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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1900
Page
14
The piece surveys midsummer fashion with double brimmed hats in black taffeta, flowers, and roselike adornments, noting bold millinery experiments by Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Magdt on stage. It contrasts yards of lace, tulle, and velvet garments, with economy tips for selecting rugs and decor to suit room colors.
A long survey of summer fashion notes velvet ribbon as a key garnish on gowns and collars with black accents, velvets threaded through beadings and buckles, and straps across waists and skirts. Millinery features include black net veils with velvet spots, crimped brims, and ostrich plumes. Bathing suits shift to alpaca and mohair, with longer skirts and blouse-like waists, while parasols and linings showcase lace and chiffon details.
The rug quality should vary with purchasing power. It must not be so thin it rolls under chairs nor so thick that chairs cannot move. Rugs may lay over bare floors, carpet, filling, or matting. Pieces of carpeting with borders are not suitable for beautiful dining rooms.
A Brazilian courtship custom restricts couples from alone time. A suitor is welcomed into the fiancee family parlor where chairs line the walls and the couple may walk ahead to the theater while family remains, making clandestine wooing common.
A group travels by palace car from Chicago through Missouri on Independence Day. Amid storms and sightseeing they watch fireworks, enjoy a comic omelet styled “Omelet a la Fourth of July,” and decorate the car as Kansas City arrives with flags and bunting.
A 4A coin holder blends a chain purse and a chain bracelet into one device. The heavy linked chain supports an artistic purse design, reviving two familiar trinkets with a fresh, fashionable use.
Lady Jane Montague Douglas Scott, known for altering the ballad Annie Laurie to fit music by Juady John Scott Spottiswoode, dies just shy of her ninety first year. A woman of old time manners, she married Lord John Montague Douglass Scott in 1836 and remained deeply attached to her husband, keeping his chair at meals and his luggage with hers. Her mother was a great-aunt of General Wauchope.
The sunshades appear dainty and less fussy this year with silk or satin dechine foundations. They feature embroidery and inserts of black or white lace along borders in a fancy design. Delicate tones include turquoise blue and pink, with lace braid and refined detailing.
The article praises updated curtain designs that match room furnishings and window style. It notes Swiss applique on net, bay leaf patterns, soutache raised work, Renaissance Arabian and guipure motifs, and tight fitting vitrage. It highlights bonne femme and brise bise styles, kilmarnock lace, and affordable elegance for bedroom windows.
In Japan small animals are prized and miniature spaniels are the smallest dogs. They are usually black and white or yellow and white and command high prices. A year old puppy weighing about five pounds recently sold abroad for 250 dollars, and dogs weighing three pounds can fetch as much as 750 dollars. A tiny spaniel can sit on a man’s head or sleep in his shoe, but such pets require careful care like a baby and may live to ten years with proper attention.
A sketch shows a feminine toque using cream straw frills arranged like flower petals and a crown draped with net lace applique. The hat features a left side knot tied with black velvet through a diamond clasp and pale pink rose clusters with green leaves under the brim.
Central Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Dubuque plans an annual trip to Bellevue twenty three miles south of Dubuque via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. A park with shade trees, steam launches, row boats, dancing and entertainment. Bring lunch baskets. Train leaves at 9 30 a m and returns from Bellevue at 6 p m. Whole tickets 50 cents, half 25 cents.
Daily sale of tourist tickets at Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway offices to all major points including St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Spirit Lake Clear Lake Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs. For information visit GST Main Street or call Telephone $4.
Ethel V. Roberts argues against frivolous women who undermine wartime nursing and public duty. She cites Treves and Schopenhauer to defend true womanhood, praising Florence Nightingale and urging society to overlook idle gossip while valuing steadfast, selfless women.
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway announces excursion tickets on June 19 July 3 and 17 August 7 and 21 September 4 and 15 October 16 November 6 and 20 and December 4 and 15 to points north west and south one fare plus.
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