Buy this book on-line The Modern Priscilla: Fancy Work--Fashions--Housekeeping. March 1915, Volume XXVIX, No. 1The Priscilla Publishing Company, Boston, MA, 1914
Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration of a woman wearing a traditional Dutch outfit who is working on a sewing project near a window with tulips. 10 1/4" x 14." Sixty-two pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Inside of front cover has an ad for Cream of Wheat illustrated by Edward V. Brewer that shows the Cream of Wheat chef greeting a young girl riding a hobby horse who asks, "What do you charge for board, sir?" Back cover has a comic-strip-style ad for Colgate products such as their Toilet Soap. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. The Modern Priscilla is a monthly magazine that was first published in 1887. It absorbed Everyday Housekeeping in 1912 and Home Needlework Magazine in 1917, and the magazine's run ended when it merged with Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine in 1930. Modern Priscilla covers various topics such as sewing and needlework projects, craft ideas, china painting, cooking recipes, home and life advice, the latest fashion trends of the time, and other aspects of domestic living. The following are some of the articles and features in this issue: "Crocheted Auto Bonnet of Raffia Twine" by Miss R. A. Walsh, "Crocheted Bags for Summer Use," "Simple Craft Jewelry" by DeWitt C. Van Note and Grace Deane Hopper, "Tailor Tacks in Process of Making" by Lilian Barton Wilson, "With the March Hostess" by Marjorie March, "Floral Buttons Made from Bread Crumbs" by Ida D. Ekbergh, "Pique Embroideries for Little People," "Decorated Cracker and Milk Set" by Nellie M. Pairpoint, "Embroidered Handkerchiefs," "Bags and Parasols" by E. Marion Stevens, "You and I and Our Clothes" by Isabelle Martin [article about the relationship between consumers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and garment makers], "Priscilla Fashion Department," "Everyday Housekeeping: Tabloid and Powdered Foods" by Winnifred Harper Cooley, "Health Hints for Women Workers" by Dr. Henry J. Gildersleeve, "Making the Most of Your Home: When the Lights Are Turned On" by Margaret Rutherford, "Helps for Housekeepers," "Maple Recipes" by Elizabeth Irving," "Dorothy Discovers More Housekeeping Helps," "Meat Substitutes for the Lenten Season" by Fannie Merritt Farmer, "'For Man Must Eat': Puddings with Variations [by Mary Currier Rolofson]; A Real 'Dainty Dish' [by Aldis Dunbar]," "Mother Problems" by Maude Kent, "Evening Refreshments" by Minnie A. Emmons, "Making a Model Home Garden" by Clarence Sturgia, "How Much Fuel Do You Waste in Using a Gas Oven?" by Claudia Q. Murphy, "One Solution of the Domestic Problem: Economy of Time, Labor, Fuel, and Food Bills" by Christine Terhune Herrick, "The Business End of Craftswork" by Nellie M. Pairpoint, and "Colored Embroideries for the Living Room.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of The Modern Priscilla: Fancy Work--Fashions--Housekeeping. March 1915, Volume XXVIX, No. 1. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, atlases, livres anciens, out-of-print books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |