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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
2
The article notes women pairing blossoms with eye color from pansies for brown eyes to orchids for hazel or blue eyed girls. Gray eyed individuals face limited natural options and may use artificial blooms or dyed real flowers from Parisian fashion, with camelias and carnations absorbing dye for exact hues.
Householders can save furs by sunning and brushing them then sealing in a five gallon crock with a glue sealed paper lid to keep moths out. Keep in a dry cellar or store in a large tin lid covered with cretonne for a seat, preventing summer moth damage.
Lace tops the season as a versatile trimming for hats frocks and day wear. Irish lace drew from Venetian designs becomes a key feature for collars cuffs blouses and coats in spring styles.
The article explains elastic side gussets and belt corsets for various figures. It notes three to five inch reductions and improved comfort, fit, and support, with straight hip and abdomen cutting designed to sit well and compress the abdomen.
The piece describes fabrics at the front as latin and latin and cloth backed varieties for dressier skirts and suits. It notes sarah and taffeta as nearly as stylish, with a hint of velvet used sparingly.
A bold New Yorker enters a Broadway shop with a large hat demanding a refund for a purchase his wife made. He asserts the hat was bought for her, she never wore it, and he cannot afford the expense. The salesperson remarks on the audacity and the incident consumes the store for a month.
A manager questions the prospective lead’s experience in a musical comedy. He notes the woman sent for the job appears entirely inexperienced. The response hints she has long led her husband in social affairs rather than professional leadership.
An advertisement promotes Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy. It claims the formula is quinine and iron, clearly printed on every bottle, and notes the tonic has been sold by dealers for 30 years at 50 cents per bottle.
A mixed column blends reminiscence about a 50 year old story with old advertisements for Ware's Powder and Ware's Baby Powder from Dallas, Mrs Winslow's Syrup for teething, and Garfield Tea, noting sellers and prices while reflecting on attitudes toward money and law amid a weather comment.
A Pound Wisconsin woman declares she was cured after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Unifier. The ad touts the remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers and irregularities and invites readers to write Mrs Pinkham for free advice.
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