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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
6
The piece urges caution in buying artificial hair and cautions against unsanitary wigs. It warns fashion demands may lead to poor practices and stresses buying from reliable sources, proper fumigation, careful placement of puffs, and seeking expert hairdressing guidance for flattering styling.
The article urges women to cultivate grooming habits to save on professional services and maintain appearance. Practices include pushing back cuticles after washing, rubbing ears with a chamois powder, and shaping eyebrows between damp fingers after bathing to achieve neat, attractive brows without natural perfection. Consuelo, duchess of Marlborough, is cited as an example of cultivated brows.
Massage the scalp daily to loosen it and improve blood flow to nourish hair. Splitting ends signal poor nourishment and will improve with massage and proper digestion. Yellow eyes indicate internal trouble needing internal remedies. A long narrow face suits a low pompadour and puffed hair at the sides, with wide hats.
A girl keeps a curious cushion in her boudoir with a hidden flap on the wrong side. Opening the flap reveals a pocket containing scissors needles skeins of silk and a thimble. The thick filling hides the tools well and no visitor would jump in fright.
A care note explains water leaves white spots on wax finish and prescribes a protective coat. Mix Zanzibar copal varnish with boiled oil and tupps in specified parts by weight to apply evenly. The instructions emphasize guarding the wax to prevent water marks.
A strip of flannel folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water is wrung out and applied around a child’s neck. this simple home remedy is said to bring relief in a few minutes for croup.
An article extols bookbinding as an engaging and profitable pursuit for girls with drawing or design talent. It notes personal contact with authors through bindings, financial stability, and the appeal of turning a skill into a livelihood, with higher value for rare editions and prized author collections.
A housewife places high importance on closet capacity when choosing a house. She seeks large capacity closets and often finds herself constrained by small spaces. To gain more room she discards the hooks that are usually fastened to the top and sides of the closet.
A middle aged couple in a high end car dined modestly at a fashionable restaurant. They ordered sparingly with lamb chops and salad while the wife later requested sweetbreads for her Persian cat. The bill totaled 1.25 dollars, with 0.00 for the cat dish.
An illustration describes clothes supporters that maximize closet space by extending to hang many garments on a lower crossbar and folding them into a compact form without creasing. Garments stay accessible without removing forward hooks, simplifying reach to items stored at the back. Washington Star report.
The article explains repairing a skirt tear using thin paper underlay to shape the hole, then carefully darning with fabric ravelings. If no fabric pieces are available, use raw edge scraps from skirt gores. A French patch requires no underturned edges and is basted in, with edges darned smoothly and pressed carefully.
A satirical verse critiques a lone, self focused man who misses love and family. It portrays his harsh self imposed toil to ease his life and his lack of marriage as a bitter compensation for an unkissed fate, ending with a blunt, harsh assessment.
Describes a papercraft method using cardboard silk satin linen or leather bases and narrow colored strips rolled and twisted to form flowers and berries. Details the tracing transfer, rolling technique, shaping with pressure, and gold edged borders to create a framed mosaic effect.
The dinner bell marks the happiest time of day when each family member comes to the table in a genial mood and brings bright cheerful demeanor. No one should complain or share troubles, as the gathering should be a source of fun laughter and light conversation to combat indigestion.
Canned artichokes form a novel entree base with small amounts of cauliflower peas and French beans for filling the cups. Saute the artichokes in butter until lightly colored and ready to use, with optional string beans in the mix.
A quaint tale about a little brown man with a saw who piles wood so high it reaches the sky. He climbs to the moon and keeps smiling as he saws, remaining there when the night sky is bright. The piece ends with the line Woman's Life.
A party game uses slips of paper each bearing a story with musical terms omitted in parentheses. Players fill blanks with correct terms such as minor major staff note rest time natural theme pitch sharp solo melody flat tune. Ten minutes are given to complete the missing words and a sheet of music is the prize.
Describes a party game where one player stands blindfolded in the center with spoons while others circle and clap. On shouting spoons, the center player touches others with spoons to identify them. If correct, the identified player is blindfolded and a new round begins.
A sequence of pun style questions answers are given. The form links resemblances between objects and phrases such as silks like clouds when changeable and boats like a hatter fitting a cap. The final pun notes the man Mont Blanc when peaked.
A child asks what his father does and learns he is a tea sampler. The boy replies that when he grows up he will be a cake sampler, expressing a whimsical double dream of future work.
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