Shirrings and Salads From A Victorian Menu
Instructions for deviled tomato salad and fruit serving. Includes making butter sauce for greens, French dressing with olive oil and vinegar, hollowed round tomatoes filled with greens, and serving with lettuce. Also notes chilling melons and preparing fruit punch with rhubarb and pineapple, strained with raspberry juice.
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Boston
A Vegetarian Dinner From An Old Menu Guide
A vintage guide extols a fully vegetarian menu featuring soups and ragouts built from peas cucumbers and cauliflower. It describes steps for preparing a hearty pea soup ragout with vegetable stock and herb seasonings, plus methods to cook cucumbers and cauliflower to perfect tenderness.
Problems of Women and the New Woman Movement
A column reviews women’s roles and reforms in society, citing Dr. Wallace Wood of NYU on women as lawgivers and examining factory conditions, sweatshop issues, and domestic staff challenges. It notes college girls joining anti sweatshop campaigns, the Waldorf Astoria staff resignation, and a widow's dignified retirement. It mentions South Africa’s plan to recruit and finance factory workers and the Papyrus Club in San Francisco promoting humor among women.
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Pugrim
Wallace ‘Wood
History of Art
New York University
Aia
Chilfitabor
Consumerst League
Waldorf-Astoria
Fven
South Africa
Johannesburg
England
Women's Immigration Department
Papyrus Club
San Francisco
Jokpa
Cooling Beverages From the Housekeeper
A vintage recipe list detailing drinks such as Black Currant Cup Limeade Creoly Watermelon and Fruit Punch with measurements for juice tea sugar soda water orange juice lemon juice and various fruit components. Includes serving tips and preparation steps.
First of the fall hats in millinery outlook
The author surveys autumn hat fashions with Gainsboroughs, velvet, chenille, and feather trims. Describes crown shapes, colors like green and orange, combinations with beaver and velvet, and notes turbans and picture hats while urging restraint in wear and forecasting cooler days ahead.
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Gainsboroughe
Wovelty
Shane
Gainsboroughs
Cocque de Roche
Directoire
Paris
Ita
Pathway to Beauty From the Fligrim Remedies for skin and hair care
A collection of circa 19th century home remedies for skincare and hair care. Recipes cover powders for perspiration and freckles, tinctures for whitening hands, witch hazel creams, castor oil for warts, calomel and cinnabar mixtures for whitening, egg shampoo with lemon juice for blond hair, honey and lemon cream for hands, potato skin for corns, and a moldy moles remedy with tartar emetic and Venice turpentine. Includes cautions on safety and effectiveness.
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Venice
Watts
Flings and Seashore Secrets Stir Married Life
A wife writes from the seashore detailing a year of marriage, a younger sister Grace, and flirtations with local suitors. She recalls a flirtatious ring, a chaperone role, and plans to return home after a persuasive summer of diversions while her husband remains behind.
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Omein
Grace
Lfe
Mamma
Ahi
Wighy
John
Graci
Jacker
Rascal
Coura
Frozen Dainties for August from the Pilgrim
Renowned home recipes for cooling desserts and frostings. Grape ice with grape juice and lemon, lemon sherbet with milk and citrus, cream with corn starch, Neapolitan ice cream with milk, eggs, and vanilla, and a sweet lemon dressing for salads. Includes freezing steps and flavoring notes.
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