Gowns and Gown Makers in New York Society
In a lively New York City column, debutantes and ball fashion take center stage as gowns of velvet silk and lilac are praised for color meaning and style. A bold young woman boasts she can make a stunning dress for under two dollars, succeeding with a $1.80 pale green Japanese crepe gown, complete with modest accessories.
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York
New York
Balzac
Delmonico’s
The
Sunday Goose
Marie Jonreau
Redfern Fashions and Health Advice in Sunlight
Redfern presents winter garments in navy blue and tan with fur accents and a new long waist silhouette. Cashmere House Gown features a simple corsage and buttoned sleeves. A Health in a Sunbeam note urges home cleanliness, pure air, and sunlight to curb disease, citing Koch and Ransome.
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New York
Redfern
le Baron DE Bremont
American Public Health Association
Fredeick Montizambert
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D.C. L
Quebec
Koch, Ransome
Last Days of Kilts A Move Toward Boyish Dress for Boys
A 19th century interior piece notes a silent shift from dresses to trousers for young boys. It describes fashionable knee breeches and mature dress coats, with tails on overcoats, and praises the new leg freedom while detailing styles from age two to fourteen. It also mentions the influence of European fashion and the photographer’s role.
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New England
America
Loredeeming
Jersey
Old Fashioned Betrothal Banter at Silver Wedding
Margaret warns Rose her fiancé must be older by ten years. Rose insists she is 26 and engaged, while Margaret reveals she has just received an invitation to Rose's parents silver wedding next week.
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Margaret
Rose
Waltham, Maas
Elgin
III
United States
Weekly
GLOBE
Waltham
Weekly Globe
Kiss Folly Tests English Society Romance
A well known society youth and a millionaire daughter figure in a humorous tale of romance. The couple share a Friday night visit at the girl's home when she resists a kiss. The old guardian hides nearby, but the suitor pleads on, prompting a sharp command to kiss him and send him away.
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Alice
Rolls and Muffins by Octave Thanet
Octave Thanet shares practical methods for making rolls and muffins from the same dough as bread. He details yeast proportions, kneading, rising, shaping, and baking, with tips on oven heat, buttering, and preserving texture. He also covers sponge methods for muffins and a graham rye bread, urging cooks to rely on their eyes over rigid measures.
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Fleischmann
Lime Water For Milk In Nursery Tables
A historical note claims lime water aids growth and suggests Texas water heightens height. It describes making lime water at home by soaking quicklime in water, then using the cloudy top as a daily mixer for milk, a tablespoon per pitcher when digestion is fine.
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Texas
Anak
Had a Lot of Poor Days Harper's Bazar humor
A humorous exchange between Mr. Sellit-Well and Uncle Eph discusses ongoing hard times and debt. Uncle Eph laments many poor days while Sellit jokes about payment, highlighting poverty's everyday pressures in a lighthearted vein.
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Harper's Bazar
Mr. Sellit
Uncle Eph
Peculiarities of the Far From Silent Woman
A playful sketch catalogs common female habits and quirks with a lighthearted, tongue in cheek tone. It notes scissors dropping when rising, washing day as a social lure, farewell delays on horsecars, dress talk among women, and various habits from crying to shoeing, corset sizing, and cooking doubts, presented as humorous generalities.
How to Prepare Laundry List Art Sheets
Instructions describe making two oblong art sheets 18 by 6 inches with a space labeled Laundry in antique lettering. Decorate with flowers above and below or place Laundry near the top, add a bow in the lower right corner, and attach the laundry list to the bows with baby ribbon using about a yard and a half of inch ribbon.
Prevailing Fashion: Skirts Lengthen and Velvet Hats Dominate
Fashion notes describe skirts longer than before with sashes and long ends, lizard green velvet hats with Prince of Wales feathers, fur cravats, white kid gloves with black stitching, seal skin trimmed with Persian lamb, and velvet ribbons trailing from hats. Fur trims and real lace veils complete the ensemble with frock details and chiffons.
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Prince of Wales
White Point Dagene
Marie
Antoinette Fichus
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