Victorian and Edwardian Time Capsules
The Artistic Arrangement Of Cut Flowers – 1911
Advice given in 1911 for arranging cut flowers. Is the artistic arrangement of cut blossoms a lost and neglected art? It appears so, when one views with wondering eyes, the cut flowers adorning the average home. Bunches and knobs of short-stemmed pansies and violets topping tall clumsy vases; lilies sprawling awkwardly, roses so bunched... »
Antique Recipes: Refreshing Hot Weather Drinks 1909
Antique recipes for Lemonade, Fruit Punch, Iced Russian Tea and Chilled Chocolate, early 1900s: A cooling beverage on a hot day is most refreshing, and, when taken slowly and in moderation, is not injurious to the normal stomach. The thoughtful hostess remembers this, and on a hot, sultry day provides some such refreshment, not... »
Antique Recipes: Cold Desserts for Dinner – June 1896
Antique recipes for cold desserts from June 1896. Date Meringue This is a delicate dessert, and may be quickly made in a case of unexpected company, if one has at hand the necessary ingredients. Beat the whites of five eggs to a stiff froth, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and one-half pound of dates,... »
Antique Recipe: White House Strawberry Shortcake 1896
Strawberry luncheons, festivals, fairs and teas, will be the popular entertainment throughout the month of June, as the berries may be had in abundance, and in their natural state are easily prepared, and without being a tax upon the hostess, and are for most people a tempting and delicious refreshment. Mrs. Hayes once gave,... »
Fashion For The Coming Season by Helen Goddard – November 1895
Fashion for the Coming Season – Fall 1895. The average woman has one street costume for the winter season, which must do duty for many occasions, and November is the month that is usually selected for making it, as the new styles by that time are sufficiently settled to present something definite in regard... »
House Gowns by L.E. Crittendon – November 1895
Women who do more or less of their own housework should have a neat and becoming gown, however simple, for the purpose. Calico is so cheap that one can afford plenty of it to make a waist and skirt of tidy fulness, yet one almost invariably economizes on material when purchasing prints, and gets... »
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