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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
1
The correspondence details strict royal discipline for Elisabeth and her siblings in Holland. Meals at 11, elaborate courtesies, gloves handed to attendants, and daily prayers mark a life of rigid routines. Boys trained in academics long hours, while girls faced limited play and heavy sewing duties.
A meditation on honor through a child's question and a lesson about integrity. Also a report from Captain Scott's South Pole expedition describing a large, inquisitive penguin and its dignified, ringed approach to humans during a 400 mile march across Antarctic ice.
The season features bold mushroom hats in five shiny straw colors with upstanding ribbed ribbons, wreaths of flowers, and beefeater-like tulle. Centerpiece leghorn hats display fox-tail plumes, pink roses, and drooping petals, while white chip hats showcase wisteria clusters and veiling tulle. Lace veils in grey, brown, and blue join new net veils and chenille trimmed styles, with peacock blue accents present in straw hats.
The article surveys spring fashion focusing on practical pinafore bodices for women and the new short coatee option. It notes colors such as pickled cabbage shades in dull purples pinks and reds, along with embroidery, silks and metallic braids, favoring slender young figure types and critiquing aging looks.
An article describes a pasteboard workbox covered in figured cretonne or silk with a plate colored interior to hold photographs. It folds flat for travel and contains pockets for buttons spools and a needle case, plus a pincushion. The frame uses rich tapestry and brocade fabrics with a landscape motif and decorative edge braid.
Spring brings restlessness for the confined patient. Simple comforts aid recovery with improvised supports, scents, and small touches. Build a tilted bed rack, use a bed table, and arrange flowers or fern arrangements to provide distraction and solace for the sick room.
A fashion note describes parasols in white linen and pongee for summer gowns, detailing hems, insertion, and embroidery. It contrasts simple and expensive shades with colored ponges, green and ecru morning wear, and flower basket embroidery on white silk parasol sections.
The article explains a tailor's method to ensure identical sides on a waist or coat by tracing marks on paired pieces. It describes lapping fabric face to face, applying a pattern or chalk, stitching along indicating lines, then clipping stitches to reveal two perfectly aligned indicating lines with no deviation.
Little capes that resemble boleros in outline are popular and neatly made in white cloth, praised for their smart appearance.
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