NOGHOST AT THE BANQUET Embraced Neither Fish nor Fowl nor Red Herring
A reader condemns lavish Thanksgiving feasts while narrating a vegetarian alternative feast prepared for six with a $2.80 total cost. The letter argues for frugal, meatless meals, cites a poor woman with $1, and urges readers to consider cost, nutrition, and ethics of animal slaughter. It contrasts a grand menu with practical substitutions and reflects on prohibition and temperance themes.
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The
Sunday Globe
Missionary Society
Ain
First Woman Lawyer in France Eclipses Peers at Law School
Mile Bibesco, a 23 year old Romanian heiress, becomes the first woman admitted to L Ecole du Droit in Paris. She ranks top among 500 male students, supported by her devoted mother. Six years of study ensue with near perfect attendance. Now practicing in Bucharest, she is also an accomplished pianist and artist. She aims to master French for the World’s Fair.
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Mile
Sarmisa D. Bibesco
L'Ecole du Droit
Bibescu
Paris
Bucharest
Roumania
College of
L’ecole du Droit
America
Petsee
Towar Mile
Bibcesco
France
Bibesco
Europe
How To Make Sauces By A Self Made Cook
Octave Thanet explains sauces using flour butter and liquid, emphasizing slow cooking and stirring. A white sauce recipe uses flour, butter, and stock, with optional onion, lemon, and cream. variations include Hollandaise, brown, tomato, and bread sauces with practical tips and flavor boosters.
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Octave Thanet
Weekly Globe
Gaul
Proper Way to Avoid Getting Corpulent and Vocal Tonic
Health and beauty Q and A column invites readers to submit feminine questions on appearance hygiene and dress. Topics include facial lines eyebrows and skin, swallowing raw eggs for voice, effects of cosmetics, use of gloves for hands and care routines, Christmas gift etiquette, and simple beauty remedies for moles and bronchitis with cautious nontechnical guidance.
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Tur Weexty Gtrost
No. 1 Triples Pasteboard Boxes and Doll Pincushion
A historical note describes No 1 triples with six pasteboard compartments containing shoe buttons hooks and eyes bone and pearl buttons safety pins and bonnet pins. A Chinese doll pincushion model is described with a bran filled underskirt and floral cover. A jurist anecdote recounts a barrister winning an acquittal by self defense though the client’s counsel was privately retained.
How Gowns Are Trimmed In Style This Season
Far and chiffon materials dominate as gowns feature trim at the edge of skirts necklines and shoulders. Designers showcase varied finishes with lace overlays and delicate embroidery shaping the latest evening wear trends.
Trimless winter gowns redefine fashion through defined ornament points
Dress styles shift with season to season. This winter the most pronounced fashion features no trimming overall and relies on precise placement of trim. Simple borders mark the skirt while shoulders throat and belt become the visible ornamented zones for改ust.
Fashionable Collar Styles and Evening Wear Details
The article discusses narrow to medium straight collars on dresses, variations with passementerie and fur, and fastening methods. It notes fur or ribbon edging, brooch closures, optional white edges, and restraint from day wear by high collars and faradise accents. It also covers linen raiments, jabots, chiffons, and lace trimming on gowns, plus recent styles seen in society.
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de Medicis
Frugal 1887 to 1888 Diet Records Show $1.60 Weekly For Four
In 1887 at Iowa Agricultural College and 1888 at Purdue University I recorded seven weeks of family meals for four adults. The daily fare included beef, lamb, fish, eggs, dairy, vegetables, fruits, breads, and sweets with no fuel cost counted. Estimated weekly cost was $6.40, or $1.60 per person, prompting claims that such quality meals can be cooked for $1.60 weekly with careful planning and preparation.
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Iowa Agricultural College
School of Domestic Economy
Purdue University Indiana
Ambitious Clerk Sees Laugh as Birth Certificate Shocks
A man requested a copy of his birth certificate and, after reviewing it, smiled blandly and asked the clerk if he could be Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. The odd question followed the document handoff, leaving the clerk puzzled by the claim.
How to Make a Smooth Sauce by Octave Thanet
A rustic guide describes preparing a white sauce with bread crumbs milk and butter. It advises heating miling add cream season cook slowly for about three quarters of an hour and finish with a touch of cream or wine to achieve mellow silkiness.
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Italy
How the Chinese Brew the Celestial Beverage
The article explains a traditional Chinese method for brewing tea with precise steps. It emphasizes warming the teapot, using a level spoonful per cup, pouring boiling water into the warmed vessel, steeping four minutes, and serving without seasoning. A discussion with a hostess and traveler ends with the traveler insisting tea drinking is a rite, not an experiment.
Appointment sample from Racine firm in Wisconsin
A fragment notes a fifty dollar appointment set for eighty days hence, referencing Rea er sample for eight, and B Bucor & Co. of Racine Wisconsin. The readable portion implies a business or legal notice item from a local firm.
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Bucor & Co
Racine, Wis
Many Cooks Share Turkey Roasting Secrets From Boston Chefs
Weekly Globe readers learn diverse stuffing methods from Boston hotel chefs. Recipes include royal French stuffing with pork fat and truffles, home and chestnut dressings, and various regional styles. Chefs advise careful stuffing, browning, and slow roasting for tender meat, with differing opinions on ingredients like truffles and chestnuts.
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Boston
Senhor Antonio de Oliveira Boteilho
Quincy House
Hoe
Redfern Fashions in Paris Styles for Dec 12
Paris fashions feature plain skirts with demi trains and narrow fur trims. The bodice belts and girdles shift, front trims vary, belts are pointed and festooned sashes appear among the fashionably inner circle. Corsets return for slender waists, with details aligning to the season’s refined silhouettes.
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New York
Paris
Sioe
Only One of This Style Gown Declared by Redfern
Redfern presents a unique fashion gown described as the only one of its style. The top jacket features a bias-cut striped gray and black camel hair cloth with Elizabethan sleeves and a curved fox-edged collar. A black velvet basque with fur trim sits beneath, while the skirt combines bias cut in the back and straight cut in the front, accented by three narrow fox fur bands with velvet between.
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Adolf Ladenburg
New York
Redfern
For Those in the Thirties Fashion Chronicle
The passage describes a Redfern originated design for women in their thirties, noting its stylish yet costly nature. It features a long embroidered white cloth panel, undersleeves visible beneath curtain sleeves, bear trimming, and a costly garment overall. The accompanying hat resembles a shortened beaver with velvet band, bow, buckle, and back feathers, deemed suitable for mature ladies rather than the young.
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Redfern
le Baron DE Bremont
High Art Stores Show Offbeat Home Decor Trends
A newspaper feature surveys bold decor fads from upholsterers and shops. It highlights black walnut and Louis XV style chairs, wicker backs, and gilt trim, plus a novel curtain pole from a forked tree limb. Also noted are lamped screens, bamboo and wood accents, lace curtains, sash curtains, and a surge in easel orders.
Greatest Remedy on Earth Miss De Fashion Marriage
Dialogue centers on Mrs De Fashion warning about late hours and dissipation harming health. Miss De Fashion admits concern as she laments loss of beauty and plumpness. The implication of recovery through marriage is stated as the remedy.
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Mrs. de Fashion
Miss de Fashion
Getting There With Both Feet
A reflective note on mindset as a man vows to stop running for trains. The piece frames the decision as a step toward wisdom, suggesting mental clarity grows when urgency yields to deliberate pace.
How to Cook a Beefsteak Sirloin Broiled with Oil
A historical cook’s note describes preparing a beefsteak by using a bone removed sirloin cut of 1 to 1.25 inches thick and 1.5 to 2 pounds in weight. Two to three hours before cooking mix olive oil salt and pepper, rub into the meat, then broil over bright coals for 10 to 15 minutes after searing one minute per side, finishing hot with watercress and no butter or extra seasoning. Oak-fired method aims to seal juices and tenderize the steak through oil infusion.
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