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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1902
Page
29
A blend of recipes for preserving oranges and desserts followed by a portrait of debutante culture. Miss Alice Roosevelt is cited among society’s brightest stars as gowns and gowns trims dominate the season. Debutante wardrobes emphasize simple elegance with panne velvet and lace trims, large hats, and jeweled buckles.
The Washington Star describes Cuban dining as lavish with multiple soups and sweets. It details yemas dobles and other confections, notes adaptations for American tastes, and cites a Cuban housewife’s recipes plus a skim of fashion from Ladies' Home Journal.
No 2-A dainty coat trimmed with ermine. No 3-Norfolk jacket suit in polka dotted material trimmed. No 14 Lace veil evening hat with flat crown of roses, cream lace veil, lace Yorder, buckle back, veil draped.
New York Evening Post panel on eternal youth features top Paris actresses including Mme. Sarah Bernhardt. Bernhardt says fatigue is her stimulant and she never rests, sleeping late and often driving to the theater.
A Paris gossip piece surveys actresses like Sarah Bernhardt and Yvette Guilbert, noting Bernhardt’s habit of 10 eggs daily and champagne only drinks, plus open windows and long periods outdoors. It contrasts other stars’ varied health beliefs from quiet repose to cold baths and heavy scrubbing.
The article divides rubies into orient, Siam and spinel varieties with many subtypes. It notes orient rubies as the finest and most expensive, often flawed at larger sizes, and describes uses and prices from history, including per carat values in francs for 1 to 6 carats.
A historical account contrasts legends of carbuncles with ruby science. It notes luminous myths, double refraction, high heat resistance, sources in Ceylon India and China, and classic gems in Europe and Russia. It questions night air dangers and jokes about taxing air as a medicine.
An inventive woman introduces a rubber cheek cup device to plump hollow cheeks by suction. Wear daily with a complexion tailored cream, then rub with a rough towel after removal to distribute blood and prevent congestion, promoting a rounder cheerful face.
The text reflects on eight hours of nightly sleep in a 24 hour day and twenty years of unconsciousness in an average life. It ponders how the air breathed while asleep could determine the usefulness and extent of life, asking who can say.
From the Millinery Trade Review the coming months favor greens in all shades. White, black, gray and brown pair with ivy green ribbons and mistletoe to trim broad brims. Hats feature upturned fronts, decorative poufs, and parrot green couteaux for striking contrast.
The piece discusses the instinctive love of purchasing for its own sake. It notes that many travelers, especially in London, seek to acquire something from new towns or villages and finds that women are more drawn to cheapness. Men may pay a premium to obtain what they want, but avoid buying items merely because they are cheap.
Two imported gowns drew notice during a dresser show. One gown features yellow ribbon bows on brocade with rose garlands and net over yellow satin with chene flower appliques. The other showcases white satin with a hand floral decoration and pearl embroidery accents.
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