Baby's First Bed and Mothering Sunday Notes
A guide to making a baby bed from cloth and hair with pink or blue hints, cambric coverings, and frills, followed by a feature on Mothering Sunday customs in England. The piece also describes a White Elephant party with wrapped gifts, a hosiery fashion update, and a spring coat and hat ensemble. It mentions a Forestry Contest and playful local traditions, plus a long stylistic survey of color names and fashion terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Merri
Baby
England
Gnonsln
Hosiway
Aden
Paul Lay
Pocket Powder Puff Embroidered Silk Handkerchief Craft
A tiny cambric pocket handkerchief with edged embroidery forms a compact puff. A silk drawstring bag is sewn inside, pulled up through a handkerchief with a silk edge. A ribbon loop, buttonhole sides, and neat stitching create a discreet, usable pocket puff.
Walking Suit Describes Navy Serge Coat and Flare Skirt
A detailed description outlines a navy blue serge walking suit with a one button cutaway coat, black moire silk facings, and black silk braid trimming. It notes waist curvatures, underarm seam shaping, and a fluttering skirt with box plaits, plus fabric yardages for sizes 20 to 64 inches wide and trims.
Novelty in Girls Neckwear Introduces Color Variety
A 1920s style piece notes novelties in girls neckwear with color introductions for the well to do. Two tone fabrics dominate with turned over collars and scalloped edges. Pink blue and green hues appear for country mornings and active wear, with polka dot embellishments and white embroidery accents on feathered collar edges.
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Amurt
Littles Chang
Modish Chapeau Tea Gown Adorns Velvet Red Veil
A graceful new gown features a soft rove red velvet look, veiled with mushroom brown chiffon. Another version uses mushroom net with damask rose embroidery and greenery, hemmed with pink tall trim.
Worn Waists Reused Into Corset Covers
Advertises converting worn lingerie waists into corset covers by removing sleeves yokes and sleeves, binding armholes with bias, adding beading, and tailoring a belt to fashion a dainty, refined piece from existing lace and embroidery.
Miniature Drawer Lette For Baby The Layette Idea
An easy inexpensive toy layette g its for infants using a pasteboard box five or six inches square. Six tiny jewel boxes fit inside like drawers. Silk covers the large box and drawer fronts. Buttons serve as handles. Contents listed include safety pins strings rags cotton and gold studs.
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Vaby
Gingham Dresses Described With Classic Details
The article describes gingham dresses featuring gultope and Ia en sleeves with lace or namsook. Necklines are square and some dresses have an outside rufie from the hemmed edge of a handkerchief, detailing fashion of the era.
Girl Posed Amid Grinning Cadavers Shocks Model
Chicago artist model Miss Jane Kingsworth was blindfolded into a mortuary room and photographed for a scene titled Asleep with the Dead. She fainted when bandages came off and screamed as cadavers and skeletons surrounded her, later remaining in fragile condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jane Kingsworth
Miss Kingsnorth
Carson
Mins Kingsworth
Dr. Wilcox
All Gone. What became of the hole in your pants
A humorous dialogue snippet shows a courtroom scene with a judge remarking on wear in pants. Willie responds that the hole is worn out, implying a lighthearted exchange amid legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Wilie
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Endorsed
One of the essentials of happy homes is knowledge of quality health products. The piece promotes a well known ethical remedy, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, urged as a wholesome family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Pig Syrup Co
Conscience Long Remembered Soap Theft From 20 Years Past
A storied conscience recalls a 20 year old theft of soap from a St. Paul shopkeeper Edward Hamilton, who later received two soap cakes from the thief as repayment. Also cited are short anecdotes on eczema cure with Cuticura products and Uncle Remus style musings on parenting.
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Minnesota
Edward Hamilton
St. Paul
Hamilton
Sunday Magazine
Mra. M. L. Harris
Alton, Kay
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