Ballet skirts redefine evening dress with voluminous lace petticoats
The ballet skirt or frilled petticoat becomes a fashionable element for evening gowns and dance wear. A muslin yoke with four-part construction supports a wide lace edged skirt, with a second simulated layer creating dramatic fullness. Fans wear the style with safety pins for divided skirt effect and even dark silk versions with diamond accents.
London surgeon gains distinction for India cataract work
Dr. Charlotte Ellaby ophthalmic surgeon at the London New Hospital For Women operated on the Maharani of Jamnagar for cataracts in two procedures. Both eyes were successfully treated and the Rajput ruler and her household celebrated the recovery, praised by British residents. Dr. Ellaby has returned to London.
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American Fashion Adapts After Disaster Historic Style
Washington Capital notes how fashions evolve from crises with trends like the guillotine hairstyle from the French Revolution and society’s tolerance for repeating gowns. It highlights Mrs. Cleveland and cabinet wives rewearing gowns with minor updates at White House events, reflecting a shift in etiquette and style.
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White House
Olney
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Portraits of Mrs Julia Ward Howe Highlight Her Enduring Poise
The obituary sketch notes Julia Ward Howe as a lifelong poet nearing seventy five yet lively and vigorous. It mentions her prominent daughters Maud Howe Elliott and Richards and her siblings and connections in letters and literary circles. It underscores her status in the world of letters and the Fancy of blood ties to notable figures.
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American girl sculptor chosen for Esek Hopkins statue
The Providence project selects Mrs Theodore Ruggles Kitson to sculpt a bronze statue of Admiral Esek Hopkins. The article lauds the rise of athletic well educated American women surpassing English models, promoting health and strength alongside beauty.
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German Marriage Law Seen Shaped by Male Supremacy
A Boston Post critique argues German law frames marriage as male dominance with the wife as subordinate and dependent. It notes betrothal symbolism preserves ownership and education by the husband, while public advocacy for female political rights faces muted opposition and social silence.
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Sohm
Boston Post
Queen's Emancipation Views In Korea Questioned
A quoted passage from Savage Landor's Korea book notes the native queen favors emancipation for women yet Korean women remain largely enslaved to their husbands. Some say the queen rules the king from Seoul and fears her wife’s influence more than the devil, suggesting her ideas stay confined to the palace.
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French novelists weigh new woman outlook in Pall Mall Gazette
The Pall Mall Gazette reports on French writers' views on the new woman. Dandet calls women primarily mothers while others like Dumas contrast value between men and women. Mendes questions whether woman is superior or equal, presenting a mixed verdict.
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Ribbon Fashion and Praise for Susan B Anthony
The text discusses dress design with ribbons and puffed sleeves from a New York Ledger note and shares a tribute to Susan B Anthony. Kate Field lauds Anthony at 76 for her devotion to a noble idea, claiming enthusiasm and love sustain vitality.
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A Dinner in Korea Described by an American Visitor
J A Morrill recalls a Korean banquet observed during a diplomatic visit. Guests arrived early and this all day affair featured a large table of brazen dishes, varied meats, singing girls in gaudy dress, and a red pear juice finale. The scene ends with pipes lit as hosts bid guests farewell.
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Japan
J. A. Morrill
Foreign Office
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Parrots and a Sailor's Tale Redirected Columbus West
A historical note recounts how a flight of parrots swayed Martin Alonzo Pinzon to alter Columbus's course toward the southwest. Had the navigator kept to his eastward bearing, he might have reached Florida and Virginia, changing the future religious makeup of the United States. Humboldt wrote that such a bird flight had never had more important consequences.
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Palindromes and Fashion Terms Spark Newspaper Debate
Readers debate descriptive fashion names and coined tints while noting odd historic phrases and wordplay. The piece cites complaints over labels like electric blue and consols, then lists palindromes such as level madam civic noon Otto and others with a playful tone.
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St. Louis Republic
The New Czar
Opinions from major papers question the new czar’s abilities while praise is given to his wife’s practicality. Some expect liberal reforms and greener hopes for Russia. The czar’s stance echoes German imperial rhetoric on unity and devotion.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Holy Russia
New York
Kicks From Kansas Reflections on Human Foibles
A collection of pithy observations in a Kansas voice critiquing daily folly and social pretenses. It notes how games involve cheating by both sides and how wealth and vanity shape respect and work.
Trains Schedule For Butte Depot Timetable
Time schedule lists No 7 from St Paul Chicago and Eastern points arriving at Northern Pacific Depot daily and No 8 from Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Coast points arriving at Montana Union Depot daily. Departures for No 7 toward Spokane Seattle Portland Coast and California from Montana Union Depot daily and No 8 toward St Paul Chicago Eastern Southern Canadian from Northern Pacific Depot daily. Sleeping cars and dining car service noted. for info contact W M Tuohy General Agent 23 East Broadway Butte Montana.
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Haunted depot camp near Strickland Mountain tale
In the Sourd nabank region locals tell of Jack Reed's depot camp built over a man’s grave and haunted woodsmen say a moonlit lis tener hears rolling stones grinding and rattling outside the camp as a mysterious case remains unsolved.
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Strickland
Aby Tate
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