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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1900
Page
12
Paris exposition officials admit a growing deficit amid bungled planning and widespread looting in contracts. French and foreign sections show disappointing turnout as July and August may improve, yet the overall economic picture remains grim. A Californian visitor calls it not worth the trip, though some spectacles endure.
The article surveys Paris couture and American influence at the Exposition, noting social rivalries among Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Peck, attending American embassy events, and the prominence of white gowns, lace embellishments, and accessories. It highlights gowns, bodices, sleeves, over skirts, and hats, with emphasis on fabrics such as crepe de chine, lace, organdie, and muslin, plus jewelry and handbag fashions.
The article discusses summer home styling to temper heat with light curtains, shades, and minimal dark drapes. It praises diaphanous coverings, bamboo or wicker furniture for ventilation, wicker screens and tables, and emphasizes cool flooring with hard wood, painted surfaces, or matting, avoiding strong scents from flowers for table settings.
Electric fans hum as homes seek cooling tricks while summer parlor decor and lawn sprinklers promise a pleasant eye appeal. Flowers like mellia tulip crocus jonquil roses violets chrysanthemum fill air with scent and color, with fountains and greenery offering a striking, calming effect.
Wash and peel potatoes cut into eighths then halves or quarters depending on size. Dry thoroughly. Heat fat in a saucepan three quarters full. Fry in batches until brown drain sprinkle with pepper and salt and serve at once.
A turning kitchen menu lists Dinner and Luncheon items including Tomato Soup Roast Beef and several sides. The batter pudding with lemon sauce recipe instructs flour baking powder salt eggs milk a buttered dish bake time and how to make the lemon sauce with sugar lemon rind juice cornmeal and water. Also described is a Fish Pudding recipe with mashed potato base and optional sauces mustard hollandaise or anchovy.
Instructions describe boiling potatoes until tender then mashing smooth with milk salt and pepper beating until light and creamy adding beaten egg shaping into small cutlets coating in bread crumbs and frying or drying before sale.
Ella Fontain Bleau an actress was enjoined by the New York Supreme Court from marriage. Edward A Schiller her manager had a contract forcing single status to protect costly lithographs and a season. News says Bleau was engaged to marry Adolphus Garcia of the Madrid diplomatic corps, who had returned to Spain.
Captain A. Smith sailing the Calcium from Lvigtut Greenland reports the worst Arctic winter and spring in years. Eskimo inquiries about Explorer Perry near Fort Conger reveal no Perry sighting, while ice off Ivigtut lay 100 to 150 miles wide. A rescue ship through the channel seems almost impossible this year.
Col. W T Fee estimates 300000 square miles in famine area with 40000000 people affected, plus another 145000 square miles with 21000000 in distress where relief is already under way or planned before the next monster. The drought impact exceeds October projections.
The French government has freed slaves in Madagascar over the last four years, with the number reaching about 1,000,000. In Berlin, the University reports a surge in summer students, totaling 5,105 this semester, a threefold rise since 1873.
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