Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1903 — The April Designer. [ARTICLE]

The April Designer.

Easter is made the keynote of The Designer for April, not only in the fashions and millinery, but in the general reading matter and illustrations. Among the articles of espeolal note are “Easter Lilies” by Waldon Fawcett, “How Some Bachelor Maids Keep House” by Mary Kilsyth, and “Types of Childhood” by Dr. Sarah A. French-Battey. “A Lily Maid” by Martha McOulloch-Williams. “An Afternoon with the Doctor” by Bertha B. Green, and “Adriel and the RainDeer” by Vincent Van Marter Beede supply the fiction, and obarming spring-time poems are contributed by Theodosia Garrison, Harvey Peake, Blanche Allyn Bane and B. A. Hitchcock. “Lace and Embroidery” is the department which will most interest the fancy worker, while those in search for appropriate entertainments for the season will avail themselves of “Easter Egg Parties” by Mary Dawson, and “An April Fool Party” by Mary Dowe Bnzzelie. “Book Notes” criticises in a frank and interesting way the latest literature, and “Fashions and Fabrics” describes and illustrates the newest fabrics, trimmings and novelties. The regular departments of “What Women are Doing,” “Helps Along the Way,” “Toilet Table Chat,” “In Motherland,” “Floriculture,” “Etiquette Hints,” and the “Kitchen Kingdom” are brimful of interesting and valuable suggestions. The subject of confirmation toilettes is made a special feature aside from the regular fashion department, and “Points on Dressmaking” and “Lessons in Millinery” occupy their nsnal space.