Tailored Silk Suits and Dresses Reflect Beau Brummel Styles
Fashion notes reveal silk faille suits in black or navy with Regency influences from Beau Brummel era. Describes peplum lines, dropped shoulder yokes, bracelet sleeves, lingerie frills, and versatile redingote ensembles. Highlights chic millinery, white mousseline blouses, and jeweled buttons as modern adaptations.
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Beau Brummel
Union
Visions and the Turbaned Seer in a Mystery Tale
David Carens, a teen drawn to mystic visions and a trained psychic under Ahmed Sala, encounters a deadly coincidence when Cousin Anita dies with a fatal forehead hole. The family uncovers a staged drama and the boy vows to abandon occult pursuits for normal study.
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Ahmed Sala
David Canens
Ahmed
Mr. Sala
David
Carens
Mr. Carens
Anita
David Carens
Shades of Deep Purple Seen in Spring Fashions
Purple and violet shades highlight this spring's style with tailored tweeds and capes. Outfits pair lavender tones with navy, featuring straw hats trimmed in violet and matching boutonnieres. Accessory veils in lavender or light green complete the look.
Bright Red Colors Triumph in Seasonal Fashion
Bright red dominates this season with bold coats and jackets featuring brass buttons. Red prints and coordinated accessories like red hats, handbags, veils, and red accents elevate outfits from navy suits to beige ensembles.
Chinese Hats Spark New Bandeau Fashion Trend
Chinese maidens wear clusters of flowers on each side of the head, inspiring a new fashion. An American millinery designer created a curved fitted bandeau covered in ribbon with flowers or bows at the sides. Worn like the old headbands, it helps hatless wearers maintain a stylish look.
Malnutrition and Microbes Blamed for Mental Defects
At the second annual Pacific States meeting of the American Association of Mental Deficiency, Dr. Emilian O. Honda of Tacoma urged that malnutrition and microbial factors cause cretinism and other mental defects. He linked goiter and thyroid disease to brain impairment, claiming microbial goitres are the primary insult and that thyroid therapy could prevent or reduce cases. He also cited dwarfism and simple goiter remedies using pituitary extracts and immunizing injections.
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American Association of Mental Deficiency
Pacific States
Emilian O. Honda
Tacoma
Wash
United States
Soups from Clear Consomme to Chowders and Cheese
A feature on versatile soups highlighting appealing garnishes and a practical menu boost. Includes recipes for Potato Cheese Soup and Manhattan Clam Chowder, plus an One Dish Supper Soup with rice and eggs. Shows economical, tasty options and serving ideas.
Sunday's menu features duchess soup and hearty vegetable bowls
This week offers a Sunday night supper with potato cheese soup, old fashioned vegetable soup, cream of onion soup, Russian borsch, and soup stock. Recipes yield multiple servings, with steps for each broth, vegetables, and toppings, including sour cream and parsley garnish.
Cooked vegetable water and tapioca thicken soups
Lynn notes leftover cooking water and vegetables can be used for fine soups. Minute tapioca serves as a thickener with translucence. Cream soups should stay warm over hot water once thickened to desired consistency to prevent further evaporation from making them thick and pasty.
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Western Newspaper Union
New ideas for hinged fabric covered boxes and bags
Describes making pink and green chintz covered boxes lined with ambric. Use cardboard boxes, hinges, and paste to cover with fabric, taping hinges with gummed tape. Cut lids, hinge, then cover sides top and inner surfaces. Notes future projects from Book 4 and Book 6 with ordering details.
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