Ellen Osborne's Letter on Seashore Fashion Trends
New York June 9 Ellen Osborne details month long seashore wardrobe advice for well dressed travelers. Emphasizes two piece tailor made suits for travel comfort, sailer hats with color coordinated bands, modest bathing dresses in mohair and green accents, and elegant barege and foulard fabrics for afternoon wear with lightly jeweled or lace trimmed bodices and hats.
Traveling dress fashions of the season for women and seaside wear
The article describes economical traveling and beach outfits including navy lightweight serge gowns with Eton jackets, red waistcoats, and white linen shirts. It highlights white pique and Scotch linen dresses, pale blue linen ensembles, and a plaid silk blouse bodice with polonaise styling. Also covered are boating outfits, simple white duck dresses, and reversible golf skirts with matching coats, plus accessories like trim hats and belts.
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Madras
Fashion Notes on Satin Foulard and Evening Gowns
The article describes satin faced foulard fashions with blue ground and pink blossoms, detailing bodice draping over cream guipure, ribbon latticements, and pink and black ribbon loops. It notes seashore dances favor simple gowns and lists white China silk and sea shell tones, lace, velvet trims, and various hat and shoe designs. It cites Ellen Osborn and Helen Grey-Page as contributors.
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Ellen Osborn
New Neckwear for June Adds Fresh Summer Styles
Designers keep busy supplying neckwear for summer with four new June fancies. The Princess features plain banding with linen hemmed edges, the Loi Fuller shows a satin stock with chiffon bows, the Twentieth Century is a narrow mannish style with lawn scallops and a bow, and the broad puff tie returns wider with more fabrics.
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Loi Fuller
Helen Ey-Page
Hints for the Summer Table Protecting Polished Surfaces
The article advises using heavy felt undercloths with asbestos sheets beneath to prevent heat damage to polished tables. Asbestos mats covered with embroidered doilies can be prettier than teapot stands and suitable when using doylies instead of a cloth.
Fashionable Footwear at Summer Resorts
Fashionable footwear trends shift away from plain leather shoes toward fancy ties as the season presents new style priorities. The tie, often cloth and comfortable, complements gowns and signals a broader move in resort fashion away from traditional footwear.
Ivy Protects Walls by Drawing Moisture Away
A historical note asserts ivy keeps walls dry by drawing moisture from wood brick and stone via tiny roots that penetrate surfaces. Overlapping leaves channel rainwater to the ground preventing dampness unless the wall sits on a wet poorly drained site.
Size and Speed Among Animated Beings
Observations on animal motion compare many creatures. The sloth travels 50 paces per day while a worm covers five inches in 50 seconds. A ladybird flies 20 million times its length in an hour. elk cover a mile in seven minutes. ants run a mile in a minute. the wind mule of Tartary and an eagle reach high speeds, with canary falcons traveling up to 750 miles in 16 hours.
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Tartary
London Society Amazed by Thought Reader Sensation
London society reels as a renowned thought reader captivates audiences exposing hidden thoughts. Spectators report astonishing revelations with some claiming profound personal shock and a woman said to have fainted when her innermost mind was disclosed to herself and several intimate friends.
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London
Awful Fling Sparks Sharp Domestic Advice
A pair of women discuss reputation and spouses in a brisk exchange. Mrs Styles asserts knowledge of worse men, while Mrs Myles chides cautious alignment of acquaintances. The dialogue hints at social judgment and marital trust in a historical domestic scene.
Cameo Pictures Adorn Home Décor In Fine Detail
Cameo pictures are described as dainty items made on heavy rough surfaces in dark, deep colors. The embossed bas relief figures use white enamel for transparent outlines, creating charming dancing figures or cupids that form pretty little pictures with a narrow molding edge.
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