27 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
1
An extended fashion excerpt describes blue and lavender hats, dark-green checked costumes with red velvet trims, and three-quarter length coats. It highlights sheer collars, transparent boned waists, antique lace embroidery, and floral motifs like chrysanthemums, carnations, and stars. Delicate crepe de chine dresses with pink satin accents are noted for evening wear.
A 1920s discussion advises modern linen decoration moving away from old floral scrolls to simple Japanese fashion typography. It notes adjustable letter sizes for sheets napkins and tablecloths, with four inch monograms common on sheets and two inch on place mats. Original designs are favored.
An 19th century note describes a method to preserve newspaper pictures by transferring them to a clean page. It advises using tar, resin, or similar substances, mixing with water, applying, and pressing the newspaper image between pages to lift the picture onto the blank sheet.
A humorous look at tact when meeting an old friend after years. The piece contrasts warm, friendly greetings with blunt compliments about aging and children, illustrating how unfiltered remarks can sting. It notes universal changes time brings to hair, faces, and feelings.
Practical advice to protect curtains while washing. Stretch evenly, baste a two inch wide cotton strip around the curtain, use a selvedge edge to prevent raveling, and stitch the cotton to the stretchers to avoid tearing.
Instructions cover using court plaster on wet surfaces, aligning and ironing mends, trimming frayed edges, and avoiding moisture penetration. Advice adds methods to quickly separate warmed fabrics and remove heat, plus washing tips for sheets and hints on seam finishes and neckline shapes.
This dated guide offers household tips for white clothes and lace washing. It describes using butter in starch for gloss, rinsing with a tie sager, bleaching fluids with chloride of lime and sal soda, dissolving soap in hot water with kerosene, soaking routines, stale beer for stains, and soap in a bag method. It also covers whitening with buttermilk and heat to restore faded white goods.
The column extols durable curtains and lamp mats made from Indian lace and lark 2 pear luster fabrics. It describes rug making from discarded spreads, bath mats, and cushions stuffed with floss or old buttons, plus patchwork ideas and advice on buttonholes and darning with matched thread and proper needle size.
An analysis of the sarcastic woman as a social force describing how sarcasm trims influence, repels praise, and deters others. It contrasts her with the thoughtless but lively woman, notes that sarcasm wounds and is rarely apologized for, and argues detraction arises from her habit.
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