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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
2
New York fashion reports tassels on stockings as the season’s new craze. Silk stocking insteps feature tassels matching gown shades, with lacing and bow ends, paired with opera and afternoon gowns. Parisian influence and Fifth Avenue debuts showcase coordinated colors and subtle black accents.
Diners are offered inexpensive luncheon ideas for Dridge era gatherings. Suggestions include melon halves with blackberries, jellied gumbo cups, boned chicken or Virginia ham, aspic vegetables, tiny rolls, iced coffee, stuffed tomatoes, olives with mayonnaise, peach or blackberry sherbet with wafers, plus cheaper options like iced coffee and mini sandwiches.
Fashion notes describe soutache braid as a decorative element in new hats. Many models show braid woven into the crown with satin brims in black and colors. An unusual gat in hat uses guinea hen wings and duck feathers arranged at the front with braid disks and knotted loops.
The article notes silk bands are out of style for trimming on voile and cloth frocks. Wide folds and stitched pieces are replaced by braid for seam coverings and design accents on skirts and coats.
A new silk for scarfs enters the market. It is slightly heavier than chiffon and close in texture to crepe de chine, with handsome designs in floral colorings. Widths range 22 to 24 inches and price is two dollars a yard.
Despite forecasts, very large hats stay stylish this season. Theater and street styles feature flat trimming with two trims shown: a simple twist of black moire ribbon and a bold gourah feather with a satin bow.
The year’s vogue favors tame hats and satin as a historic high. Pearl and crystal beads return to favor while half of general wear silks are taffeta. New velvets lean toward fruit shades and coats feature short waists. Washable fabrics dominate children's wear as crepe de chine rises among principal year fabrics. Fur felt hats return for winter and silk broadens roles in linings and dresses. Picturesque effects define evening and day outfits with street skirts slightly longer than summer ones.
The passage describes trim buttons sold in millions of but tons for this season. Buttons are placed in back-of-sleeve panels from wrist to shoulder in groups of three or four lines and run along the back width of flat skirts in five rows. They match or harmonize with frock material or satin.
A new hat trim named Pocahontas features wings in varied colors forming an Indian head dress look. The yard long tassel stretches across the hat and is offered in prices from 75 cents to six dollars in multiple colors.
An Iowa farmer in Orange Judd Farmer argues tile drains yield high dividends on invested money. He favors laying tile below frost and 3 to 3 1/2 feet depth, a two inch fall per 100 feet, straight ditches, and 3 to 5 rod spacing with three inch tiles for short runs. He notes frost delays spring work but water in ground ensures proper grading and performance.
A Country Gentleman reader asks for grafting tomato on potato and vice versa. The simplest methods are saddle and splice grafts with tender shoots. Use sharp cuts, join faces, tie with soft cloth or raffia, and cover briefly to reduce evaporation.
A Farm and Home writer advises winterizing a 36 inch cylinder threshing engine by cleaning the boiler, filling with cold water and oil, building up steam, blowing out, cleaning grates, greasing the firebox interior, oiling flues, and adding dry shavings to absorb dampness. The writer notes engines with 16 years of use can still run well.
George A. Matthews, a miller for 46 years, urges farmers to clean grains with fine screens to remove nails and iron. He reports finding a quarter pound of nails in 500 pounds of grist, noting nails endanger grinders and could kill a cow if eaten.
Gasoline traction engine can plow land at about 80 cents per acre. Few readers own large farms, but a group purchase offers a way for several farmers to share the outfit.
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