Silverman’s Exclusive Silk Waist Pattern Sale
Silverman’s advertises special low prices on exclusive silk waist pattern designs, highlighting affordable luxury for tailored garments and fashion sewing projects.
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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1898
Page
3
Silverman’s advertises special low prices on exclusive silk waist pattern designs, highlighting affordable luxury for tailored garments and fashion sewing projects.
Market notes show little change from last week with oats, corn, wheat, hay and flour listed by price per unit. A quirky Chicago Chronicle quote praises Miss Anna Morgan for a graceful icy fall, observed by a pupil and friend in Garden City.
Fire alarm boxes are mapped at 16 Third and Washington, 17 Mooney's Tannery, 27 Second and Franklin, 23 Ninth and Franklin, 24 Eleventh and Franklin, and 25 Fourteenth and Franklin.
Miss Ida Burgess solo career in Chicago as a house decorator and mural painter yields major commissions. Her first work decorated the Illinois state building reception room at the World's Fair, followed by decoration of the Lunt library at Evanston. An pupil of Oliver Merson in Paris, she exhibited a painting in the Paris salon during her second year abroad.
Mrs Jennie Jamison of Neenah is a Wisconsin state lecturer on cooking with four years of service in institutes but notes pupils focus on sweets and pastry. A Welsh rabbit surfer tale and a moonlit equestrian statue shadow prompt a playful arts studio anecdote from the Washington Post.
Patterns for the season show little change from last year with smaller sleeves and less fullness at the front. Yokes vary between square and pointed backs, necks finished with a plain band, and fabrics favor heavier wash materials like madras and duck. New shades include wood tones, steel blue and pink, with checks and plaids in white and tan. a standout blue and white style features a square or pointed back yoke and a central plait with a sheer linen ruffle.
Fashion notes describe Lydia Languish revived with book muslin attire and a drooping leghorn hat. Shepherdess hats dominate, with face shaping brims and under brim trimming, plus pompadour styles and varied silhouettes. Low crowns and strong trimming create chic, dressy shapes.
A Philadelphia Times note discusses a likely revival of full dress including powdered hair and wigs. It predicts fashionable advances such as patches, rouge, and brilliancy in dress, with picture hats and brocade and satin styles extending into formal wear.
A Odessa grain merchant left 4,000,000 rubles to his three daughters on the condition they work as servants for 18 months. The period ended with two becoming chambermaids and the eldest a helper in Odessa homes. They reportedly received over 600 proposals for marriage for the two younger sisters and 450 for the eldest, all declined as they choose to remain single.
The Ladies' Home Journal notes a shift to closer fitting jackets for spring with emphasis on backs and straight fronts for short waists or waists over 24 inches. Sleeves stay tight with shoulder fullness and jockey drapery, while capes gain elaborate trimming, plain silk and velvet linings, and shorter basques with reduced fullness.
McCormick mowers and farm implements and varied shop ads fill the page. J.B Cookson and Newcomb promote hardware and flour. Stobo sells blacksmith services. Meier and Bruning & Vonstrohe push coal wood fruit oysters and meats. Donner buys watches and jewelry. Carman offers boarding for horses. Hughes groceries. Buxton shoes. Wayland Whills groceries with delivery. Harrison 219.
GEORGIOS offers prompt service and satisfaction with fresh groceries and 16 oz to the pound. THE HUMMER Shoe Store touts fair trades. FRED WOLLAND Hardware features air tight mayfers and steel ranges. H.T. BURNETT & CO Groceries hails mince meat and Baltimore oysters. L. ROSENBUSH & CO One price clothiers. QUICK coal wood and feed. FREMONT DAVIS Blacksmith 335 Franklin St. promises top forging and repair work.
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