Parachute craft and pets in a St Nicholas lesson
A fragment from the Houston Post column covers a Parachute in Flight craft using tissue paper and thread to glide a toy parachute. It also recalls a tale of Cupid the King Charles spaniel and Psyche the cat in a humorous scene with washing its ears. The Laughing Game and Egg Shell Garden ideas follow, with notes on Lico Ricé candy, Guam population, and how fishes communicate through sounds and air bladders.
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Sunflower Grows Ten Feet Above Ground In Elm Tree
A fully matured sunflower blooms twelve feet up in an elm tree before J. C. Greenough’s Westfield Massachusetts residence. The seed drifted into a crevice, found soil and moisture, and took root. The blossom spans several inches and the plant stands about five feet tall. In a separate note, Dr. Drouineau estimates French army bread waste at about 200 pounds per battalion per month, totaling around 1,500 tons yearly.
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Toy Water Motor Makes Fast Work For Boys
A historical guide explains building a strong toy water motor for boys using simple tools and common materials. It describes wheel construction from soft wood with tin paddles, a six inch axle, a water tight box, and a pulley or hose system. The instructions stress large axle holes to prevent binding as the box swells and note use of gas jets and crackers boxes for parts.
Childs Coat and Seven Gored Walking Skirt Fashion Notes
A fashion note describes a double breasted wyre coat for children with triple capes and a wide collar, adaptable to both genders, in ox blood red broad cloth trimmed with braid and pearl buttons. It includes yardage for medium sizes and describes a seven gores walking skirt in green blue plaid with piping and tucks, plus a brief piece on engagement bangles as a pledge accessory.
Fashion notes and textiles from September Woman's Home Companion
A fashion overview discusses color blends, accessories, and fabrics for the coming season. It highlights straw turbans, white lisle gloves, flowered organdies, net yokes, xibeline, net appliques, and embroidered forget me nots as current trends. Also describes an Ivory crepe de Chine blouse waist with lace chemisette and fit details. Includes a Turkish coffee receipt from New York’s Syrian quarter.
Hints on Attire for Brides in Modern Times
The article explains that marriage gowns need not be traditional satin or silk. Standard fabrics like muslin and voile are acceptable, with white silk embroideries featuring orange blossoms and forget-me-nots. It encourages using family lace if available and suggests a softer, prettier style.
Bridal fashion notes with orange blossom theme
The article describes wedding attire with an orange blossom wreath, white violets, or lilies of the valley, and plaited hair ornaments. It notes embroidered shoes in silver or orange blossom, a favored bouquet of Annun dation Helix, and wedding gowns adorned with the same flowers. It also outlines flower hats, including wide-brimmed styles with layered colored flowers around the crown and brim, forming a lower hat look.
New Tea Table Covers and Diy Lace Trends
A note on new tea table covers crafted from heavy linen with deep borders of Russian lace and Cluny, praising the contrasting white lace against the Russian braid. Also includes a tomato mince recipe using green tomatoes, sugar, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, salt, with butter added to each pie. Lamp shades for electrotiers by Geisha are now available in small sizes for cozy corners and dining tables.
Household hints from a past porch table and kitchen
Advice on domestic care and cooking from an old newspaper fragment. It covers preserving down with beeswax, preparing tomatoes for serving, storing lamps, keeping teapots and coffee pots aired, ironing with wax, cleaning flatirons, and avoiding overheating irons.
Evening silk waists with lace motifs and net yoke
Fashion note describes a white silk waist combining bouisine material with a net yoke and bertha. It explains a full blouse line over the belt, wide sleeves with deep pointed cuffs, and lists measured yardages for medium size: 3 1/4 yards 21, 2 3/4 yards 27, or 1 3/4 yards 4 inches wide, plus 2 4/18 yards 18 or 1 1/2 yards 40 inches wide for yoke bertha and cuffs.
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