesroom.
A home sewing piece instructs beginners on making the new fall silkca dresses. It emphasizes careful pattern work, accurate measurements, correct notches, precise cutting, and careful basting to avoid overfitting. It warns against tight waists and overlong sleeves that spoil the dress’s line.
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