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Here are the final pages of the July 1913 issue of The Modern Priscilla. It wraps up and concludes the fashion and cooking articles, as well as shorter articles, including the Priscilla Juniors section and article about Summer Food for Children. These last pages are also chock full of ads for interesting things
Here are some patterns for a collar of heavy crochet, and instructions on how to embroider on mosaic canvas. Ads on these pages included Barbour’s Crochet Thread, Post Toasties (cereal), “Sell Hosiery – any man or woman should make $24 a week for 2 hours a day selling hosiery for men, women, and children…”, Typewriters, Embroidery Silk, and more.
I think that the turn of the century business advice for women was just fascinating. It’s “The story of a woman’s success in adapting the materials at hand and developing from them a pleasant and profitable occupation….” . The middle section is about how to stop food waste, which in 1917 was estimated at $700,000 [...]
My head is swimming with lace doilies! Headlines from these pages include: Smart Accessories for the Summer Wardrobe Hardanger for the table – Embroidered in one color (oh my) White Embroideries for the Bride’s chest – a collection of useful linens A Fitted Piano Scarf with an elaborate Crochet drop Smart blouses for all occasions Cool [...]
This “batch” of scans included information and advice on correct corset adjustment, the many uses of peanuts, advice on mothering, and more patterns and ads! I especially liked the ad for garters for children – and all the corset ads! Below is the end of the April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla that I [...]
Here are some misc scans – it appears to be the cooking and kitchen section of the April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla… being a terrible cook and uninterested in cooking, I didn’t bother to read any of these articles, and barely looked at the vintage ads for Quaker Oats, Boss Ovens, and Cocoa. [...]
These few pages of Edwardian fashion drawings were most fascinating! The Modern Priscilla advised on summer styles for the 1917 bride, house dresses and negligee, Summer styles for children, and spring coats for grown ups. I’ve scanned a few pages twice to make sure that I also got the ads along the sides of the [...]
The “centerfold” of this April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla magazine was a detailed pattern and instructions on how to crochet filet pattern lace and create bridal teacloth, napkins, pincushion, scarfs, scarf ends, and doilies.
Here is some 1917 advice and articles from the Modern Priscilla on adding lace to women’s clothing, decorating hats with embroidery, and an article or advertisement about Summer Blouses of Viole fabric. I scanned these several times to capture both the vintage ads as well as the articles from this magazine. I especially enjoyed the [...]
I scanned thru the needle work section of the April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla, which had patterns and advice on making doilies, tatted edges on linens, crochet patterns, small hand sewn gifts for the bride, and other needlework ideas. I’ve scanned several of these twice, because my scanner bed wasn’t big enough to [...]
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