Palm readers and Burmese women trade tales of status
A New York Herald piece highlights Mile. Cleo Marie de Palkowska, a Polish noble born palmist drawing elite social attention, as she reads palms at receptions. The article contrasts her rise in New York society with Burmese women who, in markets, sustain independent earnings, often shaping paddy trade alongside their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Mile
Cleo Marie de Palkowska
New York
Mlle
de Palkowska
Augustus of
Mile. de Palkowska
Richard Lounsbery
DE. Palkowska
East Thirty-fifth Street
Marie
Mrs. Lounsbery
Mlle. de Palkowska
Mademoiselle
Cheiro
West Twelfth Street
Flushing
Burma
Philadelphia Ledger
Burmese Women Earn Freedom and Power at Home
Burmese women are described as freer and more active than women elsewhere in Asia. The article contrasts Burmese women with neighbors in China and India, noting their earnings, bargaining, and financial roles, and suggests that this independence arises from their industrious nature and the traditional male indolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
China
India
Women in the Library of Congress Debate
John Russell Young critiques the use of women library staff as unsuccessful while readers report mixed results. The piece argues that success hinges on careful selection and proper training, and condemns appointments by political influence as bound to fail. A second column reflects on professional conduct for businesswomen, urging focus on work during office hours and warning against seeking social favors from employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell Young
Library of Congress
Young
Congressional Library
New, York
Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Denver woman named state game warden in Colorado
Miss Annie Metcalf of Denver is appointed to the Game Commissioner's staff as warden. She is an expert rifle and revolver shot and a skilled horsewoman. She boasts fearlessness with dangerous animals but fears cows, recalling a chase that forced her to climb a telegraph pole. The Philadelphia Record notes only one other female game warden in the United States, Mrs. Warren Neal of Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Metcalf
Denver
Swan
Colorado
Miss Metcalf
Becker
Routt County
Warren Neal
Michigan
Philadelphia Record
Nervous Tension and the Modern Woman in The Woman's Home Companion
Florence Hull Winterburn critiques the contemporary woman active in church, social and philanthropic life. She argues women are conscientious but burdened by numerous duties their grandmothers left to others. She warns that ambition exceeds nerve power, stressing that crowding incompatible roles wastes the mind’s precious energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Hull Winterburn
Ambition and altruism urged in old prose urging balance
A reflecting passage argues that women should not overreach in ambition and must consider practical altruism. It warns against making men lazy and suggests ensuring men remember to work until women relinquish control. The tone emphasizes social duty and mutual restraint.
Latest Silk Petticoats Fashion in Full Skirt Styles
The New York Sun reports skirts growing closer to the hips with little room for petticoats, while fashion advances new bayadere stripe silks in three shades and a wide array of fabrics. Fullness, ruffles, and lavish trimming dominate, with a wool albatross lining for winter wear to add warmth and durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Memorial proposed for Nancy Hanks grave near Lincoln City
Nellie Robinson, a New York and Washington lawyer, prompts a national memorial over Nancy Hanks grave in Spencer county near Lincoln City Indiana. She has drawn Senator Fairbanks and Congressman Zenor into the plan and seeks Congress to appropriate $10,000 for the project, praising patriotism and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
Nellie
Robinson
New York
Washington
Fairbanks
Zenor
Tidiana
Miss Robinson
Spencer County
Lincoln City
Ind
Congress
Washington Post
New Spring Fabrics Introduced With Subtle Tones
The New York Commercial reports spring fabric arrivals including mouline natté in Dresden blue gray and mauve. a soft French cashmere in Japanese blue. satin striped poplin named Colienne. tucked crinkled crepon sold by the yard. and an embroidery striped canvas expected to replace lace inset skirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
New York
Feather Turbans and Toques Return in Fashion
Pretty feather turbans and toques delight the eye after fall and winter cart wheel styles. Crowns are plain or slightly indented, brims rolled, and plumage lapped with aigrets from tufted pompons. Glossy feathers shade as matching accents for velvets silks and satins in deep colors for waists and dress accessories. Mrs J Howard Kelly named by Judge Tuley of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shane
New York Letter
First Woman Official Stenographer Appointed in Cook County
A woman is named official stenographer for a Cook County branch court becoming the first female in that role. The article notes connections to local professionals and a new Edinburgh club for professional women aimed at monthly debates and entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cial
Circuit Court
Cook County
Ednburgh
Time Table Corrected Oct 4 1897 Trains East
Schedule update lists numerous station times across multiple towns and lines for the eastbound trains, including Northampton Ware Barre Jefferson Oakdale West Boylston and others with weekday and Sunday departures. Provision shows officials IRN General Superintendent W G Bean as division superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
P.m. Behnont
P.m. Albama
Wayland
East Sudbury
South Sudbury
Wayside Inn
Berlin
South Clinton
West “Boyston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Barre
A. m
Northampton
West Boylston
South Bolton
A.m. Hudson
A.m. Wayland
A. m. Weston
A.m
A.m. Waltham
A. m. Belmont
A.m. Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW York Society
J. Howard Kelly
Tuley
Chicago
Offi
Evan Golden
Issrciwe
Ux Huspebaclege
Muga-Mug
Yorl Journal
NEW York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Marlboro
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
Kitchburg
Pan
Sun
N. Sun
Venion Fitchburg
South Framingham
Southboro
A. Mr
Pan. Suns
Framingham
A. Oe
Mansfield
E.J. Allen
A.C. Kendall
Pennsylvania
FORGE
J. R. Watson
Fitchburg
Mass
Grover Graham
C. D. Hunter
Assabet
the Peoples Dry Goods Company
UNION
Causeway Street
Daniel W.sanek
Dana J. Flanders
Irn
W. G. Bean
Hitchburg
Marlboro Branch
South Acton
Maynard
Whitman's Crossing
Rockbottom
Hudson
Pat
Marboro
Whituan Crossing
M. A.M
P.M. P
A.M. P
BO Hudson
Vine Rockbottom
Whitman
America
Timnins
Storthands
Clement C.gaines
Poucuxeersic
A. Sweet Nursery CO
Dansville
New England
Thos. F.swan
Cornhill
Washington Street
Robert W. Carter
Charles Hersons
Edw. H. Smith
J. Rufus Wales
Shawmut Ave
Marlboro, Mass
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