How Bernhardt Lives and Feeds Her Restful Routine
A Globe interview with Madame Bernhardt at the Hoffman House reveals a methodical Parisian approach to meals and rest. She details waking with coffee and eggs, a noon luncheon of varied fruits and meats, a six o clock light supper, and a theater night dinner, all in four regular, moderate meals. She values quiet rest and a cool room for sleep, underscoring discipline amid stardom.
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New York
Arah
Hoffman House
Madame
la Bernhardt
Sarah
France
Madame Bernhardt’s Health Regimen and Vanity Items
A detailed portrait of Madame Bernhardt emphasizing travel rituals and self care. She carries her own bedding and pillows, bath routines with scented soaps and orris, and insists on walking daily and avoiding drafts. The piece notes her insistence on baths, skin care, nails, balms, and exclusive perfume preferences, likening her to a dainty but vigorous figure.
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Madame
Erande
Napoleon
Rue St. Honore
Paris
Mme. Bernhardt
Man
Debutante Rachel Sherman Ties Knot With Dr Paul Thorn dike
Old Tecumseh’s spirit appears in Miss Rachel Sherman daughter of a great general and now bride of Dr Paul Thorn dike. The debutante displays quiet gracious manners, hereditary frankness, and high ideals, reflecting Ewings ancestry through her mother. She is slight graceful and tasteful in dress and demeanor.
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Rachel
Paul Thorn
Dike
Rachel Sherman
Paul Thorndike
Enamelled Work Table Described With Pink and Gold Decor
A winter favorite is a white enamelled pine work table in a kidney shape with two shelves. Between the shelves hangs a work bag crafted from art cretonne or blue denim. The bag folds in one piece, sewn across the bottom and halfway up the side, then the corners are folded back to form revers.
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Art Cretonne
Confessions of a Cook By Octave Thanet Bread Experiments
A humorous reflective piece recounts Octave Thanet’s long, mixed trials with yeasts and breads. It notes his guidance from Mrs Emma P Ewing, rejects cast iron rules, and details practical steps for white bread including batter, dough, kneading, and oven technique.
Skating Costumes Feature Russian Style Fashions
New York observers note skating costumes this winter blend bright colors with Russian influence and reversible fabrics. Descriptions include belted coats in fawn and olive green, beaver trims, and feather boas, plus a blue gray fox bordered hooded cape in brocaded silk and velvet accents.
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New York
Gowns for the Evening by New York Fashion Editors
Evening gowns this season favor rounded or oval shoulder lines with modest low necks. Young women prefer diaphanous fabrics while older wear waists that cover the shoulders with various back and front shapes. Brocade is common but often unattractive. if used, design should be simple with satin underlayers. Bengaline, white bengaline, chiffon, tulle, and crepe appear in gowns for debutantes and young women, with trims of lace, ribbon, and flowers.
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New York
Jon
Strong
Pau
Miss Strong
Marie Jonreau
Fashionable Woman Wears Watch On Shoulder
Describes a fashionable woman wearing a watch on her shoulder, secured by a brooch rather than a chatelaine. Explains decorative design and crafting steps for oak leaf motifs in chamois skin with gold veins and ribbon tying, eight by four inches.
Gotham Society Glides Through a Glorious January Day
In EW YORK the Monday crowd poured into the avenue and park in carriages and atop, as stylish New York society ladies displayed quiet, elegant dress. A notable debutante event occurred at Mrs. W. F. Strong’s 176 Madison av, a grand dance for Miss Strong, followed by a reception with gifts from Pau and a display of gowns, hats, and accessories reflecting high society taste. Marie Jonreau reports from the scene.
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York
New York
Upper 6Thay
Avenue
Chantilly
Mort
Salt Lake Beauties Outshine Yankee Sisters in Brigham Circle
A Salt Lake World feature praises Salt Lake as home to the Union’s prettiest girls, focusing on the Young family and Brigham Young descendants. It highlights Mrs. Isaac Clayton and other Young daughters, their beauty, figures, hair, and attire, with notes on temperament, education, and marriage patterns within Mormon circles.
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Salt Lake
Isaac Clayton
Fanny Young
Clayton
Spencer Clawson
Sue
Wenney
Ae and Company
Eien
How to Make a Bag With Clever Ties and Ribbon
The author advises fastening the bag to cleats, then gathering the bottom with a ribbon bow. A well made bag should have a wide hospitable mouth, making items easy to slip in and locate, a desirable feature in any bag.
Poem Fragment from Chicago Post
A quirky verse from the Chicago Post speaks of longing and a planned union. The speaker imagines a courtship with phrases about laughter window and door as metaphors while mentioning seeing the father and a proposed marriage plan with domestic tasks.
Sewing Instructions for Ribbon and Lace Attachments
The directions call for one yard and a half of ribbon and valen ciennes insertion each one and a half inches wide, one and three quarters yards of three inch lace, and one and one quarter yards of narrow edging. Divide the ribbon and insertion into eight pieces and sew them alternately. Point the ribbon and sew the broad lace to the bottom, with insertion and narrow edging to the top. Attach a plush ball to each ribbon point and use narrow ribbon or a small silk cord as a drawing string.
Bernhardt Says Money Means Little To Her
In a recent interview Sarah Bernhardt declares she earns nothing from her career and spends freely. She dismisses accounting, saying money comes and goes, she detests keeping accounts, and would not earn it if she could. She insists she has enough and dislikes calculations.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Dialogue on marriage resolve between He and She
A clipped exchange shows He pressing for marriage and She remaining firm. He questions change, She asserts unwavering determination, and He concedes reluctance to marry such a woman. The tone is terse and declarative.
Rosy-Cheeked Ohio Girl Faces City Snubs in New York
An aspiring maiden from Ohio visits New York to study art. She rides the elevated, notes two men whisper Jersey about her, and decides to stay away from the rumor mill until she can dress more suitably. Her Western stamp and rural cut contrast with city eyes.
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New York
Ohio
The
Recorder
Jersey
Eareet
Original Toilet Set for Birthday Gift
An original toilet set crafted from cotton batting and light blue tinsel cord. includes a pinked handkerchief case eight inches square, seven-inch mats, and bottle covers. Edges are pinked, tinsel borders added, and items planned to be tied with light blue ribbon. Initials or scenes can be worked in with light blue silk or tinsel for a decorative finish.
If Time Were Only Money. Washington Star Cartoon
A humorous exchange between artists ponders value and time as currency. One quip suggests investing in youth with a playful arithmetic, while the other questions the idea, implying subjective appraisal of art and time.
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Washington Star
Young
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Old Tecumseh
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le Baxon Pe Bremonnt
Atttred
Gotham Society
Miss Winnie Clawsor
Clawsons
Winnie Lawson
Uta
Mrs. Langtry
Shen
Lulu Clawson
Winnie Kimball
Winnie Kdiball
Chicago Post
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