The Woman's Hour on Women Earning Abroad and Fashion
An overview of how women abroad gain livelihoods across Europe, highlighting fields from art and engraving to telegraphy and agriculture. Notable examples include England's large female workforce, Julia Margaret Cameron's photography, and various national programs in France Germany Norway Sweden Italy Austria and Switzerland fostering women’s trades and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sarah K. Bolton
England
France
Porcelate
Eng
Julia Margaret Cameron
Iie
Wilit
Tennyson Browning
Carlyle
Darwin
Herschel
Tocus AG
City and Guilds of London Institute
Albert Mall
South Kensington
Howell and James
Doulton & Co
Lambeth
Ainting
Gliss
Sugiuuen
Priming
Fplateaux
Paris
Lubeck
London
New York
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Flotsligen
Wurtemburg
Oven
Wales
Millington
Royal Agricultural Society
Lertum
Deroysire Articultural Society
Mary Adcock
Vienna
Berlin
Italy
Naples
Florence
Milan
Turin
Brussels
Stockholm
Austria
Imperial
Education
Sterior
Floral Decorations Return to Simplicity in American Fashion
Harlem to Harper's reports a push toward simple floral décor in U S society. Roses and white clover bouquets dominate table and corsage arrangements with choices like yellow watercress and Niphetos roses. oversized corsages and heavy violets are discouraged. Vanderbilt ball featured two large rose bushes and 2000 roses, while ornate floral fans and baskets framed the grand gallery, signaling Nature in decor over artificial displays.
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Harper’s
United States
Eaiporgs
Wales
Indy
Gloire de France
Vanderbilt Bail
Grand Gallery
Rian
New Floral Fashions In Roses Ferns And Tulips
The article notes Eveland and France as sources for newer floral trends with American additions like native Southern roses, the Cherokee rose, and decorative single roses for corsages. Ivy and Japanese ferns replace sinilax, the latter resembling a marabout feather. Tulips rise for table adornment though central pieces fall from favor.
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Eveland
France
America
Evolution of Underwear and Stage Fashion in Dress
A discussion on reforming undergarments from bulky bindings to healthful one piece and silk garments for women and children. It notes Miss Bates showings on Tremont street and how stage fashion influences public taste, with examples like Mrs Florence’s ornate costumes and the need for sensible, well fitting attire.
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New England
Wavau
Lauies
Ives
Madison Square
Jennie June
Florence
Dullar
Fashions in Winter Dresses for Children and Infants
The article details winter children’s wear focusing on white muslin for the smallest babies, blue flannels and cashmeres for 18 month to 2 year olds, and heavy flannel dresses. It describes belted blouses, yokes, and box pleats, plus walking coats and infant cloaks in eiderdown flannel with Jersey-like backs.
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Greenaway
Wso
Hair care and Parisian styles for ladies and children
The article outlines year round hair care including brushing with bone combs, soft silk braids for ends, and periodic washing with egg scalp rub and ammonia rinse. It details Grecian and French twists, figure eight curls, bangs with crimped waves, front arrangements, and Parisian children's hairstyles with ringlets, ribbons, and high twisted tops.
Fancy-Work Knitting Design for Clouds and Shawls
Knitting pattern notes describe Zephyr wool with No 4 or 6 needles. Cast on an even number of stitches and knit a plain row. First row is plain knitting. Second row slips one, knit three together over, repeat to end. Third row shifts two plain stitches and knits a single plain row to finish.
Handcrafted Hood Crochet Pattern from Old Manual
A verbose crochet instruction fragment details making a hood and scarf from cream white Shetland wool. It covers stitch sequences, chain counts, rows, and borders, including a long foundation chain, trebles, and a decorative Joep border. It specifies materials, needle size No. 14, and a 202-stitch cast on with row-by-row guidance.
Convenient work bags described for art needlework
The text details convenient work bags made from pongee with a yard square outside, edges beromed, lined in cambric or pongee. If pongee lining is used, size must match the outside, with silk embroidery sprits on all corners, stitched casings in a circle, ribbon draws, and pockets for silk and needles.
Handsome Terra Cotta Pipe Display Suggested
A short botta about three feet long and eight to twelve inches in diameter can be made into a striking article. It should stand on a turned wooden stand painted the same color or on a brass plate. The Litter is suggested as more effective with a varnished stand. Designs may include a stork palm tree marsh water scene frog duck reeds or river bank motifs.
A Rug Could Be Made From Wool Scraps
A home craft description explains making a thick rug by stitching together woollen scraps and velvet in a variegated checkerboard pattern. Nails mark the edge, strips are laid diagonally, and a black wool edge is knotted. Lined with coarse fabric, the rug becomes warm and sturdy for use.
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Germantown
Linen craft instructions for decorative cushion and cases
Guidance on cutting prison-case linen to cushion size, tracing a design from Mother Goose or Under the Window with pencil, light ink, and damp linen to reveal the pattern. Trim edges with linen lace. Create toilet bottle cases that fit closely, detach for lathering, decorate with similar sketches, and finish tops with matching lace trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
A New Fringe in Macrame Work Pattern Guide
A historic macrame instruction outlines a long double foundation thread of thirty-two inches divisible by six. It details row by row knot techniques using twelve strands, buttonhole knots, and double knots, with the sequence repeating star to star to create a fringe ending in a tassel.
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Jenith
Wheelbarrow garden decor with gilt finish and moss
A novel decorative technique uses a gardener wheelbarrow filled with flower pots and green moss to hide them. Inside edges hold a wooden trough with climbers and lycopodium, ivy draping over the wheel, then gilt powder applied with a camel hair brush and varnished with white varnish for lasting brightness. Standed on a bright red rug.
Fancy Basket with Coral Satin and Blue Flowers
Description of a shallow wicker basket covered in clear coral colored satin. Center flower uses coral silk in satin and overcast stitches with gold bronze. surrounding blue petals in buttonhole and overcast stitches. Vine leaves in olive and reseda, raised spots in satin. Brown crewel lacing at lower edge. finished with bright chemise braiding and silk pompoms. Handle twisted with satin ribbon. end bows. Basket may be gilded to appear brighter.
Crochet Edging Pattern Draft
Crochet instructions describe starting with four chain join a row of turns and multiple treble stitches. The pattern repeats segments under chains with chains separating trebles and chains, culminating in eight trebles separated by one chain in the final section.
Quilt Shell Pattern Instructions Cast On Forty Six Stitches
The text describes a crochet and knitting pattern for a quilt shell design with numerous chains trebles and double trebles, row by row instructions, and technique notes. It includes shell motifs, loop maintenance on the hook, and repeated sequences for multiple rows, ending with finishing steps and materials.
Rug making: knitting instructions for raveled tapestry rug
The article describes making rugs from raveled tapestry. It explains cutting carpet pieces two inches wide, laying a damp cloth, and ironing. It details knitting eighty stitches with a plain row, then crossing threads, weaving, and continuing. It mentions using worn wool and various fabric scraps and a preferred flannel for lining.
Knitting Terms Definitions and Abbreviations
A glossary of knit stitch terms and procedures. It lists knit stitch plain purl two together slip stitch pass over and related actions with references to thread over needle slipping and crossing stitches in various steps. The text reads like a primer for basic knitting shorthand and technique notation.
A Romance of War Captured Rebel Woman Story
An ex union captain who became a Chicago merchant recounts seizing a Georgia mansion during the war. He subdues a female defender, endures a soak with dirty water, and later returns to buy the land. The rebel, Honey, becomes his wife, and he warns raiders of a harsher reception at his Dearborn residence.
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Troy Times
Chicago
Georgia
Liam
Theo
Vic Dboys
Pope
Coes
Temple
Honey
Land
Dearborn Avenue
Lost by a Kiss in Vienna Court Society
An Austrian nobleman, famed for his beauty and sensitivity, loved a young beauty favored by many suitors. At a family gathering, forfeits required bridesmaid kissing, and the count kissed her cheek. A rival then claimed a kiss from the lady, provoking a fierce contest. The lady yielded to the rival, the count recoiled, and, in a moment of public humiliation, lost his beloved and left forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Remarkable Vitalic Treatment Promises Cures
Philadelphia doctors Starkey and Palen offer a thirteen year old Vital sic Treatment claimed to aid chronic diseases like consumption catarrh neuralgia and gronchitis. They invite inquiries from sufferers whose physicians have failed to cure and pledge prompt advice and case reports to evaluate potential value.
The Difference Between a Want and a Need
The Graphic advises buyers to test purchases by imagining the full cash value of the item to distinguish want from need. It compares the distinction to dessert versus dinner, urging readers to consider whether they truly need the article before buying.
The New Senator from Ohio
Henry Payne of Cleveland is described as the new Ohio senator, a 74 year old refined, nervous man. He is quick, alert, impressionable and popular in Cleveland society, an innate gentleman with fortune and suavity. The passage also advertises Wissoula Magnetic Insoles priced at 50 cents for all sizes, noted to prevent coughing when cold feet rise.
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Ohio
Henry Payne
Cleveland
The Toilet: Hand Care Through Cleanliness and Care
This article guides mothers and women on hand beauty emphasizing daily cleansing with soft water and soap, then suggests routines for softening skin with ammonia and borax, care with tepid water, and gentle abrasion with fine sand. It also covers nail shaping, cuticle treatment, and polishing using natural oils, with tips for maintaining smooth, white hands and nails through regular, modest routines.
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Bert Burm
Practical advice on hair removal from a reader
A letter discusses depilatories and shaving, calling many products worthless. The author prescribes softening skin with cold cream then plucking each hair with tweezers, repeating weekly. Light needed to see hairs. skin irritation is cured with more cream. The writer claims thirteen years of shaving left no suspicion of a mustache.
How to Clean Hair Brushes Without Soap
Do not use soap for washing brushes. Rinse in hot water with soda in a shallow tray just covering the hair. Move the brush under water until clean, then dry with a towel and air or sun dry quickly. If ivy back is involved, use warm water and dry with soft cloth.
The Ammonia Bath Health Tip From Honolulu Coral
A Honolulu correspondent recommends a summer health preservative: sponge the body with cold water containing a small percentage of ammonia. The ammonia combines with oils from perspiration to form a soap that washes away easily, keeping pores open and promoting comfort.
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Honolulu
Shipping Paupers as Sailors Exposed by Boston Herald
The Boston Herald reports on a shipping agent known as Paddy West who recruits men from workhouses and jails for steamships, paying £410 per man. The recruited sailors are often unfit, barely clothed, and suffer abuse aboard ships like the Illyrian. Several listed recruits from Brownlow workhouse are described in detail, including illness and misery. The alien commission asks the British consul to prevent their landing and arrange repatriation.
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Boston Herald
Addy West
Liverpool
Paddy
West
Illyrian
Wiese
Francis Malaxey
Joseph Itfield
Wiliam Ashcroft
George Brooks
Weir
Brownlow
Massey
Bty
Sejman
Compission
Rot
Atlantic
Calvin's House Demolished in Orleans Landmark Loss
The 10 Rue du Gros Anneéau home of reformer John Calvin, where he studied law and hosted visitors Theodore de Beze and librarian Leurez, has been pulled down. Demolition workers raze many old houses in the Chatelet quarter, erasing much of the area's antiquarian charm.
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Calvin
St. James
Orleans
John Calvin
Rue du Gros Anneéau
Theodore de Beze
Leurez
Pick and Spade
Chatelet
Furnishing the Devil With Fuel
An editorial argues against aligning religious belief with political punishment, warning that removing polygamy from religious duty only fuels vice. It asserts Ayer's Cathartic Pills cleanse the system and renew vigor, contrasting reform with moral decline.
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Ayer
Weekly Globe Club List price page catalog
A compiled list of magazine and periodical subscriptions with prices. Includes Arthur's Home Magazine American Dairyman Atlantic Monthly American Poultry Journal and many others. Offers notes on minimum subscription periods and address limitations for orders through Boaton Mash.
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Arthur's Home Magazing
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art Journal
Amerian Garden
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Pilechtenemaels
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry Word
LGU
British Quarterly
Newlow
Blackwood's
Brainerd’s
Beadle’s Saturday Journal
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of
New York
BOO
Bailey's Magazine
Seeesse
Hee-keeper's Magasine
Babyland
Boston Piiat
Boston Medical Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journa
Christian Leader
C.cecesss Sveerses
Century Magazine
Country Gentleman
Connecticut Farmer
Courier-Journal
Demorest
le Donahoo
Edinburgh
P.c
Frank Leslie
Wkly
Bunday Magazine
Germactown ‘Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardener's Monthly
LOO Howe Circle
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People Herald of Health
Rousekeeper
Horpe Journal
Iniiana Farmer Independent
International Revlowa Homestead
Journal of Microscop
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
Atuder Loijaure
Pi Lippincott's Magazine
London Lancet
London
Edinburgh Revie London Quarterly Review
London Quarterly Review
Methodist
Ameri Mining Record
Mother's Magazing
North American Review
N.Y
Spertaman
Ohio
Puck the Best
Portland Transcript
Espeacer-Sccses-Cocssecese
ROD Phrepological Journal
Princeton Review
Dead Prairie Farmer
Peterson's Lady's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Rideout’s Magazine
the Republic
Boston
the Critic
Vick's Floral Magazine
Westmmaster Review
Waverley Magazine
Watchman
GLOBE
Remarkable cure tale from Vermont rail man
Our correspondent reports on Joseph Jacques, a Vermont Central Railroad master Mason, who suffered severe kidney disease and swelling. After trials with doctors, he credits Warner’s Safe Cure for restoring health, aided by testimony from Dr. Fassett and railroad officials. The piece frames the remedy as a warning and hope for others with Bright’s disease.
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Corrasnondest
ST. Altan
Messrs
Vermont
America
Herewich
Joseph Jacques
Vermont Central Railroad
Laduttes
Efort
Ber
Meally
Cnay
Leon
J. E. Rankin
Washington
Congregational Church
Warner
Oscar F. Fassett
United States
Jacques
John W. Howart
Val & Map
Janes Foss
Vinegar Mine Discovery Near Grass Valley Sinks Shaft
Miners employed by Live Oak Company sinking a shaft south of Grass Valley near Bear River encounter a thin rock stratum releasing a strong acetic acid in a water stream. Experts declare the liquid vinegar, while some claim it results from orchard runoff and fermentation. A sump is being used to drain the acid and work halted for now.
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Grass Valley
Live Oak Company
Bear River
Llive Oak
Orat Sonpeces
Que
Of Two Courteous Virginians and a Cane
Hezekiah Jackson recalls meeting Colonel Cabell who politely claimed a cane Jackson had received from a stranger in New Orleans. Cabell identified his cane by distinctive marks and reclaimed it, saying he left the original at the Opera House on November 3, and its journey to New Orleans remains a mystery. Jackson then received a fine replacement.
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Danville
Hezekiah Jackson
Colonel Cabell
Mr. Jackson
New Orleans
First Aid Advice For Sprained Ankles In Irving
A historical note advises taking a sprained ankle patient to Irving for instruction on healing. It claims a man can walk without using ankle joints if needed and suggests improvising a bandage from a torn expensive tennis shirt wrapped tight after wetting a bandage.
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Irving
Teu
Treating Dyspepsia With Sand in Chicago News
Dr G Kerlus argues that blue sand aids digestion by making food more porous after noting herbivorous animals eat dirt with meals and birds ingest sand. He has given finely ground salt with food to patients and reports cures, urging humans to try sand with meals.
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Chicago News
G. Kerlus
Dr. Kerlus
Tough French Tramps Found in Streets Arrests Rise
In the past fortnight no fewer than 800 beggars have been arrested in the streets of Paris for begging and related offenses. Reports note long lifespans among the group with many claiming no bed for decades, and several say they have not slept in a bed except in prison for thirty years.
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Labouchere
Uis
The Good Old Ways the Best. Chicago News
The lesson of Henry Villard's sky rockety career warns reporters not to invest in wildcat railroad ventures. The old approach of prudent savings remains best, even as a Raven on Covers cough remedy touts complete cures for coughs hoarseness and sore throats.
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Chicago News
Henry Villard
Raven
Delicate and Feeble Ladies and Hop Bitters Endorsement
A promotional Victorian ad extols Hop Bitters as a cure for tiredness female ailments and irregularities. It claims relief from headaches nervous prostration and menstrual troubles and includes testimonials from women in Providence Bradford and Auburn. The piece also asserts the product is not alcoholic and highlights a nursing mother’s use improving both mother and infant health.
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Bradford
Penn
Fannie Green
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Rochester
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