25 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1905
Page
1
The article describes miniature animal portrait scarf pins set in gold brooches, a Paris child’s red cloth coat with bias ruffles and double-breasted buttons, a onion fried rice dish with tomato pulp and cheese, and remarks on Messaline silk gowns and evening slippers with bead embroidery and chiffon rosettes.
A Parisian scented hair powder appears as a fine sachet product matching any hair shade. It dusts into the pompadour or bun with a puff to impart a delicate lasting odor, offering a fashionable alternative to ordinary perfume for tresses.
A description details a tweed golf suit in brown and white checks, ankle length skirt, plain brown coat with a failing waist line, reversible facing matching the skirt fabric, linen and silk turnover collar, and a white flannel blouse, slightly visible when the coat is worn.
Endive Salad mixes a head of washed endive with five pared diced radishes and four hard boiled eggs quartered lengthwise. Before serving, blend half a teaspoon salt, paprika, and six tablespoons olive oil then swirl in wine vinegar and toss with a silver fork. Savory Rice boils one cup of rice in two pints of water until grains are soft and forked.
Practical kitchen notes cover puddings, lettuce care, custards, soup, macaroni sauce, bread scraps, and crouton browning. Advice includes basing Yorkshire puddings on meat drippings, adding milk to eggs for custard, cooling with hot water for tomato soup, saving crusts, and reheating braised beef in small pieces.
Directions explain boiling chocolate in water not milk, then adding heated milk. Proportions: one ounce chocolate to two parts water, reduce by half without adding water. Milk heated, sugar dissolved in milk, Laid sugar per cup. Milk limit two cups plus whipped cream optional. A plain version uses four tablespoons chocolate in a pint water, ten minutes, then a pint hot milk. Flavoring optional. commercial chocolate offers vanilla.
A historic recipe lists suet sugar milk baking powder cloves cinnamon raisins currants flour baked in a bag and boiled three hours. For sauce mix white sugar corn starch butter and boiling water, bring to a boil and flavor with lemon.
A fashion notes column describes new winter silks, browns, suedes, and pastel tints shaping outfits. It highlights mammoth bows on shoes, Tam o Shanter crowns, and furred stoles knotted like cravats. The palette centers on puce and rich yellows browns, with brocades for smart coats and orange-tinged wools gaining popularity.
The first illustration features a large garnet red chiffon hat on a Gainsborough frame with folds and two ostrich plumes centered by Pleated marine, creating a high effect. A tailor-made girl’s hat in corn color braiding is faced with night blue chiffon, pale blue velvet loops, and a gilt buckle, fastened with three box-pleats for a stylish neckpiece to accompany a tailored gown.
A simple fur hat trim, the Spanish rosette, uses rich laces and sabre to create a striking effect. Tulle rosettes on a squirrel skin hat feature a central rosette of accordion plaited gold ribbon replacing jeweled ornaments.
A new liquid powder is applied with a sponge or brush and is said to resist wind and weather. Once evenly spread, it supposedly prevents shine during a downpour, allowing a woman to shop all day without a shiny forehead or prominent nose.
Indoor wear low shoes feature admirable workmanship and ready to wear options. Colors include gray, ochre, tan, fawn, pale greens, pastel blues, and rose pinks with kidskin and suede. evening slippers use velvete, satins, and heavy silks. A club sandwich recipe follows with layered ham, chicken, lettuce and mayonnaise on hot toast.
William L. Hall discusses tree companionship and how soil moisture light and heat shape which species grow together. He cites White Ash and Black Walnut, Chestnut and White Pine, and notes changes in surroundings alter growth while sudden shifts cause death. He also recounts currant pests and lessons on early spraying, plus concerns over grazing in forests and planned government measures.
The article notes shifting farming patterns over the last decade with corn expanding westward via dry-farm methods while alfalfa moves eastward and northward. It advocates mixing alfalfa with corn for cattle, citing protein and carbohydrate balance and cost efficiency, and mentions alfalfa’s multiple-cut advantage. It also discusses performance-based cattle registration in Jersey, and new patent cake tins that ease cake removal.
The article stresses health as the primary requirement for profitable poultry keeping whether at home or shows. It warns against cayenne pepper as a cure-all, urging absolute cleanliness, lice and mite control, and preventing disease by isolating new purchases in a separate building for observation before integrating them into the flock.
The article argues soft feed can ease digestive burden on fowls, especially those lacking greens, while others caution against it. It advocates varying the ration with pea meal moy, middlings and bran, and stresses that feeding poultry is a learned science requiring study beyond basic quantity. It notes few books exist on poultry feeding and calls for practical experiments akin to animal husbandry.
The article notes a beauty treatment using egg whites to cleanse skin and condition hair for Circassian women, detailing application and washing recommendations. It also reports T. E. Orr being re elected secretary treasurer of the American Poultry Association after a Minneapolis meeting, praising his leadership and the association’s impact on poultry interests.
Fowls yield best results when fed a variety of foods. The article notes most birds lack variety in winter while in summer they forage for diverse ingredients in the field garden and orchard, supplying what they need through natural foraging.
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