Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — The August Designer. [ARTICLE]

The August Designer.

The fTont page cover and the numerous color plates presented in The Designer for August are of remarkable beauty and should be seen to be appreciated. The fashion and millinery features are daintily appropriate for summer. Worthy of special mention are the articles on “Ribbon Decorations,*’ “How to Make a Picturesque Summer Hat” and “Bathing Suits.” “Open-Air Life for Women” is contributed by the well-known writer, Waldon Fawcett, and is handsomely illustrated, and M. Buzzelle supplies what is sorely needed at this season, viz: “Entertainments for Summer Evenings.” “Interesting Hall Furnishing,” by Mary Kilsyth, “The Latest in Embroidery” and “What Women Are Doing” are of unusual interest. The two short stories of the nnmber are “An Aunt in the Way,” by Edwin L. Sabin, and “Little Stefano,” by Anna Cosnlich; both will hold the reader’s attention to the end. “The Girl and the Miner,” by L. O. Lennart, is a short and snappy drama for production by amateurs, and “Selections for the Recitationist” supplies choice verse culled from the best poets. “The Apology of Ayliffe,” a love story of marked merit by Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirk, is now running in The Designer, and the chapters presented in this issue are brimfnl of vitality. “Toilet Table Chat” discourses on “Keeping Cool,” “Sensitive Feet,” “The Price, of Beauty.” “Acquiring Plumpness,’’ and “The Teeth versus Dyspepsia.” The best in current literature is discussed in “Book Notes,” and “Etiquette Hints,” “All around the House,” “In Motherland” and “The Kitchen Kingdom” cater to the fancies of all members of the family.