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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
3
A fashion column describes The Matron's Gown with straight front styles for drawing rooms and bridesmaids, plus a decorous homage to love verses. It details a black satin gown with lavender panne velvet bands, black silk lace yoke and sleeves, a black velvet collar, and pleated skirt sides and back. The belt curves forward, pairing with the season's straight front corsets to slim the figure.
The New York Evening Sun notes a shift in wedding custom with bridesmaids sometimes marrying, ushering a matron of honor role, replacing a maid of honor, and even a complete set becoming brides in some cases. Critics say it changes the old wedding charm while supporters see it as a natural shift. puzzles linger over the social impact.
The drawing room needs careful lighting with subdued, balanced illumination. Center gas chandeliers ruin ceilings and faces, while wall brackets or telescopic lamps offer adjustable, softer light for conversations and music.
A fashion sketch describes the straight front without a busk and notes a large hook to hold skirts down for a long waist look. It advises two hooks at the back for stout figures and calls the long straight effect essential for the season. The chemise features orange taffeta with accordion plaited ruffle and black and white silk braid Egyptian motifs.
A brief note discusses a hair receiver as a necessary convenience for feminine comfort in bedrooms, highlighting its usefulness in organizing and storing hair accessories.
A homemaking tip describes making an inexpensive hair receiver from a butcher's cuff lined with colored silk. It suggests decorating with red poppies or roses and suspending by a satin ribbon to hide the hair roll in the dressing area. Colors should harmonize with the room's scheme.
The Baltimore News notes perfumed hair as the current correct style. Methods include scented shampoo powder, brushing musk or fragments of Beau d Espagne into hair frames, and sachet powder in silk caps to impart a delicate fragrance.
Mince cold chicken and a little cooked ham with gravy and lemon juice. Season. Roll pastry into rounds. Fill patty tins with half rounds, add mince, top with remaining rounds. Seal edges, brush with egg white, bake quickly about twenty minutes.
Peel firm tart apples and cut into thin slices. Soak in claret and sugar or cherry juice and sugar for three hours. Dust with flour, drain, and fry in hot fat. Serve hot with lemon and spiced sugar.
The article describes the Oak Pruner Eliphidion Villosum with its larva and beetle stages and how it cuts oak limbs. It also advises fall and winter insect control, burning debris, removing cocoons and leaves, and monitoring cellar temperatures for fruit storage.
The article discusses using atmospheric regulation to cool storage houses and extend fruit storage into spring. It extols Bermuda grass as versatile for hay, pasture, soil binding, and erosion control, and outlines propagation, readiness, and destruction methods. It also promotes the garden as a farmer’s larder and medicine source.
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