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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
3
Editorial advises creating a simple, sturdy room for children with at least one small table and several matching chairs. Emphasizes low heavy furniture, washable rugs, and plain curtains for hygiene. Notes designers target a child’s scale and a safe background for play, reflecting on the author’s view of the adult-child dynamic.
An OCR fragment describes a costume with a trim skirt and a deep military band, garret braid accents, and matching edges. It mentions nascent fabrics and a possible note on a wide belt or sash, but the wording is garbled and some items are unclear.
Hatpins show a range from plain black or white beaded pins at a penny to carved and themed designs in plaque and diamond shapes. Turtle shell tops in two tones or bordered with dark rims, Irish croc matife on white hats, and homemade tops from colored beads offer varied styles for dressy hats.
Gold beads rise in fashion as older strings reemerge. Newer beads dwarf the old, with encrusted varieties challenging cleanliness. Designers note alternated plain and chased beads and nine row collars suit slender throats. Beads brighten dark gowns more than skin exposing décolletage.
A garbled travelogue style note describes cleaning a fine net waist using gasoline. It instructs soaking the waist, shaking the can, and letting it stand overnight, then rinsing with fresh gasoline and hanging to dry to remove odor.
A description of a light colored walking suit uses hay colored fabric with wide black military braid trimming. The skirt features a braid strip along the left front, while the coat is cut so the braid aligns on the right front.
The text details a bay colored straw hat trimmed with roses and edging braids. It lists material requirements: 46 inch wide cloth, six yards of braid, and yardage for lining in oik or satin.
The small cretenne covered cabler becomes popular for dressers with various sizes and heights and drawers for trinkets gloves neckwear and jewelry. Similar cabinets are also provided for men with compartments for collars handkerchiefs and accessories.
Use Pallaley, Dresden, or Parisian silk crepe scarves to fashion a matching blouse. Cut along the figure and border bands to create lower front pieces and sleeve linings, choosing lengthwise or crosswise cuts to suit design scale. Draped under peeer veiling, these scarf waists adapt with little effort.
The fragment describes a traveler who is fastidious about packing in a trunk an egg-shaped copper boiler and an alcohol lamp with a four-compartment tray. It mentions using the lamp under water and a soaker for custards and other dishes, implying kitchen tasks during travel.
The article observes a revival of the kimono sleeve in new fashion lines. Designers push a long high waist effect and skirts with loose back pleats varying in length, creating a distinctive silhouette.
Vera Chalmers confronts Ralph Maynard aboard a ship about his assumed Somerset Lane alias. He admits the ruse to gain access to her and proposes a future return voyage with a wife, revealing their onoff romance began at Pinehurst last fall.
A traveling drummer describes meeting a girl in an Indiana town and being invited to call at her house. The girl's father quickly orchestrates a marriage by calling a preacher, then ejects him from the home the next morning, insisting he is a born hustler.
A five year old girl Anna Martin stood beside her injured dog for forty hours in harsh rain after a bulldozer trapped the animal in New Jersey. Unable to move the dog, Anna offered comfort and waited through two nights until rescuers found them at dawn.
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