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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1899
Page
3
Overskirts are back with tight hip skirts and a fitted look achieved by dropping petticoats and using tights. Paris influence spreads as crepe like satin antique fabrics and lacewaists rise with net veils and transparent detailing.
Fashion notes describe spring hats featuring flower clusters and wire stalks that rise up to six inches above a hat, with roses violets primroses and pansies forming close clumps. Feathers give way to fresh posies as hats sway with movement. Another trend links hat pin heads with a jewel encrusted enamel flower chain.
Dandyish wraps gain style with silk piping and gray coatings replacing traditional browns. Remnant counters yield crushed velvet and embossed satin used to craft coat bodies with cutaway tails and large lace jabots. A sewing professional assembles inexpensive ensembles from old skirts, silks, satins, or wools for the waning season.
The article explains new corset designs for spring, emphasizing a shorter back, front boning, and reduced use of clumsy coutille. It notes better shape with less padding and lacing, describes aerated linen pads, and predicts upcoming slim silhouettes with home wear corsets in linen lace and beading.
For Little Ones article notes strong demand for children's eiderdown garments and fashionable additions for misses and girls ten and older. Describes miniature top coats in kersey or imitation father’s style, satin ribbons, velvet coats, lace and fur trimmings, and dainty cambric or China silk finishing. Boys’ school suits highlight cheviots, plaid mixtures, plain collars, vests, and ribbed serge fabrics.
The article advises tea gown tailoring with tight fit and suggests alternatives for those without ideal figures. It lists fabric needs, yardage for double and single width materials, and describes popular styling such as a la Louis Quinze fronts with velvet ribbons and antique buckles. It also notes color combinations and cost estimates under five dollars for materials.
Tailors prepare spring coats for young slender women with short waistLength jackets cut to the waist and sloped hems. Designs feature a high fly front, severe sleeves, and corded silk facing. coats with beetle tails suit short figures while long cutaways suit plump figures, though style may fade.
A long instructional piece guides women readers on spring window gardening and makeup care. It covers makeup removal and restoration, flower handling, bulb forcing, and indoor plant care for April blooming, with tips on geraniums, vines, bulbs, jars, and jabs at social etiquette.
The article prescribes a nutrition rich with iron and quinine tonic and cod liver oil, or cream. It stresses regular meals and sleep, outdoor exercise, straight posture, and avoiding slouching or high pillows. It recommends walking, light riding, or cycling as progress allows and daily backboard or floor time for the spine.
The guide explains keeping delicate blossoms healthy for a month or six weeks with careful handling. Start at purchase by choosing very fresh flowers and avoiding overly cheap blooms that may already be aging.
A decorous card case article notes a shift from leather to large fabric cases. Rich outer fabrics like antique embroidered silk or royal purple velvet with gold, a satin lining, and tufted batting create a luxurious accessory. Owners personalize the lining with embroidered initials and may own multiple cases to match outfits.
A Vanity Fair meditation on how fashion leaders influence social standing through presence at their homes. The piece discusses Mrs Tiptop as an example, questioning why attendance at certain houses signals exclusivity or friendliness.
A Gardiner Maine dancing master calculates seven miles traveled in ten waltzes per evening at six feet per step and sixty measures a minute. Estimates stride length 31 1/2 inches and speeds vary by army, with cadences from 112 to 128 steps per minute and stride lengths around 29 to 31 1/2 inches.
Miss Anna M. Byrne won autumn wreath for her essay In the Times Herald of Chicago on Woman as an Investor. The thoughtful convincing masterly piece impressed bankers financiers and insurance men who kept or marked it for others. Byrne argues finance remains a man's game.
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