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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
15
A playful critique of summer resort manners as the season ends. Observes matrons, bachelors, gossips, and couples as the sun sets on romance, revealing pretenses and fading illusions of summer flirtations and social games. The narrator longs for genuine sentiment beyond the make believe of leisure towns.
The Blue Triangle recreation center at Twentieth and B Streets NW offers outdoor entertainment under the War Work Council of the YWCA. Starting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays there will be music and free dancing on the terrace with later feature times in the evening and no admission fees.
A classical home recipe explains preparing red apples for baking. Core with two cuts and three fourths inch margin, bake in a granular dish with sugar and water, baste every eight minutes, and finish with a glossy glaze. Honey or corn syrup may replace sugar, or add jelly, raisins, or dates.
Milan paper reports experiments in Wensice and Murano by Signor Luig Bisgata yielding felt and cloth from spun glass. A new Witrum society forms with major plants at Naples to manufacture the material for use as insulators in storage batteries.
United States Soldiers' Home band presents a program directed by John and M Zimmermann. Selections include Loyal Comrades Blankenberg Overture Concert No 2 in F Serenade The Nightingale Zimmermann Selection The Gondoliers Bullivant Rap oddity Procrastination Waste suite Youthful Fancies Dell Ore Finale Tenth Regiment Hail The Star Spangled Banner.
An old advertisement promotes Calotab as a modern calomel replacement. It claims better taste and no side effects while delivering liver cleansing and system purification. It advises one tablet at bedtime with water and promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Daily fashion hint suggests styling with multiple Hudson forms to build a layered wrap. The approach emphasizes texture and silhouette shifts, offering a fresh look through stacked pieces and wrapped drape.
Poet criticizes royal adulation yet reports bustling crowds and patriotic displays in Newport. The piece notes disillusion with monarchy, recounts crowds on a flag decked square, and ends with brief satirical quips about politicians, Armenia, and telephone operators during WWI era.
A fragmented 19th to 20th century recipe page provides steps for a cherry shrub drink with mint and citrus, plus a spiced herb butter. It details mashing cherries, sugar syrup, lemon notes, chilling, and serving with mint and berries, and includes a separate butter recipe with butter, paprika, mustard, parsley, onion, and creaminess guidance.
The article notes a shift from heavy handwork to simpler motifs in children's dresses. It describes a linen frock built on straight lines with a belt of two colorwork, a gathered skirt, and georgette details. Silver accents and velvet ribbons complete a refined, flattering look.
An article extols common weeds as medicine from mullein to boneset. It notes how folk remedies passed through generations, describes mullein’s growth and harvesting, and praises boneset tea for stubborn colds while detailing simple preservation tips for dried flowers and leaves.
A quaint bodice defines the distinctive gown described as the prettiest part of a girl's wardrobe. The feature varies between drapery and material, yet always aims for beauty in this evening dress illustration.
A drunken quarrel in a city saloon ends with Mr Jarr dragging Mr Rangle outside and home. Rangle, a Reds fan, derides prohibition while insisting on staying for the game as a tense scene unfolds around a denatured beverage and a disrupted trolley ride. The next day Jarr condemns friendship as folly and warns about violators facing jail.
A dated kitchen recipe describes mixing sugar yolks shortening water and flour with eggs. The batter is baked in a greased pan twelve minutes then rolled in jelly and wrapped in a cloth to set for one hour.
Catalog notice lists brand price bleached damask tea cloths with striped center and Greek key border, 45x45 inch cloths and 54x54 inch cloths, napkins 22x22 and 18x18 inches per dozen, pure linen and crash toweling options, widths and prices given in yards and by piece. Special pricing applies across items including toweling and red border union cloths.
Sanitary cotton lined quilted mattress protectors offered in sizes 62xgo 80xgo and 80xgo with hems. Regular prices range from 3.25 to 3.75, with special sale prices listed as 3.60 3.65 and 2.75 respectively.
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