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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1901
Page
19
Fashion notes describe tailor made gowns with new jacket trimming, ostrich feather muffs and boas, and fur accents. Details cover Pompejian red cloth gowns, boxed plaits, deep cuffs, and elaborate vests. Accessories include white lace boleros, parasols from London, and faux ermine linings for evening wraps.
Household Hints from the Washington Star cover Nantucket fish chowder and home crafts. Recipes include Captain Folger chowder, ginger snaps, a wizard oil for headaches, drying citrus peels for kindling, kerosene stain tricks, oven temperature control with water, and a peppermint cream candy method.
A historic cookery piece guides using every chicken part for deluxe dishes. It details leg and breast handling, giblet uses, and sauces, with specific methods for deviled legs, Perigueux legs, wings, and supreme Waldorf style, plus chowder, puddings, and stocking care.
Capes disappear as evening wraps shift to coat form with sack shapes and lace trims. Sequin gowns fade from favor while sable boleros and golden otter skins dominate chic looks. Skating gowns feature brown embroidery and lace collars, paired with otter fur and pink pompons. Women favor versatile gowns with jackets and quilted hats, prioritizing ease of wear for travel.
A plain gown by a well known designer features a pale fawn corkscrew silk. The coat is simple with no revers or collar, V shaped front, fastens at the front. Basque reaches four inches below the waist, back slightly shorter. Trim consists of a white band edged with dull silver braid. Skirt mirrors the coat, costume deemed a complete success.
The article discusses the gendered role of a short tailored skirt in a woman’s wardrobe. It argues the garment suits occasions from shopping to business hours, highlights practicality against street paving, and notes style notes like fabrics, colors, and the distinction between everyday wear and more formal outfits.
An advertisement warns of a deadly blood poison from contagions and snake bites and promotes S. S. as a guaranteed vegetable purifier. It claims S. S. removes the poison, builds constitution, improves appetite, and offers free home treatment with a book and physician correspondence. The firm, The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga., is cited as the remedy supplier.
Sack coats of fur feature perpendicularly striped skins ending below the hips with a horizontal striped ruffle. Sleeves adopt bishop puff style, big directoire lapels with heavy Russian lace, chinchilla turban trimmed with blue panne and two jeweled quills. Muff and coat lined with white satin.
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