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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1901
Page
6
The house bodice remains an intriguing winter theme with new French Plaids for spring imports. Delicate colors abound with a soft new blue paired with pale almond green and cream. The waist features a lined model with a cream cloth yoke, lace overlay, wide box plaits edged by black velvet buttons, and a vest scalloped at the bust line finished with black velvet ribbon.
A description of sleeve styling uses a cap of voke material to smooth shoulders with plaid fabric draped and finished by a black velvet button. The sleeve edge over the hand is lined in cream troth and turned back. The design is praised as suitable for home fashion.
Hats from Paris fashion houses appear pictorial yet small showing the elaborate headwear. The featured large tilted hat showcases new brown velvet, eery satin lining, guipure edge embroidery, left side satin plaiting, and a harmonious palette of five browns and pale ecru with heavy plumes.
A mangled recipe fragment describes turning a pint of white turnips with whites of six eggs plus ree, a gi of cream, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Mix and rub through a fine sieve, add to three quarters of red bean soup, and serve very hot.
A sentimental scene accompanies an advertisement praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a sovereign remedy for irregularities and uterine troubles. It cites Grace Stansbury’s testimonial of relief from ulceration of the womb after exhaustive medical trials, local treatments, and morphine, crediting the remedy with a dramatic recovery and widespread faith.
Elegant possibilities arise from narrow satin bands on winter coats. Braiding and appliqué ribbons crown the design, with double faced satin used for weight and shine. A Persian red foundation shapes the fit, back seams slash to the waist, and the collar mirrors the ribbon motif. A matching khakel velvet hat with maroon plumes completes the look. Helen Grey-Page.
Fashion notes midwinter millinery with a long ago influence as designers revive quarter century old silhouettes. A broad crown defines the new bonnet with wide trim and chiffon shirring on velvet hats, signaling fresh adaptation of older styles.
The article describes velvet hats with pale blue chiffon brims and pale yellow rose accents, plus black ribbon velvet sets and plumes over black tulle. It discusses winter cloaks in satin faced cloth from cashmere to brocaded silk, fur trimmed with long trails, and a box coat style. It notes checked silks with new gowns and mousseline bodices with ornate trimming and Brussels net borders.
The pattern combines a waist and sheath skirt into an ideal long cloak. Known as princess style, it features a fur edged collar, fur tapers, and two broad fur bands down the front. A fall cloak thin for winter can be interlined, fur trimmed, and worn as a long cloak.
The article notes a new fabric called mousseline, a soft dainty mix of cotton and silk for trimming. It explains American mills now weave airy goods rivaling imported materials, offering a cheaper alternative with less silk than traditional mousseline de soie and organdie textures.
A fragmentary recipe describes fricass to parsnips with bréch milk butter flour pepper salt and serve. Peel parsnips boil drain cut into pieces and simmer in a sauce of rice bran gauik butter flour and seasoning for about a quarter hour.
A visiting parson questions a prisoner about his crime as he borrows money. The prisoner explains he knocked the felon down three times before obtaining the loan and insists it was not a crime to borrow. The dialogue reflects legal satire on phrases about crime and necessity.
In France there are about 5 010 000 hens valued at 117 000 006 000 francs at two francs fifty centimes each. One fifth of stock is consumed yearly as food, selling for about 22 500 600 francs. Two million of eggs, worth 5 000 000 francs, sold as food. Laying hens yield 34 000 000 eggs with annual value of 183 600 500 francs. One million francs equals 200 000 dollars.
An advertisement from D H Turmer of Dempseytown Pa praises Dr King s New Life Pills as a cure for liver stomach and bowel issues promising a return to youth. A separate note states Jasper county Missouri yielded zinc and lead worth 4339429 in the year ending June 30.
A reader notes that typically clerks are cheerful and accommodating, though physical strain and headaches distract. The writer laments rare moments of irritation, marveling that a clerk rarely shows emotion as every nerve seems on edge.
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