Do and Donts for a Summer Girl From 1900s Guides
A fragment from the Mammoth Spring Monitor mixes fashion and conduct advice for women at social events. It lists numerous prohibitions such as avoiding loud talk at dances, not wearing veils or bicycle costumes at dinner, and steering clear of excessive flirtation. The piece also quotes a New York World column urging dignity, along with aphorisms about life, conduct, and the mouth as a social instrument.
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Rome
Oratory
Mammoth Spring
Wrinkles and manners guide personal care and conduct
The piece argues that wrinkles come from worry and fatigue and can be reduced by prudent self care. It similarly collects brief nuggets on politeness, citing historical figures like Alfred, Monroe, Henry Clay, Dante, Mohammed, and Beethoven as examples of refined or rough manners.
Definition of a Cigarette and its alleged dangers
A historic fragment describes a cigarette as a roll of paper tobacco and drugs with a small fire and a large tool at the other end. It laments cancer of lips stomach and other illnesses while noting people willing to endure trials for style. It also advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming strength and economy.
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Mammoth Spring Monitor
Quotations on Love and Women From 19th Century Authors
A collage of aphorisms on courtship and female character from Mme Deluzy, Recamier, Sterne, Irving, Richter and Mary Clemmer. The lines contrast women’s sensibility with men’s flaws, noting devotion, prudence, and the quest for love, with playful irony and literary references.
Women Advice on Dress Care and Garment Care Tips
Practical hints for women on laundering and preserving fabrics. Tips include wringing sheets to prevent edge curling, lining sleeves on organdie and mull gowns, creating shoulder cascade to avoid full sleeves, sponging perspiration from sleeves, removing wrinkles on black silk with beer, and weighing down light curtains with small weights. Also mentions Price's cream Baking Powder.
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Aion
Just About Girls And Tastes In Courtship
A collage of brief, gossipy exchanges from late 19th to early 20th century newspapers. Dialogues touch on romance nerves, social expectations, bathing dress plans, and flirtations. The snippets reveal etiquette, wit, and urban life through quoted lines and captions from Philadelphia Record Brooklyn Life Town Topics and other papers.
How to curl your hair the natural way through simple prep
An old styled guide explains two methods for curling hair naturally. It details winding ends around a mat of paper or a silk roll, folding, aging overnight, then unfolding to form loose curves. It recommends using a rounded iron, dampening lightly, and cooling to set the curl for longer wear.
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Comen
Doubtful Myths and Misleading Legends in History
A historical notice debunks famous stories and figures from legend and myth. It challenges Pope Joan, William Tell, Geislar, the Iron Man, Damascus blades, Seneca, Wellington, Charlemagne’s paladins, King Arthur, Pocahontas, and the maelstrom as historical facts or legends, while noting fashion notes about Wick gowns and light fabrics.
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Joan
William Tell
Geeslar
Stoel
Toledo
Seneca
Wellington
Waterloo
Charlemagne
Arthur
Round Table
South England
Potahontas
John Smith
Bequ
bin Cenry
Ehipa
Amy Rornd
Novel Club for Women Teaches Travel Geography
A Demorest's Magazine August feature describes a new Summer activity for women in small villages. The Mariners study geography through weekly in-home sessions, listening to a renowned traveler, culminating in a flowered North American map and ice Antarctica souvenirs.
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Lidner
North America
Justin
North Pole
Demorest
Maiden name restored by law and bicycle tale from Wareham
A Massachusetts girl on a bicycle asks a wayside farmer for directions to Wareham. The farmer, unsure, replies that he has never worn such things and the girl questions the local pronunciation, while a witty exchange echoes from the New York Tribune.
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Wareham
Massachusetts
New York Tribune
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