Summer Girdles and Lace Dominate Ladies Fashion
In summer fashion, wide rib bon girdles in cream, pink, black, and white are popular, with lace and broderie anglaise details shaping reception toilettes. Velvet and patent leather belts, ornate buckles, and family buttons trend as belts and accessories. Frocks for little girls feature suspender frocks in Scotch plaids and pale linens, pairing with lace blouses for day and evening wear.
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Paris
Two Quaint Ideas in Lingerie Parasol Fashion
A decorative fashion note lists a silk parasol to match lingerie ensembles. It describes tucks, lace, braiding, and appliques on the parasol, with enameled or silk-twined frame tips, completing a coordinated set with gowns, hats, and accessories.
The Newest Buttons in Chenille and Metal
In trimming fashion a striking novelty features a chenille and metal button. A chenille center runs circles with shading from dark to light, set in a wrought metal frame in gold copper or silver. Green and brown combos shine, with enamel and cut work metal designs also popular.
Summer Shirt Blouse With Dual Tucks and Yoke Depth
An unusual and pretty blouse model combines two widths of tucks stitched to the yoke depth. The narrow tuck cluster adds fullness while the wider tucks broaden the shoulder line. Silk poplin is replaced by illigatine, offering a softer lustrous material in gray for a charming spring and summer waist.
Details In Dress Reflects Belt Fashion Trend
The article notes meticulous attention to dress details like belts buckles collars and neckwear. It highlights striped patent leather belts in red and white and blue and white with plain dull gold buckles, marking a noticeable yet not startling novelty in belt design.
Wash Negligees For Summer Rest and Comfort
The article advises on home making simple wash negligees using French batistes. It praises pale colors, longcloth-like washability, and delicate trim options such as valenciennes lace in French and German varieties. It recommends narrow stripes and tiny patterns, with pale pink and blue stripings for hot weather.
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Valenciennes
Pongees in Vogue for Silk Street Frocks
The season shows pongees rising in popularity though not surpassing taffeta. A cheap ecru shantung with amber tones appears in a simple self embroidered design with silk stitched borders and soft silk scarfs. Another blue shantung features a plain full skirt plaited at the hips with a short bolero and orange accented embroidery on collar and pockets.
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Ecru
Flower Pots Care for Winter Storage
Do not leave empty pots dirty or tucked away. When cold weather comes, plants will be forced back in with pores clogged by old dirt. Soak pots in water, scrub with an old whisk broom, then dry. It takes little time and helps plants stay healthier, worth the effort.
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National Magazine
Spinach with Shrimp and Curry on Buttered Toast
Wash and boil two pounds of spinach till tender. Press out water and sieve. Fry onion in butter, stir in flour and curry powder, add spinach, two dessert spoons of cream, some picked shrimp, a dash of salt, and a little gravy if needed. Cook briefly and serve hot on buttered toast.
London Fog and Aiding Alice in Exile
The narrator recounts Rose mary and Martin escaping through a London fog after an attempted attack. Alice Lynson cares for the mad Martin and leads the narrator to Mag the charwoman on Bow Street where they hide. Rosemary remains elusive as Gil vows to fetch Torraine and a stretcher, while the narrator learns Mag informed them of the escape route.
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Jay
Alice
Rosemary
Martin
Martian
Shakespeare
Humlet
London
Bow Street
Mag’s
Chane Street
Mag
Gil
Alicea
Torraine
Beast
Alice Lynson
Pat
A Wager and What Came of It
Gil Monte bursts in to aid the narrator after a tense search across London. Alice Lynson’s safety remains a concern as Gil explains the men’s pursuit and the near Bow Street manglow incident. The group pieces together how the narrator avoided capture and what else might threaten them.
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Gil
Alice
Jord
Alice Lynson
Allen
Marsh
Long Haut
Wear Gems of Pharaohs in London Society Circles
London society women praise pharaohs era jewels as luck bringing tokens. Mrs. Clarence Mackay owns a carnelian necklace that belonged to a Phar aobs daughter. Mrs. St John Broderick values Nile gems. pendants of New Zealand jade attract fashionables. Sarah Bernhardt favors a gold nugget necklace from California miners. Miss Tyepe Van Brugh wears a turquois girdle as faith.
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Clarence Mackay
New York
St. John Broderick
New Zealand
Sarah Bernhardt
California
Tyepe van Brugh
Lent joke at Palm Beach party reflects pork question
Henry M. Flagler remarks at an Unger party in Palm Beach recounting a clergyman who preached about flesh being grass during Lent. A laboring parishioner, amused, asks if he could still eat a small piece of pork during the Lenten season.
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Henry M. Flagler
Palm Beach
Dr Williams Pink Pills Restored Mrs Murphy’s Health
Mrs Mary D Murphy of Port Wayne Indiana suffered years of stomach disorder weakness and hot flashes. After trying several doctors a friend urged Dr Williams Pink Pills which quickly improved her condition and ended the hot flashes. The pills are said to revive strength and cure anemia dyspepsia rheumatism neuralgia nervous prostration and partial paralysis. They are available from druggists with free literature on request.
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Murphy
Dr. Williams
Mary D. Murphy
Force Streat
Port Wayne
Indiana
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Launder Delicate Muslin and Excursion Fares Ad
Short tips on laundering delicate muslin using Ivory Soap and rice water. It lists 1906 excursion fares from Chicago via Grand Trunk Railway to Asbury Park Buffalo Detroit Niagara Falls Philadelphia and Toronto with specific dates and prices. It promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch highlighting non stick properties and 16 oz packages.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk Railway System
Asbury Park
Island
Buffalo
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Philadelphia
Toronto
City
Clark St
Jackson Blvd
It Keeps a Married Man Busy Flying and Shelling Out
A terse line notes how a married man stays occupied by frequent flights and spending, hinting at a life of travel and costs without further context.
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