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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
3
A Philadelphia educator Miss Constance Mackenzie leads kindergarten work and mothers meetings pushing home and school cooperation. A national movement to train mothers in kindergarten principles will culminate in a February 1897 event in Washington, stressing threefold benefits for mothers teachers and children.
A fashion note describes gowns with ankle length skirts, leather faced hems, matching gaiters, and stylish hats for rain wear from the New York Post. It discusses how wardrobe choices elongate the silhouette and reduce emphasis on the legs, with cloths like haircloth and leather accents. The piece also covers Rose Hartwick Thorpe, author of Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, recounting how she began writing poetry and her early publication experience in Detroit.
The Chicago Dry Goods Reporter argues that women’s superior insight into dress and adornment makes them essential buyers. It notes women as head saleswomen build customer ties, guide department purchasing, and drive millinery and other lines with intuitive judgment and proven success.
The passage notes long winters with wet pavements and muddy crossings prompting business women nationwide to seek a practical dress adaptation for such weather. It emphasizes practicality over fashion in response to frequent wet conditions and difficult travel.
The New York Herald advises choosing cottons for pillow covers and upholstery in oriental patterns at about 40 cents a yard. Emphasizes harmony of tones, plain backgrounds for larger items, and practical, durable fabrics like heavy denims. Encourages informed, simple selections over kaleidoscopic schemes.
Dressmakers report inquiries on skirt length width and stiffness for the upcoming season. Average circumference ranges from four to 414 yards with seven yard models still popular. Back fullness remains, interlinings simplified to a facing, and substitutes like suraline or calico rustles used. Soft outing cloth appears as interlining for wedding gowns to add body and elegance.
New York fashion columns describe buckles in gold and jeweled silver with lapis lazuli sapphires and turquoise, plus Dutch silver and enamel designs. Prices range from $1 to $300 depending on materials. Separate notes cover Mrs. Sara L. Stoner’s ordination as Universalist minister in Ohio and a communal living experiment by Bellamy women in Connecticut.
A vivid portrait from St. Nicholas by John Bennett describes a tall, trim stranger with a tawny velvet bonnet, plum cloak, russet boots, and a long Italian poniard. His lithe figure, curled mustache, and high-shouldered bearing create a dramatic, eye catching presence.
An elderly Lancashire man famed for daily inebriety is found drunk again. He meets the parish clergyman who confronts him with mock judgment. John answers I am drunk too and adds a candid reply that astonishes the cleric.
A formal exchange in which a gentleman fond of quoting texts declines to provide anything on the matter today. The collector acknowledges the obligation and expresses understanding. The speaker had hoped for profit but feels he has missed it.
A New York writer notes baby afghans for summer in white pink and blue pique with white edging and a frill. The carriage band features pique overlaid with a white insertion. A new novelty art linen, used for pincushions frames sachets and writing desk sets, is called pompeiian red.
A fragmentary page note presents Jinks and his girl’s quarrel about puns and a brisk observation on carefree wit. It contrasts punsters with reckless humor that unsettles talk like a freight train. It ends with a remark on chameleons changing color before a coming storm.
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