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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
8
An article by Mrs McCune explains how to create perforated embroidery patterns at home by tracing on butter paper and using a sewing machine to stitch lines. It describes transferring designs from existing embroidery, assembling ready pieces, and assembling garments with hand or machine stitching, plus tips on hemstitching and applique to economize while elevating lingerie and blouses.
A reader opinion piece notes women’s dislike of hair nets and veils citing discomfort and aging appearance. A streetcar incident shows a hat being pushed aside wrecking hair and veil, while winds threaten real hair and tendrils more than magazine covers.
A piece on how people, especially students and women, fail to stick to resolutions under social pressure. It argues moral strength matters more than charm or popularity, noting the consequences of yielding to friends. It contrasts the disciplined student with the party seeker and warns of wasted opportunities and lost futures.
This article urges reader attention to nervous system hygiene. It warns that nerves control life, urge self control, calm temper, and avoid stimulants. It promotes sensible living, exercise, wholesome foods, and cheerful recreation to resist illness and worry.
A collection of household hints covers waterproof paper slippers for warmth and dryness, improvised portable sewing tables from dresser tops, nickel chalk holders, methods to clean toothbrushes, clock oiling fixes, coffee and camphor disinfectant, distinctions between baking and roasting, and etiquette on farewells at large gatherings.
A dated discussion on parenting stresses teamwork between parents. It argues mothers and fathers should unite, share observations, and create a joint plan to guide children. It warns against temper, undermining authority, and shifting blame to the other parent.
A fragment argues that societal disgrace and personal misery arise when new generations avoid the duty and sacred responsibility of marriage, insisting that older generations have shirked the burden. The remark frames marriage as a guiding obligation for social stability.
A fragmented OCR passage offers assorted cautions on kitchen care. It warns against using steel knives for delicate foods, washing glasses with clear water, wasting fresh fruit in pies, scrubbing refrigerators with warm water, and suggests sponging with formaldehyde solution. It also mentions avoiding crumpled dishcloths and cautions about boiling water cracking pans, plus comments on cucumbers and eggplant digestion.
A collection of historic recipes including Oat and Barley Bread with oats barley flour sour milk and egg. corn meal bread. Ground Rolled Oats and Cornmeal Bread. Delmonico Pudding. Natya pret Make a plain cornstarch. Steamed Barley Pudding with barley flour dates and raisins. piecrust using barley and rice flour. and a fig or prune dessert variation with stewed figs or raisins.
A recipe passage details making a ground oat storage cake with oats flour salt and baking powder, creaming sugar and egg whites, then baking. It also describes a tomatoBaffia style dish with fat pork onions tomatoes, advising to cook pork with onions, remove pork, and use remaining mix to finish with buttered toast.
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