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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1900
Page
12
Park May 21 reports in Paris fashions show weddings as bustling as honeymoons with provincials visiting the city. The feature highlights novel triple rings with clasped hands and initials, expanding sleeve shapes, elaborate gowns, and new etiquette like silver printed wedding service pages and berry topped cake serving.
Colorful observations on furniture comfort versus style, London wedding trends, and British and American tastes in dress. The piece notes decolletage, embroidery, and tulle, plus miniature portraits worn as jewelry, wedding ceremonies with choral music, floral favors, bridesmaids, and the custom of bouquets and wedding cakes.
The piece describes a summer wedding reception with post ceremony favors, notes on rice alternatives causing less mess, and bridesmaids contributing meaningful gifts. It then surveys French drawing room culture, detailing carriage, seating, and furniture styles such as fauteuils, divans, Chesterfield couches, and chaise lounge, plus the social aim of comfortable rest.
An extended discussion contrasts chairs and sofas from different eras and styles. It notes the chaise lounge as a comfort goal for repose at home or inn and compares French sofas with fringe to modern English and American designs. The piece describes furniture features, form, and period cues such as Louis XV and XVI influences, with observations on cushions, legs, back angles, and openness toward rooms.
Cut about two pounds neck mutton and fry in dripping with onions. Stir in flour and warm water to make sauce. Return meat, season, cover and bake until tender. Add potatoes carrots turnips celery and parsley, simmer until vegetables are cooked and meat moist.
A historical recipe segment describes Liver à l Irelandise with minced liver, bread crumbs, and brown sauce baked into sausage rolls, served with brown sauce and fried potatoes. It also covers a Tapioca and Rhubarb pudding with rhubarb pieces and a pink hue from cochineal, cooked slowly until tender.
A luncheon features tea or coffee, fruit, clam bouillon, tender ham, dandelion salad, apple fritters, and rolls. The salad blends dandelion leaves with duck leaves wood sorrel mint chives nasturtium. lemon juice oil and salt finish with flower garnish.
The article extols India silk for summer wear noting its comfort and cooling quality. It recommends an empire gown with a tight front, watteau back, low square neck, lace edging optional, and elbow-length puff sleeves. A brick India silk gown is praised for lasting through summer without wear.
Dress slippers in black and cream white leather feature broad Cromwell flaps on the instep and a front fining with cabochon jewels. Black satin slippers with gilt heels offer another fancy option.
A historical recipe outlines making a soft dough with one pint flour half teaspoon salt one tablespoon butter one heaping teaspoon baking powder and half pint milk. Knead with a spoon, bake in a hot oven about sixteen minutes. Dough placed in a buttered eight inch round pan with straight sides. Before mixing the cake have two.
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