Novelties for Edwardian Era Hostesses

Formerly the good housekeeper was content to have a padding of canton flannel cloth for the dining room table, but nowadays she may have an asbestos pad, which has the merit of keeping the table from damage by heat or moisture, a thing the flannel pad fails to do.

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Formerly the good housekeeper was content to have a padding of canton flannel cloth for the dining room table, but nowadays she may have an asbestos pad, which has the merit of keeping the table from damage by heat or moisture, a thing the flannel pad fails to do. These new pads can be made to order for tables of odd sizes and shapes; an in these days, when doilies so often displace damask cloths for luncheon and tea service, it is an undoubted advantage to keep one’s table in the best possible condition, free from stains and spots.  

The woman who takes pleasure in giving bridge whist parties, will find a unique prize in a perfume named after the game; this is produced by a well-known importer of perfumes, and is a composite odor; it comes in two sizes, and one size is about $2 a bottle. A bridge box holds two pads, two pencils and two packs of cards.

In these warm Summer days ginger ale and other “fizzy” things are so popular that a little patent bottle stopper, contrived for the purpose of preserving the “fizz” in the bottle, after it has been opened, is of interest to the housekeeper and the persons planning a picnic party. This stopper is of rubber and nickel, and by moistening the rubber before inserting the stopper in a bottle, it is guaranteed to keep the bottle airtight. They cost 20 cents each.– New York Times, 1912

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