The Evolution of Women’s Dress and Roles Over Time
A narrator traces changing female fashion and independence from earlier modest wear to the athletic, outdoor girl of 1900. From tomboys in hoopskirts to modern short skirts, women increasingly claim leisure, sports, and social parity, with bold early adopters facing blushes and judgments that fade as independence grows.
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Caitskill Mountains
Outing gowns for all womankind in London and Paris
London and Paris fashion notes describe Princess Victoria buying Scottish tweed outing suits and garments for the Empress of Germany as well as Countess de Fourtales. The article details tweed colors, belt and vest styling, and the rise of practical outing dresses, jackets, and tramping suits for walking and cycling.
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Paris
Victoria
England
London
Germany
Countess de Fourtales
Diana
The Summer Girl Through 1826 to 1900
A compact nostalgic essay contrasts the demure old time summer girl with modern peers. It traces fashions big bonnets ladylike decorum and restrained amusements to past generations, noting saucy piquancy and quiet wit in earlier summers. The piece laments changing roles while praising enduring charm.
Dogs That Have Had Their Day
A historical piece on dog color changing, dyeing and misrepresentation in pets, detailing methods to alter coats, reasons, and risks. It recounts fraud cases where dyed dogs, or altered horses, deceived owners and sportsmen, with police and magistrate implications.
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Paris
Levellois Perret
Tog
Cate
Europe
Mission Work Among Lepers In Asia And Africa
The article surveys global leprosy distribution and historic mission responses. It notes leprosy prevalence in India China Japan Korea Africa Madagascar the Americas and the Pacific and highlights denominations that pioneered care. It details the Mission to Lepers in India and the East founded in 1874 with 24 asylums 14 leprosaria and 15 other institutions.
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Leneras
Inedia
Malay Peninsula
Philippines
Iso
Korea
East
Africa
North
South America
West Indies
Hawaiian Islands
Hesel-eh-Aurde
Heaven and Earth
South Africa
Jerusalem
Thdia
Dubin
Idia
China
Japan
India
Burma
Ceylon
Sumatra
Aisa
Tte
Simon Atre
Mayne
Muricipal Asylums
Missionary Review
Empress of China Confronts Accusations of Favoritism
The empress complains that foreign devils accuse her of twofacedness while a continental adviser laments how newspaper frustrators have rammed her face up into the hundreds, reflecting a chaotic scene of court and press conflict.
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China
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