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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1902
Page
28
Maude Griffin surveys advance midsummer fashions emphasizing waistbands belts and satin trims. She notes pongee fabrics, black velvet belts with pearl buckles and new silk blends, plus bold greens and intricate lace and embroidery.
The engagement was kept secret from their families. Mr Worthington, son of the late Roland Worthington who owned the Boston Traveler, is a yachtsman who splits his time between Bracken Street in winter and Falmouth in summer. Miss Johnson earned funds to buy a trousseau and had been living with her mother at Wrentham.
A recently married Philadelphian moves to Germantown seeking tranquility. He hides a peach tree from his wife hoping for a future crop. After warm weather, the tree blooms and his wife fills the house with the fragrant blossoms. He discovers every blossom has been eaten or spoiled by the tree.
A Boston romance ends in a high society wedding as Roland Worthington a millionaire clubman marries Edith Johnson public stenographer and typist in the Worthington skyscraper on State Street. The event concluded a few days ago amid social attention and speculation about the groom’s plans.
Miss Helen Vanderbilt Wackerman, famed British artist model, is brought back from Cranburn asylum to Buffalo with mother and uncle aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Her health and mind deteriorated after alleged insinuations by Prof. Hul bert Herkomer. Doctors hope familiar surroundings restore her. She has spoken coherently only twice in nine weeks.
The excerpt discusses Miss Wackerman's mental decline following notoriety from a Royal Academy exhibit. It notes her father's claim of improvement after asylum care and relapse after leaving treatment. It cites Professor Herkomer’s painting seen as a portrait of Miss Wackerman and the artist’s alleged ban on her returning to his house.
Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter, long kept from society, begins a public debut this season with her charming daughter. Despite a stout figure and retroussée nose, she is described as the most gifted of Victoria’s children and now enjoys royal privileges she lacked before.
A plan in London seeks to establish a Twentieth Century club for employed women across professions. Three noted millionaires back the venture to provide a residential facility in the west end for working women.
The account describes a young woman on a voyage suffering a mental breakdown attributed to her contact with Professor Herkomer. She displays violent behavior, tears newspapers, and smashes glass. her mother blames delays in a comfort cable and plans legal action against a carrier. A London club plan for working women is also described, detailing rooms, meals, and a piano donation.
The town’s summer residents in Great Neck L I will have Miss Minnie Ashley as a neighbor after buying the property she occupied last summer. Residents opposed her entering the neighborhood and blocked renting the Brown property, so she purchased it. Nearby are the homes of W Gould Brokaw and ex Mayor W Grace, with Admiral Schley also noted in the area.
Letters praise Peruna as a remedy for summer colds and catarrh with claims of rapid improvement. Testimonials from Mrs. Chas. Steinecke and Miss H F Kimbro cite personal health gains and sustained work ability. The ad urges readers to request Dr. Hartman’s free advice and a testimonial book.
A St Paul hosted state federation toast features a club woman arguing for respect toward men and highlighting their pivotal role in civilization. She mocks the notion of women overpowering men while praising man as indispensable and urges keeping men as advisory to the federation with humor about gender roles.
Fashion notes describe heavy pongee vest options with white enamel buttons, white pique skirts with black polka dots, green silk leaf belts, chiffonette fabrics in pastels, white duck ties with light leather Cuban style heels, embroidered undersleeves with broad turnover collars, yachting suits in white brilliantine trimmed with white louisine or taffeta, and Eton jackets with front fastened by white enamel and gold buttons.
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