Bags for Many Purposes Use of Chamois Silk and Linen
Instructions from Philadelphia North American describe making small bags from chamois silk and linen for various uses. Describes neck wear money pouches with ribbons, jewel bags for travelers with secure fastenings, cretonne bags for washcloths, and larger bags for slippers and opera glasses. Includes lining, outer coverings, bindings, and practical details like name labels and reducing mirrors.
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Dresden
Philadelphia
Striped Garments For Tall Or Short Women Fashion Tips
Practical guidance on striped outfits to flatter height, advising horizontal stripes for tall figures to reduce height and vertical stripes for shorter figures to elongate presence. Describes skirt plaits with a high back band, a back twist, a black taffeta ruching band, black thread button detailing, and a kimono style waist with optional long features.
Fashion Detail Description for Silk Garment Trim
Short sleeves with glass buttons ornament the sleeves. A lace chemisette edged with crêpe if you wish it should appear beneath revers of the silk. A belt of black satin or black patent leather adds a smart touch.
Fashion notes and hosiery tips from the era
Tips on washing white stockings with tepid water and pure soap, then rinsing in cold water and blueing. Observations on the new feminine foot shape with long narrow sides and stockings shown, noting buckles as large but women refrain from oversized ornaments.
Milady’s Fan and Evening Gown Harmonies
The article describes coordinating fans with formal attire. It notes black satin and white chiffon dresses pair with an old fashioned fan, light evening gowns use carved ivory fans, gauze fans with watercolors suit chiffon and net, and heavy brocade or velvet gowns match bright colored fans. Venetian plumed fans also suit these gowns.
Inhabitants of Mars as Described by Perrier Expert
A Paris correspondent reports Professor Perrier of the French Natural History museum outlines a vivid Mars world. He imagines Martians as tall yet light built due to low gravity with large skulls and slender limbs. He notes long days extend evolution, predicting huge plants bright birds and four footed animals with sleek fur and fast bearing.
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Perrier
France
M. Perrier
French Natural History Museum
Mars
Fondon Standard
Paris
Pilotores
Earth
Home manufacture in early America noted in clothing history
A historical observation notes that not longer than a century ago about two thirds of clothing including hosiery and much of the house and table linen used by non city residents in the United States came from home manufacture. The excerpt emphasizes widespread domestic textile production in early American life.
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United States
Confounding Science in Schoolyard Fuss
A schoolyard scene in which a passerby questions the fuss as a boy ponders the doctor’s rounds. An alleged deficient boy is said to be knocking stuffing from a perfect child, reflecting a tense, uneasy moment in the Cleveland Plain Dealer report.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Our Illustrated Story Carrying a Joke Too Far
Billy Bevan and Grace Coburn form a comic couple on a train as a joke on marriage backfires. Wolcott handcuffs Bevan to his chair to embarrass him, a magician frees him partially, and Bevan begs Grace to marry him as danger, humor, and mistaken fate unfold aboard the rail journey. Grace accepts with a shy yes after a dramatic chain of cuff escapades and cheeky banter.
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Wolcott
Billy Bevan
Piyleg Practica
Bevan
Billy
Wolcapt
Walcott
Regan
Bess
Milly
Indy
Thape
Presbey
Grace Coburn
Presley
Presley Wolcott
Ted Walcott
May Lewis
Bert
A Word Game Among Readers About Subtle Wordplay
A reader describes a game where each player whispers a hard to use word to the right, then questions a neighbor who must weave that word into a reply without revealing it. If the questioner uncovers the word, a forfeit is paid. the example word idiosyncrasy shows how to disguise a term within unrelated phrases.
Bowling on Lawn with Colorful Balls and Jack
A lawn bowling description explains each player uses two gayly colored balls plus a white jack. Players aim for balls nearest the jack to score per ball, with seven fourteen or twenty one points. Ground should be level, grass short, and layout chosen. The text notes the origin of no stone unturned from Euripides via Polycrates and the Delphic oracle.
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Euripides
Polycrates
Xerxes Plataea
Nothing Venture Nothing Gain Origin Traced
A familiar quotation history notes the form Nothing venture, nothing gain is common but not exact. The phrase traces to English poet Thomas Tusser who died in 1580 and used Naught venture, naught have. Bartlett lists the proverb but omits the exact modern form. Tiny Teacups: Swatow teacups and pots are tiny, about three sips, one to two inches deep, making grown people look absurd as they sip from such diminutive vessels.
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Post
Chicago News
Thomas ‘Tusser
Bartlett
Swatow
Ching
Canton
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Milady
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Sean
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