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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1898
Page
23
A fashion snapshot describes charming hats with tulip crowns and velvet brims, black ostrich fenders, and jeweled ornaments. Turbans and crowns of flowers loom for spring while jet embroidery and feather accents decorate daytime and evening headpieces. Combs remain a key feature as styles shift toward refined, historic touches and refined hairdressing.
Side combs, though less popular, still desirable and may be relied upon to keep the front hair away from the head, providing practical styling benefit.
The guide describes soaking stale bread crumbs in boiling water, warming in a basin and oven, squeezing out liquid, and applying to linen with muslin for poultices. It notes using cold cream or plaster to ensure warmth stays, and securing poultices on children to prevent shifting. It also mentions a dry brow poultice as useful for home nursing and covering with Banvel to retain warmth.
Soak 2 cups bread crumbs in cold water for 10 minutes then wring moisture. Mix with cup flour and enough sour milk to form batter. Set overnight. In morning add well beaten egg half teaspoon salt and teaspoon soda dissolved in water. Bake on hot griddle. Cold oatmeal wash may replace bread crumbs.
The note praises toast as tasty when well made noting the thinness and crispness. It suggests toast can bear savory meats or potted meats. A fill of shredded ham or game with chopped lettuce and salt and pepper makes a nice relish for toast sandwiches.
A 19th century guide urges simplicity as the keynote for children’s parties to keep them engaging and considerate. It warns against formal excess, recommends bright, simple decorations and modest refreshments, and suggests practical, child friendly foods like sandwiches and small savories.
A historical guide offers child friendly supper ideas with yolk and white egg preparations, savory jelly bellies, and meat dishes. It suggests light and decorative desserts like cake with icing, meringue fruit dishes, whipped cream garnishes, little pastry rolls with colored sugar, and simple drinks such as lemonade and lime cordial for children.
A fragment notes fashionable tea cloths for afternoon tea, described as embroidered in cutwork over a transparent material. The line hints at stylish textile trends and delicate craft.
The New York Trimns outlines a teacloth border that appears elaborate but is simple in craft. Flowers border between two lines, points touch to connect design, buttonhole stitched outlines, openwork cutouts, thick buttonhole edge on cut side, and a satin strip added beneath the openwork.
Richard Mansfield, an actor, dismissed a private secretary for poor spelling and vacation lapses. The secretary protested, claiming his parents spent $5,000 on his education. Mansfield suggested suing for recovery of the money as the lesson of the tale.
The Literary guide of Billville issues a wartime enlistment notice seeking a single private to join a unit described as ready for service. The ad likens the company to boot and cites 15 colonels involved in the recruitment effort.
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