Modern Chafing Dish Recipes From a Gilded Era
A vivid digest of chafing dish popularity with socialites and recipes. It traces its ancient roots and highlights famous hosts like Mrs George Gould and Mrs John Jacob Astor. IncludesWelsh rarebit, Seefsteak a la mode, chicken croquettes, sweetbreads, oysters, and Spanish cream pudding with step by step prep notes. The piece also touches on infant feeding cautions from the Chicago Tribune.
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Israel
Vompeli
George Gould
Lakewood
John Jacob Astor
Trhinelerk-On-The-Studion
Teka
Het
Cole
Chicago Tribune
Dusters Embrace New Colors and Prices in Lady Accessories
The article notes modern dusters in Aaonting colors with sterling silver handles and feather trims. Blue feather dusters rival cerisy in popularity, while mother-of-pearl handles become fashionable. These items are marketed for milady and her maids.
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Milady
Self rocking cradle novelty welcomed by tired mothers
A London Queen item describes a clockwork rocking cradle for infants up to thirty pounds. The device uses a hidden motor in a metal case and winds with a key. It rocks a child for one to forty minutes at a slow, gentle speed and restarts with a simple mechanism.
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London Queen
Dinner-Giving Etiquette for Ladies in a Refined Home
The article advises modest, tasteful entertaining with simple table decor. It warns against ostentation, favors, and heavy perfumes, favors soft lighting with candles or lamps, and favors low centerpieces. It suggests odorless flowers, boutonnières, and a practical service with bouquets and decorative dishes.
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Saya
Veil Selection Guidance from a 19th Century Sales Spur
A fragmentary 19th century sales advice piece counsels selecting a wide veil with careful fabric choice. It warns against flimsy rags, edged veils, or visible hair, favoring fine net with unobtrusive cross barred meshes and secure pinning while noting modern veils sit beneath the chin.
Shy New York bacteriologist aids city biolab work
Mika Anna Williams, 25, of New York, assists Dr Ardeg in the city health board microbiology lab. Described as tiny and nervous, she handles cultures of diphtheria and cholera germs, explains her training at the Woman's Medical College, and notes her $1,200 annual salary.
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Mika Anna W Illiams
New Worty
Peentini
Miss Anna Wil Mares
Dr. Ardegs
Bireteriological
The
Boards of Health
New York
Miss Williams
Tiveren
Woman's Medical College
Eighteenth Street
Bacilli
The Bicycle Crank Sowing Machine Mated To Husband
A satirical 19th century sketch describes suspending a bicycle from the ceiling and linking its pedals to a wife’s sewing machine to force a husband to exercise and manage domestic tasks. The scenario envisions the husband’s use of muscles while aiding household work, with the wife giving a comic command to start and stop. The piece revels in farcical instruction about coordinated mechanical labor within marriage.
Very Pretty Laundry Bag Frayed by Linen Patchwork
A quaint item describes a small laundry bag sewn from coarse linen 84 by 81 inches. The design features detached daisies in one shade and a second shade layered with a deep hem reaching near the draw-string.
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Hong
Charming Little Den Revealed as Girl’s Private Retreat
A Brooklyn girl transforms a second floor hall into a private retreat for intimate conversations and dreams. Rich cream and gold paper, brocade curtains, a blue seat window, and Moorish fretwork create a sanctum with a bookshelf, trunk of party dresses, and writing nook.
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Aminta
Brooklyn
Hull
Capasions
Nudemoiselle
Toyo
Training English Ivy for yearlong green indoor climber
An early advice piece explains English ivy as a durable indoor climber. It details training along walls or pictures, watering, and keeping it free from insects. It notes the plant tolerates temperature and dry air changes, and that sulfo-tobacco soap and wind methods can control pests. Also included is a domestic recipe for almond macaroons with steps for grinding blanched almonds, whipping eggs, and baking.
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Jean
Camphor Cures the Grip Declares Medical Note
A historical note suggests camphor as a remedy against the grip. It states a drop on the tongue helps dissolve a painful old ailment, though the process causes a burning sensation. Suggests letting camphor slowly dissolve to reduce discomfort and aid recovery.
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Campkr
Pip
The First Long Dress and Girls Life Milestone
Mabel Rich in Golden Days reflects on a girl’s first long dress as a defining rite of passage. The piece argues such gowns mark womanhood, temper playfulness, and shift social expectations, advising patience for youth and cherishing childhood dolls. It contrasts girlhood with adult dress and urges girls to delay adult social roles.
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Regrexrder
Girta
Longfellow
Mabel Rich
Grandfather’s head rest for a cozy rocking chair
Simple but pretty homemade head rest ideas allow grandpa to nap comfortably. A downy pillow is covered in gingham, washed easily, and fitted inside a soft striped or plaid cover. The design uses loops to attach the pillow to the chair back, keeping it out of the way and washable tough.
Oil Cleansing Rules From Actresses
A period source advises using oil rather than soap and water to cleanse the face. It cites actresses who remove makeup with cocoa oil and a soft cloth, claiming oil cleanses skin more thoroughly after travel or abuse, and warns against relying on water alone.
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Jett
Household Ingenuity Creates Tiny Wall Desk Saviour
A New York City resident in Mars unveils a compact wall desk designed for six by ten apartments. The piece folds from two vertical strips with brass brackets and shelves, conceals ink and writing essentials, and can hold a letter holder or card display.
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New York
Mars
N. Y
Compensations of Economy and Simple Joys
A fragment from Harper's Bazar discusses how thrift and simple purchases bring quiet happiness. It contrasts lavish spending with the satisfaction of saving for a desired household item, noting the enduring pleasure from careful planning and achievement.
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Una
Sonia
Harper's Bazar
Unceltent Supper Dish From Potatoes
A Ladies' Home Journal recipe describes slicing raw potatoes thinly, layering them in a baking pan, and sprinkling with salt. Milk is poured to cover and the dish bakes slowly about two hours. Stir gently near the end, adding more milk if needed, to avoid breaking slices and to enhance flavor.
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Ladies' Lome Journal
Fragile fragment on perfumed flower fragrances
The text describes conferred or flower women themes with scented petals and dainty perfumes. It mentions violets, perfumed roses, carnation pinks, sugar mixtures, and methods to steep petals in liquid to release fragrance, but the details are fragmented and unclear.
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