Miss Anne’s Christmas Visitors
Miss Anne Armstrong, living alone with Rebecca and Peter, feels lonely as orphans are invited to many homes for Christmas. Five children from St Elizabeth’s orphanage choose Miss Anne’s house, drawn by her warmth and Christmas trees. They arrive, share a meal, and Miss Anne proclaims they will have a real home this Christmas.
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St. Elizabeth’s Orphanage
Jones
Jane Smith
Anne
John Bell
Peter
Rebecca
Miss Anne Armstrong
Simpkins
Miss Anne
Tom
Alice
Mary Moore
Mary
Little One
Packing Clothes in Barrels on Long Island Estate
A Long Island colony member stores most of her children's wardrobe in barrels rather than trunks. She notes barrels are easier to handle and cleaner, with two new barrels per child yearly for underclothes and outer garments. At summer's end, outgrown clothes go to village or employees’ children, and winter stock fits into extra barrels. She claims cost savings from lower freight and cartage.
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Long Island
Boston
Home Sewing and Cleaning Tips From a Vintage Guide
Practical hints on using vinegar to deodorize fish, drying comforters in a breeze, ox gall for colorfastness, milk to prevent pencil blur, damp iron to flatten rugs, a vase as a hatpin holder, a salad with cream cheese and olives, boiling potatoes with skins, and hardening fabrics with yellow soap resin.
Two Pretty Moven Age Gowns Show Variations In Style
A dress pattern feature presents two moven age gowns for house or street wear. The first uses pale gray cloth with moire yokes and gray velvet trims, while the second uses all over and bordered net with lace-entre deux and ribbons. For holiday wear, sheer fabrics and tinted slips are recommended, with yardage noted for medium figures.
Chocolate Egg Pancake Dessert For Luncheon
A quick dairy dessert combines two eggs with two heaping tablespoons grated chocolate half a cup milk and half a cup flour. Fry as pancakes brown both sides roll, dust with powdered sugar and serve immediately. Hot chocolate sauce for vanilla ice cream: boil one cup water and half cup sugar, then stir in a gill of milk and vanilla flavoring.
Turnip Preparation and Differences by Color
Directions describe washing and slicing French turnips into half to three quarter inch pieces, paring and cutting into strips then cubes, boiling until tender, draining and serving with waste sauce or mashing with butter pepper and salt. White turnips are noted as more delicate than yellow.
Glassware Care: Rinse Milk Glasses in Cold Water
Advice notes that glasses used for milk or milky liquids should be washed in cold water to avoid cloudiness and extra labor. The warning includes freshly purchased glasses as well, stating the same rule applies to new, unused glassware.
Maple Candy Preparation Guide
A simple maple candy recipe uses one cup powdered sugar one-half cup maple syrup and one-quarter cup cream. Boil to a soft ball in cold water then remove from heat stir in one-half cup nut meats until creamy and drop spoonfuls onto buttered paper.
Frutted Orange Boats with Pineapple and Walnuts
Prepare oranges by halving and removing pulp, fill with a chopped mix of pineapple and walnuts. Mix juice from oranges and pineapple with a little sugar, boil until thick, pour over the fruit mix, reseal into orange skins and top with whipped cream.
Popovers Recipe Instructions
Simple popover method using one cup flour one cup sweet milk and two lightly beaten eggs A pinch of salt added then baked in muffin tins in a hot oven Serve hot from the oven.
Candy Recipe Crackle Test
Two cupfuls granulated sugar one cupful vinegar and one tablespoonful of butter are boiled until crackles when dropped in water.
Turbans Adopt New Names In Fashion Rumor
Fashion notes say turbans gain new names with each trend. Designs range from Rembrandt and Napoleon styles to drum major turbans trimmed with antique gold and jewel accents. Silks include ringtail, ermine, sealskin, and moleskin with bold trims and quills.
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Rembrandt
Henry Til
Hussar
de Stael
Drum Major
Napoleon
Audubon Society
Proper Length of Skirts Fashion Decree
Fashion dictates five to six inch skirts for street wear with floor sweeping trains for afternoon wear and five inch skirts for evening. Women may not follow fully but many will own at least one of each length to show they keep up with current trends.
Frugal Fashion: Old Linen Garments Recovered into Accessories
Women repurpose worn linen pieces into stock collars and belts. A white shirtwaist with minor holes becomes collars with square ends and a collar showing five tiny clovers. The clean linen skirt hints at countless new uses, proving good material is never wasted.
Brocade Adds Color to Bridesmaids Hats in Silk Trend
Brocade remains favored for bridesmaids headwear with blue or pink shades from the silk counter. Large shapes dominate while plumes match or contrast. The ornate brocade suits festive occasions and transitions to evening wear after the event.
Mourning Fashions Veil Loss with Dark Silk Blouse
Black fishnet in coarse silk mesh creates an all black blouse trimmed with black grosgrain ribbon of several widths. The ribbon ranges from a quarter to an inch. The dull ribbon and extreme plainness mark these models as mourning for the younger woman. They are lined with lustreless black silk, collars and wristbands left transparent.
Practical Fashions Girls Dress Paris Pattern No 2676
Hunter's green Venetian cloth dress in a new cut with two center back tucks and a gathered waist. Long tight sleeves, inverted box plait at center back, hidden waist join, left side closure with cloth buttons and gold bullion embroidery on the waist. Pattern offers five sizes 6 to 14 years. use 3 1/2 yards 27 in, 2 1/2 yards 36 in or 2 1/2 yards 42 in. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
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Alice Martin
Tom
John Bell
Jane Smith
Mary Moore
St. Elizabeth's
Tom Martin
Alice
Paris
Ladies Circular Closed Drawers Pattern No 3143
The pattern offers five sizes from 22 to 30 inches waist. It closes at the sides and can include a ruffle. Suitable for sheer white fabrics or Canton flannel. Yardage given for 26 waist with and without ruffles. Pattern Department requests name and address for orders.
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Paris
Draws the Line on Optimism and Trouble
A wry exchange notes a man who seeks the bright side in most matters yet cannot see hope when danger looms. The dialogue highlights his paradoxical stance as a limited optimist facing hardship.
Intellectual Evolution and The Boston Child
A fragmentary reading note references Robert W. Chambers and a staged discussion of his works. The unnamed speaker mentions visitors from Waldonia and a Mrs Wayoff, signaling a literary exchange about Chambers' story elements and stages of recognition.
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Waldonia
Robert W. Chambers
Boston
A Rhetorical Handicap in Indeterminate Sentences
A noted assertion argues that a judge approving indeterminate ideas cannot be a good rhetorician. The exchange questions belief in finished sentences and reflects on linguistic precision in judgment.
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