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Monday, 1 May 2017
A Hiatus
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Apologies for the lack of posting lately! I have been suddenly and unexpectedly busy. Posting will resume next month, or possibly July.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
16 July 1881 'The Art of Shopping' by Mary Selwood
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What is it in shopping which so attracts the feminine mind? It must be admitted that the sterner sex are, as a rule, indifferent to the char...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
9 July 1881 - 'The Duties of Servants' by Sophia F.A. Caulfield, Part Two
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While the world lasts there will be the rich and the poor, the rulers and the ruled, the employer and the employed; each class enjoying its ...
Saturday, 4 March 2017
2 July 1881 - Answers to Correspondents - Miscellaneous
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C.J.S. – Avoid writing to other people's husbands, beyond a note on business, of course; and on all occasions let it be openly done, and...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
2 July 1881 - 'How to Improve One's Education' Part One
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The numerous readers of THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER must vary so much in age, position, and education, that it is not possible to write on such...
Monday, 27 February 2017
2 July 1881 - 'How to Make Clear Soup' by Phillis Browne
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Having prepared our stock, strained it overnight, and left it in an uncovered vessel in a cool larder, the next question we have to ask ours...
Friday, 24 February 2017
Tragedy!
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The Tumblr is gone and I will have to redo everything I posted on it. I will delete all the broken links I can, but if I miss one pleas...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
25 June 1881 - Answers to Correspondents - Miscellaneous
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Before WebMD there was the Answers to Correspondents in The Girl's Own Paper . MYRA S. – We decline to inform anybody "the size...
Monday, 20 February 2017
25 June 1881 - 'Seasonable Dress and How to Make It'
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This month we learn that the Little Black Dress was as integral a part of a woman's wardrobe a century ago as it was today. Last m...
Monday, 13 February 2017
25 June 1881 - 'The Difficulties of a Young Housekeeper and How She Overcame Them' by Dora Hope - Chapter Eight
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"So your friend is to arrive to-day, is she, Madge?" said Mr Colville, one morning in June, as they sat at breakfast. "Miss –...
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