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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1905
Page
3
Readers learn easy winter bulb growing with hyacinths in small pots for continuous bloom. Instructions cover pot sizes, soil mix, drainage, and timing for October planting to ensure Christmas and winter flowers. Also included are simple recipes for baked apples and crumpets with step by step prep and serving notes.
A half yard square fashionable pillow with borders is shown as a decorative cushion for chairs and couches and may be reduced for smaller settings. Embroidered lace birds and jeweled trimmings ornament the pillows while the center remains plain for comfort. The coat features openwork embroidery revealing green silk lining beneath white cloth fabric.
Fashion notes compare long fitted coats with shorter tailored three quarter length designs. Long coats prefer warmth but hinder walking and require bulky accessories in snow. Half length three quarter coats with matching skirts dominate for travel and shopping among stylish women today.
The article notes that frail chiffons and gauzes are chosen for elaborate bullion embroidery with a mauve chiffon gown in silver as an example. It argues most women avoid a single standout gown and prefer variety in costuming to show frequent changes, suggesting small touches of bullion or silver and gold outlining can be attractive without effort.
The feature article praises blue broadcloth ensembles with rich embroidery and metallic trims. It notes harmonious color, sleek lines, and abundant ornamentation reinforced by velvet touches, highlighting a stunning circular-skirt suit with tucks at the hips.
The piece describes highly ornate tailored gowns with empire long coats and jackets, dominated by gray but featuring claret, purple, green, blue, and plum shades. Many gowns have sweeping, ground-touching skirts, bell shapes, or plaits, using broadcloth and soft materials like cashmere and velvet.
Exquisitely chic burnt orange silk beaver hats trimmed with dark brown velvet plumes arrive from a famous French milliner. The deep brown hue harmonizes with orange tones as velvets bind the brim and crown, with brown plumes cascading over and under the upturned brim.
A steel-blue sicilienne features a silver tracery pattern, practical tailoring with a deep pleat at the shoulders, fullness drawn into a black satin girdle, open fronts revealing a white blouse and cravat, leg-of-mutton sleeves, and a full shoulder line.
An evocative portrait of motor racing fervor along Long Island for the Vanderbilt Cup. Mechanics and drivers obsess over each car, tuning and testing before dawn as spectators imagine speeds and times, while foreign rivals guard reputations amid a fevered, communal pursuit.
The article extols an era of extravagant dress with yards of new materials and trims. Sheer fabrics and lightweight weaves gain chiffon-like delicacy, demanding equally refined trimmings to ensure a gown achieves fashionable success.
The item details unique capes for semi-warm weather made from cloth or silk in light shades. One satin cape features a collar or velvet trim with two gold buttons. A hidden closure uses hooks and eyes.
Gilson Willets recounts a memorable early writing interview with Russell Sage at 506 Fifth Avenue. Sage refuses to be hurried, saying he is going out as he buttons his weathered derby. The anecdote appears in Writing for a Living in World's Work via Free-Lance News.
In Bombay the fate of imported Japanese fans is told. Some fans bore depictions of Medina Mecca and Bagdad angering Mohamm ands who bought them to stop sacrilige. They petitioned authorities with 300 signatures to halt further imports and inform Tokyo. Reports in Pekin Times allege Seoul rumor of Korean children and a family shot by Japanese forces near the Seoul Wiju railway.
A Yankee dispatch lauds a Toronto magistrate for handling forty cases in forty minutes. When asked for his method, heially replied, you must have some system. The report highlights rapid efficiency and a suggested approach.
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