Fashions in Fall Curtains Show Arabian Richness and Delicate Lace
The article surveys curtain trends for fall featuring Arabian colored draperies with lace edges and heavy fabrics for dark rooms, recommends Berge and Japanese honzome materials, and notes popular panels and Irish point for bedrooms and living areas. It highlights Cluny and French motifs, serim curtains, and white net contrasts to suit simple tastes.
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Hee
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Serinix
Activities of Women in Baltimore and Fashion Observations
The column notes blind telephone operators in Baltimore, profiles Mary Waters and Elisabeth Land, and cites a New York Labor Commission investigation of Auburn prison. It also mentions Mme Curie’s ongoing work isolating radium and polonium, Virginia Pope’s bird hospital, and a fashion expert describing dressmaking corrections to a woman's figure in crude terms.
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Baltimore
Mise Mary Waters
Elisabeth Land
Mise Waters
Madeline Z. Doty
Eilisabeth
Watson
New York State Labor Commission
Auburn
N.Y
Mme, Curie
Virginia Pope
New York
Pete
Dias
Phaal Jones
Buckwheat Cakes Recipe From Good Housekeeping
A buckwheat cake recipe outlines combining buckwheat flour corn meal suet milk warm water and yeast with brown sugar salt and sealed milk. Dissolve sugar and yeast in ice cold water add cooled milk then mix flours gradually beat until smooth cover and rise overnight.
Gowns Highlight Fox Trim and Chiffon Details
A white crepe de chine gown features a tunic of chiffon embroidered with silver and trimmed with fox fur bands. The article notes evening wear is chic when touched with fur accents as shown in the pictured garment.
Gift From Congress To Bride Jessie Wilson
The House of Representatives sent Miss Jessie Wilson best wishes and a $2,000 wedding gift for her marriage to Francis Bowes Sayre on November 26, 1913. The inscription noted the sincerity and good will of Congress. The diamond pendant came in a satin box with a small key on the heart shaped lock.
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Americas
Washington
Congress
Jessie Wood
House of Representatives
Jessie Wilson
Br.de-Elect
American satin yields to French gown trend in Jessie Wilson trousseau
The forthcoming Jessie Wilson wedding gown, though intended as an all American trousseau, incorporates at least three direct French imports. Designers in New York and Paris reveal a satin gown with slit side panels, a train, and a veil, plus a second ivory velvet Paris gown with shadow embroidery. A pale pink crepe Luetta theater gown completes the options, while gifts include a diamond bracelet watch.
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Jessie Wilson
Trousseau
Paterson
N. J
New York
Mix. Wilson
White House
Miew Wusen
Maria Couturiérs
Paris
Miss ‘Ison
Engagement Ring Attracts Attention In Dress Parade
Mise Wilken's engagement ring draws notice as she models two tailored gowns. One gown features velour d fabric with a blue tone and cutaway waistcoat, while the other sets show a plain and brocade combination. A dark blue cloth dress with a short skirt and double-breasted coat completes the wardrobe, paired with a small velvet hat for a going away look.
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Mise Wilken
Grace Van Braam Gray Prologue of a London Family Saga
In 1800 London at Mrs. Rhead's home family tensions surface among John Rhead Sam Sibley and Ned Pym now Lord Monkhurst. Rose, John's wife, learns of Sam's marriage to Nancy and of John’s plan to donate ten thousand pounds to a political party as Ned hints at a possible baronetcy for John, raising mixed pride and unease about legacy and love through twenty five years of change.
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Rowe
Doko
Rose
Jobo
Fam
Sibley, Wheed& Hibiey
Maclean Shipbuilding
Sibley
Rhead
John
Sam
Ailaion
Mr. Sibley
Gertrude
Love
Kensington Gardens
Torial
Ned Pym
Lord Monkhurst
Gay
Ned
India
Sami
Nancy
Brockley
John Rhead
Bart
Lady Rhead
Adinip
Women Form Own Police Force To Guard Pankhurst
A militant suffragette group announces a uniformed armed police force led by General Flora Drummond. The body guard will accompany Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst on her December 3 Plymouth arrival back from the United States.
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Flora Drummond
Emmeline Pankhurst
Plymouth
United States
Fashion Frills Hint at Modern Dress Trends
The Newark News notes that women's shoes with black cloth tops and dull soft kid, jabots, vests, and chemisette effects are in fashion. Draped velvet muffs are oversized and heavily trimmed, while sleeves lean toward concealment. Gloves now include a shorter sleeve option in 14 cent cape skin style.
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The
Newark News
Cookery Recipe Fragments and Biscuits Outline
A scrambled set of kitchen notes shows baking steps for a sugar butter chocolate mix in a 7 inch pan, followed by a buttermilk biscuit dough, then a tea biscuit method. It ends with a cranberry jelly process to be preserved with paraffin. The text lists ingredients like sugar butter egg flour nuts and cranberries with vague measures and methods.
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