Gowns To Be Ward On the Water
Paris fashion notes blue dominates summer gowns with royal navy and many shades. Yachting styles appear smart with Eton boleros and striped linens. Newport outfits favor red white and blue motifs and light wool blends.
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1899
Page
7
Paris fashion notes blue dominates summer gowns with royal navy and many shades. Yachting styles appear smart with Eton boleros and striped linens. Newport outfits favor red white and blue motifs and light wool blends.
A mid-summer feature highlights an amateur mermaid who steps from fantasy to fashionable reality. She fashions a charming bathing costume ensemble that captures a playful, seaside persona.
A practical dusting accessory is the feather brush holder crafted from a waxen-heated doll. The doll head is pierced to let the brush handle pass through, and the figure is dressed in Japanese silk or paper, with a hanging ribbon. Small buttons or copper baubles on the robe and ribbon enhance its appearance.
A fragment mentions a princess and a walking toilette in a curious line about needing not a brand new one. The stray phrasing hints at a historical gossip item but provides minimal context or clear facts. Further readable details are needed to determine names, places, or events.
A man shopping for gloves in a county draper’s store draws amused reactions from shopgirls. He insists on a pair described as dark brown with three clasps, but selects light gray with two clasps instead, declaring them perfect while the saleswoman confirms the mix up. The crowd laughs at his choice and his confident misstatement.
A historical survey describes animals and simple devices aiding workshops. It mentions a dog in the shop, a horse or buck used by a mechanic, a crab hoist and a shop cat on a crane, plus a crow, mule pulley, donkey engine, and other practical aids like gears, valves, and flywheels.
A French engineer urges wood alcohol as a replacement for petroleum in cars. Motors are being adapted to use it, with claims of lower cost and no explosion risk. The piece concludes with a quip about using alcohol to “save your legs.”
In France three bicycles of American make are now sold to one of English manufacture, signaling a shift in the European market. American firms see growing demand while English producers maintain a presence in the franc market.
The people of Brazil have learned to make their own beer, and native breweries now supply nearly all the demand, reflecting a shift toward home production and regional brands.
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