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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
4
Daphne Dean outlines festive Christmas table decorations for breakfast and dinner, including mirrored centerpieces, holly sprigs, and gift bags for chairs. She describes table settings with bells, ribbons, and a hanging aeroplane gift dispenser, then shares recipes for southern delight and chestnut croquettes to enhance the holiday feast.
A cache of simple craft ideas for gifts and home dress up. Instructions cover making blotters with green and white panels, corner decorations in gilt, chamois wipers, and small decorative needles cases. Also described is an affordable parlor maid dress from cotton pongee with three pleated shoulders and a detachable collar.
The illustration shows small blue mercerized cotton slippers for girls. Features include a diamond shaped ornament at the toe, imitation ermine collar, a blue ribbon Tasette, and leather soles lined with quilted satin.
The article explores sewing room superstitions linking pin spillage and knotting thread to marriages and fortunes. It notes ominous signs around wedding gowns, omen fears, and cautious fashion advice on skin tones and fabric layering to soften lines, with tips on using flesh colored tulle and chiffon for flattering effects.
Fur styles delight shoppers with no new pelts except taupe making a comeback. The small skin gains favor for long jackets and is used in a diamond pattern with a single row.
The passage describes a trend of delicate stripe detailing in fur garments with black furs prominent, especially lynx and skunk. Parriers largely imitate Covis XII’s period, favoring long, scant, simple fur cuts that emphasize minimal lines and restrained decoration.
A fragment from A Man of Genius describes a woman preparing many dainty Christmas items. She mixes orbs heliotrope peppers to preserve the powder and enhance its fragrance. She adds a thought suggesting forgiveness should be given freely, a sentiment attributed to the era.
This plainspoken guide urges shoppers to buy provisions in person, avoid doorstep orders, and inspect meats and fish closely. It covers mutton lamb pork beef bacon fowls and freshness tests such as color, fat quality, texture, odor, and gill color to prevent buying spoiled or low-quality produce.
A silver gift set in a case includes a cigar cutter knife scissors and a two key chains priced at 10.50. A six piece bedroom toilet set features an open circle bowl and a swiveling pitcher with side towel racks to save space. A white alba tross kimono with pale blue stripe and violet posies offers a charming option for a convalescent or lover of pretty things with pale blue satin edge bindings.
The article notes cats enjoy milk but warns against overfeeding as milk often causes laxative effects and diarrhea. It suggests moderation and adds that a little sugar can improve the cat's coat appearance.
A charming weekly memorandum case with an easel back stands about twenty inches high and a third as wide. It incorporates six pockets labeled for each day of the week with gold abbreviations and a decorative forget-me-not motif in pale blues, pinks, white and green on moire poplin.
The article describes a sewing case crafted from four heart shaped cardboard pieces covered in blue cretonne and pale blue satin lining. It folds like hinges with ribbon casings for needles bodkins and scissors, with a needle holder and decorative bow. When folded the flat design suits women travelers as a practical present.
A period fashion piece advises that slim figures dominate Mme la Mode designs, urging women to adapt their bodies to gowns. It warns against dangerous dieting, notes heredity and liver sluggishness as fat causes, criticizes starvation cures, and suggests physician advised tonics to stimulate liver and kidneys, or simply accept hereditary fat.
A young boy asks if all roses have thorns and the father answers yes. The boy quips that he would not put thorns on his mother's new hat because he would have to pay for it, revealing a sharp family exchange.
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