Fashion Notes on Sleeves and Silks in 1896 Styles
A survey of prevailing dress trends contrasts Marie Antoinette and Victoria era influences with American adaptations. It critiques restrictive sleeves, oversized fashion, and the latest “star buckles” and basque details seen in rich costumes, including a palatial green brocade ensemble with amethyst accents and a voluminous hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Queen Victoria
London
Louis
Louis Seize Cataway
Costume descriptions in a fashion column by Henriette Rousseau
A fashion writeup details elaborate velvet and satin outfits with violet and myrtle tones. It describes a splendid costume with ivory satin vest and satin brocade skirt, plus a myrtle plaid suit, basque in myrtle cheviot, and a white satin walking costume with gold buttons. It also critiques hats, noting beefeater shapes, bell crowns, beehive and pine cone bonnets, and their excessive trimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henriette Rousseau
Woman's world in paragraphs on women in the workforce
A Massachusetts annual report highlights the occupation and pay gaps for collegiate women. Of 400 responses, about half teach, with many in clerical roles. average pay is $70 monthly, with some earning over $200 and few under $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Collegiate Alumni
Massachusetts
Theodore Thomas
New York Journal
Anna Millar
Miss Millar
Iowa
Muscatine
Europe
The Celibate Club and the Bachelor Revolt Revisited
A narrator recounts the Celibate club formed by aged bachelors led by Thomas Tommington to ban marriage and scorn women. The tale shifts to the narrator recovering from injuries at a cousin’s house where his cousin’s wife’s sister tends him and stirs unexpected feelings, challenging his vow to remain single.
The Coterie Banquet and the Wedding Revelations
Thomas Tommington recounts his failed ritual of concealment within the coterie. At the banquet his plan unravels as one by one members admit impending marriages, exposing the group’s hollow unity and ending with O’Ryan revealing his own marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tommington
John Temple
Jack Forest
Forest
Temple
King
Park
Arcturus O’ryan
Coterie
O' Ryan
Evening Post Letter List Uncalled for Advertisements
A list of unanswered advertisements appears in the Evening Post, including entries such as 7-D 4 Furnished Rooms 1 Box 2 5 Mrs H C B 3 Mr H L 3 I 2 Miss M 2 Partner 4 W J 3 H 1 F M A 1 W B 1 L L. The notices are presented as a public posting of uncalled for adverts.
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Evening Post Office
Wanted a position of a kind of able work in groceries
WANTED A position of a kind of able work by a young man of 25. Has 5k years experience in grocery. Address F A 76 Wells'street.
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Care Home
Calhoun Street
Wells'street
H. L
Evening Post
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the Celibate Club
Will King
Frank Park
the Evening Post
East Berry Street
E. Berry Jr
Fort Wayne
Ind
Evenine Post
Mergentheim’s
Calhoun and Main Streets
Alfred J. Lewis
Tremont
City
Dispatch Office
Clinton Street
A. Lordier
E. Wayne Street
Callon
Montgomery Street
Barr Street
Max B. Fisher
W. Wayne Street
Allen County
West Washington Street
W. C
Wells St
J. R.T
Care Evening Post
Mac. D
M. C
Varrie Helstein
M. Wayne
Kokomo
Asia
W. Williams Street
W. B
Savanah Street
H. Yan
Keller
The
Williams Street
West
Jefferson Street
E. Berry Street
Lafayette Street
East Main Street
J. Dickerson
T. F
A.C. Aurents
Berry Street
Madison Street
C. B. Smuck
Grand Street
East Columbia
Ns Music
East
Columbia Street
Kit Carson
Railroad Street
O. G. Gustavus
West Dewald
Fairfield Ave
St. Peters Catholic Church
Romy & Bobilya
Normandy
F.j.curtice
Schmitz Building
Logan
Good Fire Insurance Co
Louis F. Cardes
S. Robacher, Dyer and Gleaner
the Motel Steam Bakery
Maumee Avenue
B. Fitch
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