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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1900
Page
11
The piece surveys Paris New Year fashion with notes on coiffures from low neck coils to high twisted backs. It details gowns with lace, cobweb motifs, gold thread, and luminous fabrics, and reports on Parisian dressmaker profits and wages for seamstresses and designers.
A Paris fashion observer notes that stylish women study hairdressing as much as gowns. Black is the prevailing trend, with widespread use of black velvet bows and black gauze decorations in recent coiffures.
A Glasgow Evening Times anecdote recounts a Roman Catholic priest showing keen interest in workers at a railway construction site. He stops a worker entering a pub and jokes about the man’s charitable “price of one” as he exits.
A comic tale chronicles a political clash as a suitor tries to woo the sheriff’s daughter to win the election. The hopeful narrator loses his bid, then confesses a change of strategy to back the sheriff, while a neighboring audience weighs the right balance of charm and duty.
Helen Evertson Smith notes in Century that Clermont dinners were grand affairs even without a state occasion. Capt Livingston’s daughters rarely attended due to their mother’s strict Calvinist beliefs about pride. Cousin Chancellor remained kindly to all, yet the liveried retinue and lavish living contrasted with republican simplicity.
Katherine Pope recounts Hawaii during January and February as perfect weather, lush landscapes, and bustling public celebrations. She notes New Year merriment in Liliuokalani’s former home, lavish riding parties, surf riding, and a shared festive spirit across Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Hawaiian communities.
In a village between Monte Carlo and Nice a board outside a shop proclaims Irish Whisky Baid Eggs English Spoken. In Upper Norwood a shop window displays shabby garments for both sexes and a basket of eggs with a card reading Second Hand Clothing and Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Edith visits church for the first time and reports disliking the organ because there was no monkey to accompany it. Her grandma asks for details and Edith’s reply highlights the missing animal as the source of her disappointment.
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