Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — The Designer. [ARTICLE]

The Designer.

The Designer for May contains the latest styles for spring apparel and millinery, and gives a generous supply of both. The fiction in this number is most interesting, comprising three short stories: “The Lost Queen of the Papogos,” to which was awarded the second prize in The Designer’s short story contest: “An Open Session of the Cozy Club,” and “The Mystery of an Apple Dumpling,” “A Mayflower Drill,” and “Selections for the Recitationist,” suitable for Memorial Day, are particularly appropriate for this month. “The Modern Bedroom” is discussed intelligently and in interesting fashion, and “For Health and Beauty” gives recipes for some “Harmless Cosmetics.” There are many dainty articles “For the Writer” illustrated and their construction described, and numerous designs for knitting, crochet, and tatting are also presented. “Congenial Fields for Women Workers” treats this month of “Women in Law,” and “Coiffure a la Mode” tells the fair readers of “The Designer how to arrange their tresses in becoming fashion. The new Princess or Corselet skirt has its construction clearly explained in “Points on Dressmaking.” “Books of the day” draws the attention to the best literature which has lately appeared, and “Among Ourselves” reviews topics of interest to women. “Etiquette Hints,” “Nursery Lore,” “Household Advice” and Cookery Recipes for Spring are all presented in the most attractive and practical manner. The May number, by the way, begins the fourteenth volume of The Designer.