Purely Feminine Fashion Notes Across Winter Styles
A detailed survey of high society dress in velvet and mousseline de soie. Commentaries on gowns for weddings, street wear, and evening events feature purple taftas, lace, and Persian lamb trims. New Japanese dressing gowns and smart walking jackets highlight trends for both ladies and gentlemen with emphasis on quality fabrics and tailored lines.
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Ian Batten
Berusd
A de Ls Palz
House Fuera
Amadeas
Weuvain
Sibyley
Bertha
Asay
Walter
Toxiy
Petunia
England
Hints for Housewives on Fashion and Household Tips
Practical advice from a period guide covering cocoa as a refreshment after shopping, camphor scents for clothing, testing cake readiness by oven edge, economies on medicines and bottles, serving oysters, stone raisins, and current fashion notes including red vests, military influences, glossy hair trends, and nightly hair care.
Sunday Good Living Recipes and Tips
Sunday Good Living presents lemon custard and meringue top desserts, Koo Corners fried eggs with seasoned crumbs, custard puddings, oatmeal porridge for brain and muscle, water gruel with ginger, and rum-soaked baked apples. A period culinary column offers practical kitchen guidance and flavor pairings.
Little Things for Little Ones in A Mothers Tale
A nostalgic column sketches toys from the past and a child’s plan to amuse Mrs. Cobb. The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Hoke Smith visit with family, while a young granddaughter arranges a luncheon and songs to entertain her grandmother, bringing gentle delight.
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Dot
Miss Freckles
Grandma
Victorian Home Decor Bees and Bargain Notions
The article describes refined feminine adornments and decorative items such as pink shell brooches with diamond foliage and tiny Cupid, white violets, plush bed textiles in white and glassy effects, and varied cushions for sofas. It notes decadence in fashion and the use of skins for soft coverings, gold bangles with emeralds, and holiday notions stamped with Merry Christmas.
An Engraved Card and a London Embassy Tale of Tonic Wit
An antiquated letter opens with a pompous tale about a mocked ambassador and a cab ride in London. A streetwise girl robs him after a brief romance, leaving him dazed amid a crowd as a later warehouse of letters reveals a Texan reader’s note about a fraudulent land ad and the absurdity of schemes Across broad sketches a narrator from CoLost Poss Tex notes the curious urban life of London cabbies and a weary American correspondent signals a blend of comic and moral misunderstanding.
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Eagar
Esquire
London
Piccadilly
Brogat
Jim
Catman
Jost
cabbie + Lishorse
Deroud
Tex
William Nao
Buck Shoal
M. Co
Saving Time On Soup From Old Recipes
The excerpt describes making beef or mutton broth with bones, salt, pepper, mace, sage, and optional additions like suet balls, oats, barley, dried peas, and mint. It suggests using bone scraps and remnant meat, with steps to simmer and blend flavors for a nourishing soup suitable for children.
Interesting Takes on The Typewriter Boom
A Chicago Post clipping humorously contrasts a couple discussing typewriters with the idea they are talking about machines. The dialogue reveals how the era treats typewriters as everyday business tools, their cost, and the convenience they offer, ending in the husband realizing a misread.
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Chicago Post
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Willie
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Ottins
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