Fate of Lord Cluny Neville unfolds amid Cromwell era turmoil
In a sweeping arc of 1650s England and exile plots, Matilda and Jane navigate loyalty, love, and the Neville mystery as Rupert’s dangerous web deepens. Cromwell, wary of kingship, consolidates power while plots against him threaten the realm and the Stuarts’ fragile plans.
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Odd summer lamp shade with braid rose accents
A description details a summer cottage lamp shade crafted from wide yellow silk braid over gold paper with a stiff cardboard foundation. The braid forms a circular top fringe and tiny button roses, plus dangling braid roses along the shade. Additional belts show crochet borders in white or pastel shades.
Girl's Confirmation Dress Described from Woolen Costume
Description of a girl’s confirmation dress and frock in cream serge or volley fabric. The blouse features grouped plaits with trim straps and passementerie buttons, a wide front box-plait, lace and stitched taffeta shoulder collar, taffeta girdle, and a one-piece skirt with a deep plaited bounce and trimmed plaits and buttons. Wiliener Made Album.
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Wiliener
Latest Style in Hats
A new light and effective arrow called paule de riz adds elegance to the ber gere shape, with a white border and a crown wreath of white roses. Green rush straw offers a modern toque look, swathed in pale green and white tulle and draperies for a fashionable finish.
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Paule de Riz
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Household Talks on Stain Removers and Food Prep
Whisky applied to fruit stains on table linen removes spots quickly. Raw potato with brick dust cleans knife blades. Glycerin lifts coffee and milk stains from white goods by painting then washing. Boiling water removes tea stains. For old stains soak linen in chromic acid solution then rinse. Turpentine in the clothes boiler whitens linen and eases washing. Cloves for pickles should have blossom end removed to avoid darkening.
Combination Collars for Masculinity and Femininity
Newport collars blend masculine and feminine styling with a high stiff linen collar and deep embroidered turnover. Suitable with a blouse, they offer neatness and daintiness and may be worn with or without a tie or scarf.
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Newport
A New Belt Circulet of Crimsed Sheepskin
The newest belt is a circulet of bright crimsed sheepskin, lined with red moire silk. It is two inches wide.
Bare dining table fashions revive simple rooms
The article notes the return of bare dining room tables with polished surfaces and decorative centerpieces. Women indulge in basket work creating plate doilies woven from grasses, corn husks, or similar materials, shaped round and valued for their prettiness.
An Appetizing Dish Orange Salad for Luncheon
An appetizing luncheon dish uses peeled oranges prepared in natural divisions with no pith or seeds. The recipe mixes finely chopped tarragon and chervil with brandy calvados and sugar, seasoning each orange segment, then chills on a dish an hour or two before serving.
Dainty Party Frock For A Young Girl Described
A dainty party frock in white silk mull features an overskirt with two ruffles edged in blue baby ribbon. Blue satin ribbons run from waist to the upper ruffle, with a slightly low neck and blue ribbon shoulders. Sleeves are tight to the elbow then flare softly in a Marie Antoinette style.
In the Kitchen Advice on roasting and boiling safety
In roasting meat use a spoon rather than a fork to avoid leaking juices. If a kettle or pot boils dry pour boiling water into it at once to prevent cracking.
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Neville
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Gervais
Matilda
Jevery
London
Household odor and stain remedy tips from old manual
A practice guide advises adding turpentine to hot starch to prevent staining, burning potato scraps and vegetable waste in the dustbin to avoid smells, using lemon remnants in boiling water to deodorize, washing knife blades with salt, and using fuller's earth paste to remove grease stains from matting while brushing off loosened powder.
Parasol Trends Highlight Silk and Lace Accessories
A catalog description notes belt pints in a horse head design about three inches long, black and white parasolia with heavy silk and black lace, chatelaine bags in steel mesh, silk petlicoates of taffeta in colors and black with ruching, raffles, and dust protectors from $7. Silk chiffon parasols feature sunburst motifs, heavy white taffeta tops, large chiffon ruffles, and black or white appliques.
Effective Headache Cure from Pepper Camphor Plaster
A simple home remedy uses black pepper and camphor. Soak a folded handkerchief with camphor, apply as a plaster to the head, and lie down until sleep follows. Reapply camphor as the fabric dries. The method is described as easy to make and quickly relieving headaches.
Capuchin Hoods as Headgear in Fashion Notes
The article discusses Pretty Capuchin hoods and Capuchin hoods as fashionable alternatives to capes. It notes that these lined garments pair contrasting linings such as pale blue or mauve with the main fabric, and observes that white garments avoid a discordant effect, preferring a restrained color harmony.
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