The sheath skirt and the leg fashion craze in Paris
The article describes French women massaging legs to shape calves and ankles, the rise of the sheath skirt with side slits showing feet, and the Directoire foot. It contrasts old and new styles, notes foot care, and recalls American experimentation with homemade Directoire shoes.
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St. Petersburg
Paris
Directoire
D’uzes
Duke de Chaulnes
Directoire Foot
Bybridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Gilbert Stuart
Marian Martineau’s Beauty Advice Columns From Letters
Readers seek skin care remedies for oiliness and blackheads and receive guidance including a home borax toner, honey lip treatment, and gentle facial massage. Other letters request heightening their figure, hair lightening with soda and henna, and safe skin bleaching tips.
Face Wash Advice for Dry Skin in Heat
The writer requests a hot day skin care routine for dry scaly skin. Suggests a glycerine and orange flower water mixture half and half as a wash and nightly massage with a cream to be described by mail. Emphasizes avoiding powder due to visibility and asks for step by step moisture-boosting guidance.
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Jane O
Breath of Shame Clears In Dandy Style
The author laments bad breath despite efforts to improve it and recalls a remedy for forehead wrinkles. They ask for a solution to freshen the mouth and mention using a charcoal tablet occasionally as a possible aid.
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Miss P
Gentle Hand Beauty Advice From Daisy T
Daisy T offers simple tips to shape hands by letting nails grow naturally. Avoid clipping or cutting nails to achieve tapering and elegant hands. men’s nails are described as prettier due to less fussing.
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Daisy T
Box Auction Charity Idea from Miss Dawson
Miss Dawson proposes a home entertaining tip for fundraising by a box auction. Local merchants donate varied pasteboard boxes filled with surprising contents to create humor and profit while raising money for a charitable enterprise.
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Annie Mation
The French Academy and Its Origins
A concise Q and A on the French Academy, its founding in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, 1816 reorganization, forty members, election process, location at Palace Mazarin, and its role governing French language arts. Also brief notes on related inquiries about gerrymandering, Kipling, and pension guidance.
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Institute of France
Cardinal Richelieu
Mazarin
Quai Conti
Baris
Academy
Florence Bowman’s Muse of Song Charades Night
Florence Bowman hosts a charades evening where participants act titles of songs. The audience guesses each chosen song under playful constraints. candidates include In the Gleaming In Old Madrid Gaily the Troubadour and School Days. The event ends with an informal dance in honor of Terpsichore and a refreshment.
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Florence Bowman
Old
Madrid
Terpsichore
Auctioning Prizes Plan Adds Fun At Party
A new auction based prize plan replaces formal presentations. About six prizes are offered, each numbered and valued similarly but of different character. Guests bid with paper bags of fifty beans each, one bean equals one dollar, and the hostess acts as the auctioneer.
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Peter Piper
Croquette Chickens for Guest Luncheon Menu
Maud Muller suggests croquettes shaped as tiny chickens for a refined luncheon. Chick form uses cloves for eyes and curled celery as wings, plated in nests of shoestring potatoes. Each nest served individually, offering a dainty presentation.
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Maud Muller
Coral Jewelry Returns as Fashionable Varieties Resurface
A vintage coral trend reappears as modern wearers embrace coral beads pins links and bracelets. Designers highlight pink coral with silver or gold, matching with lingerie frocks and fringe trims. The revival targets both blondes and brunettes, urging owners to hunt old pieces for renewed style.
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Coralera
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Tattever
Peete
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Potomac
Lamar Fontaine
Fontaine
Leesburg
Clinton County
Department of Agriculture
Beau
Kipling
Bureau OF Information
Hamilton
Pension Department
Washington
Cincinnati
Georgia
Bureau of Mines
Atlanta
Chile
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