Corsage flowers and lace hats in early 1900s fashion
The piece notes aristocratic and socialite favorite blooms such as gardenias arum lilies violets and freesia worn on bodices by figures like the Duchess of Marlborough Mrs Rupert Beckett and Mrs Flerpont Morgan. It describes new hat designs including large plateau and Louis XVI styles with blue tulle wings and mossy plums and covers parasols in chine silk with Pompadour patterns and ivory or crystal handles.
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America
Duchess of Marlborough
Rupert Beckett
London
Marlborough House
Lady Downshire
Algernon Gordon-Lennox
Duchess of Portland
Mrs. Astor
Washington Star
Millinery Trade Review
Voice
la Mode
China
New York Commercial Advertiser
Club Women Buy a Hearse in Las Cruces NM
The Las Cruces Woman's Improvement Association led by President Mrs. D C Billings purchases four hearses with its first official dollars becoming the county's sole hearse owner. The eleven member group began five years ago by replacing a rude wagon and expanding town improvements including a park, trees, a pavilion, and a site for a public library and clubhouse under one roof The Pilgrim.
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Woman's Improvement Association
Las Cruces
N. M
D. C. Billings
The
Pilgrim
Embroidery Techniques for Weaving rich textures in garments
The article notes embroidery to chic should be heavy in dull wool or silk. Leaves of flowers are padded for a raised effect. Gold and silver threads may be used to add weight and depth. The embroideries decorate the dress or matching canvas.
Lace Washer for Vanderbilts and Belmonts Dies in New York
An elderly NY lace washer who earned a living cleaning fine articles for wealthy patrons, including the Vanderbilts and Belmonts, died while at work on a Venetian lace piece valued at $6000. She had years of experience using naphtha and her own washing compounds.
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New York
Vanderbilts
Belmonts
Hat Trimming Flowers Include Wistaria And Lilacs
Flowers for hat trimming feature wistaria in green leafy clusters and bright leaves along with profuse purple lilacs, signaling popular seasonal choices for millinery.
Odd Comb Fashioned With Tortoise Shell Plumes
An odd back comb is described as pretty and small with a top design of three tortoise shell plumes curling in a natural feather-like imitation. The piece combines delicate ornamentation with a realistic feather motif.
Frills and fashion trends in spring apparel and hats
Moire ribbons and white fashion grow in popularity as blue sapphires and pearl accents appear on hats and gowns. Garlands of tiny flowers adorn hats while white dotted nets and wide black bindings define new styles. Rainy day undergarments in sateen and Italian cloth appear, plus washable peau de soie. New sleeve drafts reach elbow level ending in puffed wrists. Embroidered Swiss and nainsook fabrics shape shirt waists with versatile trims like ziz zag and puff braids.
Modern Kitchen Conveniences Outshine the Good Old Days
A Washington Star piece contrasts antique kitchen habits with today’s sanitation and packaging. It highlights sealed butter, compartmented egg boxes, milk in glass bottles, and paper or pasteboard containers, arguing modern practice preserves freshness, prevents decay, and reduces mess.
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New York
Washington
Washington Star
Recipes From A Vintage Kitchen Caledonian Style
Fututo soup uses four potatoes boiled then mashed with milk and butter after draining half water. Eggs a la Polignac molds are buttered and egg poached in hot water in oven. Sassafras jelly is made from sassafras pitch steeped in boiling water then thickened and sugared. A candy from sassafras flavoring is also noted. Spider Cake uses sifted flour butter sugar baking powder fruit and milk to form a thick dough fried in a large spider pan. Serve with butter and maple syrup. split open and eat hot.
Sahara Under the Sea Evidence for Sahara Submergence
French scientist M Chevalier reports to the Academy of Sciences observations suggesting the Sahara once lay under Atlantic waters. Fossils near Timbuctoo and a fossil sea urchin at Zau Saghair support the view, challenging earlier canal proposals and noting the Sahara’s mean elevation remains well above sea level.
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M. Chevalier
Soudan
French Academy of Sciences
Sahara
Timbuctoo
Senegambia
Zau Saghair
Saharan
Atlantic
Desert
Africa
Morocco
Europe
America
Nile
el Jul
New York Sun
Parisian Election Manifesto by Food Purveyors
A Paris pamphlet warns electors and business people against medical candidates for the Chamber of Deputies. It claims hygienists seek dictation over food supply and accuse food purveyors of fraud. The manifesto urges voters to replace medical men with commercial men and to support food purveyors.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
The New Man Diffidence Fades With Boss’s Ignorance
A brief note on starting anew in work life. Diffidence and nervousness ease once a worker realizes his employer has little more knowledge than he. The insight brings a surprising calm as confidence grows from mutual limits.
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Colton
Greville
Prosperity
Zimmerman
Cecil
Lew Wallace
O. W. Llolines
Bulwer
Terence
Franklin
New York Preas
New York's Barrel House novelty planned on Broadway
A Scotch party in New York learns of a proposed seven or eight story Barrel House on Broadway described as a brick and stone tower. The building would feature country villages from Germany France China Scotland and Japan on separate floors with elevators in wine bottle shapes and a rooftop bicycle path.
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New York
Barrel House
Cabby
House of the Barrel
Rathskeller
Weekly Scotsman
Broadway
Boulevard Des Italiens
China
Scotland
France
Bordeaux
Hungary
Worl
The Last Resort on Insomnia Sleep Help
A visitor seeks a cure from a noted specialist after wasting an hour and recounting misery. The doctor proposes remedies, all tried and failed, then gives a bromide prescription. Frustrated, the patient protests and the doc cryptically offers one final option: sleeping cars.
Light and Color Change in Gems Over Time
The Tatler notes that exposure to air for years alters gem color. Emeralds rubies and sapphires resist change less, but even they fade with light. Opal, most sensitive, shows rainbow reflections from tiny clefts and can split after cutting or polishing.
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Tatler
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