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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1906
Page
3
Evening wraps adopt kimono inspired satin coats with rolled fronts and turned back cuffs. Embroidered Jap anese motifs match wrap color, with leather trims and tassels. Lightweight leather bands attach the ruffles to gowns for street wear and protection. Floral ribbons and gold thread add decorative effects for refurbishing gowns.
A fashion feature touts cloth gowns over silk, with mono tone palettes and refined textures. It highlights a French cashmere or lady's cloth option, a thirteen-tored pleated skirt, and stylish trim such as Italian lace yokes, velvet cuffs, lace frills, and metal buttons.
Summer gowns feature needle work accents on shirt waists with embroidered bands and linen hick trims. New darning methods skip patterns and suit wash goods to silk and satin, while crochet insertions and edgings form delicate designs. Tatting wheels and edges gain popularity as easy, achievable touches for home crafters.
The princess gown gains favor among debutantes this season. The design uses white crepe radium with a footed skirt finished by three deep tucks. A decollete neck is filled with white lace medallions over gold, with narrow lace outlining the neck bodice and sleeves, featuring a gold thread frill.
A Paris novelty features leather ruffles sewn along the skirt bottom to shield it from dust and street mud. The leather frills form a practical decorative border for urban wear.
White dominates millinery this spring with hats in white and crimson chiffon turbans featuring poppy wreaths and tiny gold roses on dark hats. Empire tea gowns lead fashion, black velvet trims gain prominence on dresses, and exaggerated waistlines fade.
Fashionable women cling to tailored shirt waists in sporting outfits. Models resemble familiar pleated shoulders and shirt cuffs rather than long fitted cuffs. Makers push a mannish, severe look with few elaborate blouses, though some heavy tailor waists appear less conventional with rolling collars and elbow-length sleeves.
Paris introduces dainty evening wrist bags in silk with brocade, jeweled clasps and a small mirror, powder puff, and a hint of youth bloom.
Ribbon embroideries for dress accessories present a fresh use of an old craft. The familiar pretty style used on many articles for ladies appears distinctly different in modern ornamentation of garments. Many ordinary gowns gain their distinction from these trim details.
Empire gowns rise in fashion among the smartest women as diaphanous fabrics and short lace boleros become popular. Pale green mousseline desoie over self tone taffeta with green silk embroidery and black velvet bows complete the graceful look.
A detailed description of a violet velvet blouse and matching waistcoat and girdle. The garment features a draped bottom, button ornamentation, a velvet collar bordered with taffeta plaiting, delicate embroidered collar, lace chemisette, lace cuffs, and lace ruffles on full sleeves.
Cream 4 tablespoons butter and 1 cup sugar, add 1 well beaten egg. Stir in 1 1 4 cups flour with 1 4 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Add 1 2 cup flour, 1 4 cup milk alternately to the first mix then add melted chocolate 4% of batter and bake 30 minutes. Sauce beats 2 eggs light then add 1 cup confectioners sugar and 1 cup thick cream until whipped cream consistency.
Black suede wrist gloves enhance the hand’s appearance making it look petite. They pair well with various theater waists and endure for a season, offering economical value for careful buyers.
A description of Paris fashions features a violet cloth costume with a bell skirt and deep flounce, trimmed with braid. Velvet embroidered girdles and collars decorate the waistcoat and blouse, while sleeves end in braid cuffs. Other checked wool outfits show plaited fronts and shaped flounces with straps.
Far Northland reports radical reforms in Sweden's suffrage law presented to the riksdag on Feb 24. Elections to the second chamber would be by ballot with universal male suffrage over 24 and eligibility extended to all who can vote. Chamber fixed at 230 seats, reapportionment every nine years, with restrictions on guardians, tax status, charity support, and bankruptcy. If no candidate surpasses half, another election occurs in three weeks. Women’s suffrage gains support but remains blocked amid conservative opposition. partial reform favored.
The Norwegian government protects deer leading to a population boom that harms forests in winter. At Lothe stranden near Nordfjord hundreds of deer roam hillsides and approach farms, prompting calls for partial suspension of protections.
Engineer Eyde lectured on the Birkeland linked process to obtain nitrogen from the atmosphere at the Copenhagen Polytechnic on February 22. The talk featured lantern slides and detailed explanations. Ministry members, the Riksdag, and diplomatic corps attended as interest grows in cheaper fertilizers and industrial applications, including military uses and patents.
Sweden considers a grand industrial exposition in London to restore prestige. Influential Swedes in London urge a May to October 1907 event at Earl's Court with a guaranty fund of at least 1 660 000 kroner. Swedish manufacturers back the plan. adoption seems likely.
The beet growing industry in Sweden is drawing global sugar producers attention. It offers unemployed workers seasonal wages in weeding and harvesting, along with other cultivation tasks. The development provides income for poorer classes in regions with limited agricultural work.
Uncle Abner jokes about women wearing a son as he removes his coat. Aunt Sophronia asks why. A passenger on the train boasts of earning over $10,000 this year from skinning jays, describing a dandy fur lined coat, a diamond as large as a nutshell, and a plug hat.
The Trondhjem municipal council voted 50 to 17 behind closed doors on Feb 21 to proceed with a large iron ore smelter in the city. The plant is seen as of incalculable national value as Norway, like Minnesota, ships ore to England and Germany while under benefiting from its own ore fields.
Norwegian army held maneuvers near Drobak on February 27 and 28 with strict information bans. King Haakon War Minister Alsson and generals Hansen Holtermann and Klingenberg observed part of the exercises, some at night, and later visited the naval station at Horten.
Sven Scholander, a popular Swedish ballad singer, recently toured Norway drawing large audiences. His numbers were enthusiastically received with encores demanded regardless of language, prompting Norwegian papers to note the reception of Swedes in Norway.
A Swedish liberal newspaper based in Gothenburg marks seventy five years on February 25. The paper is noted for its strong editorship and influential voice in national discourse.
The Post Office reports U S money orders to Norway rose to 6 867 045 kroner in 1905 from 5 669 415 kroner in 1904 an increase of 1 197 500 kroner about 335 000 dollars reflecting record American remittances to Norway.
The Count of Turin, brother of the Abrizzi duke and son of Duke Amadeus who briefly ruled Spain, travels to Norway and discusses mounting an expedition on his own account. He is known for Arctic exploration fame.
Two men aboard an East River ferry discuss a third man who writes for magazines. They puzzle over his profession, mistaking him for a financier, prize fighter, actor, or other figure, before learning he is simply a plain author who writes stories.
Miss Elderleigh and Mr Braix banter about ages with Judge present. Elderleigh notes Tom is near thirty five in ten years, Braix questions the claim and jokes about a forty five-year estimate.
A wounded man asks if he can recover but is told he cannot. The physician shakes his head while a damage suit lawyer across the bed suggests the wife may have a recovery path or compensation option.
A debate unfolds as a traveler offers a sovereign to reach the station in three minutes while the driver rejects the bribe, insisting the horse cannot be corrupted and will not hurry beyond its nature. The exchange highlights wit over urgency and the limits of bribery.
An English surveyor, late at night on Tampenis Road, faced a large Malayan tiger with no weapon. He unfurled a rolled map four by five feet, startling the beast and causing it to retreat into the jungle, while the coolie escaped and later recovered.
A Baltimore American fragment recalls a man asking another if he began 1906 with a vow to reform. The reply says he resolved to stop nagging his wife and stay out late, noting the new year brings occasional freedom and less friction at home.
Senator Knox argues civil service has shifted from favoritism to merit and efficiency with industry and intelligence driving success. He recalls a Pennsylvania Avenue encounter where a man bragged of securing an appointment not by influence but by persistence before taking it easy.
Representative Fitzgerald overheard a humorous exchange on a Georgetown car near Fourteenth Street. An elderly woman asked if the car went to Georgetown College and the conductor, about 50 and not an Adonis, rang two bells after a brief pause. The event occurred near the Eagle Bureau.
A department store manager reports a craze for imitation jewelry. Crowds show it readily and supply struggles persist. Jewelers note skilled copies rival real gems, affecting trade across general and specialty firms.
Mme Isabelle Massieu, explorer, returning to Europe from Anam in Indo China, says she met the world’s most accomplished liars. One chief boasted of an English vessel so large his father, then a boy, had white hair before the mainmast. Another claimed trees in France are so tall a bird would need ten years to climb.
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