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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
6
Gossip items note popular topics for women workers and social trends. A grocer recounts losing a long serving bookkeeper who is to marry, praising steadier, more reliable young men as replacements. The piece cites the New York World on women employees and marital plans.
The young Carina refuses Russian customs by banning tobacco odor on attendants. The Grand Duchess Sergius and other grand duchesses smoke openly. Upon entering a room with women smoking, the czarinas said, I consider a cigarette in a woman's mouth is as bad as an oath in a man's.
An English paper notes mothers hiring governesses now require instructors to ride bicycles to accompany charges on wheeling outings. The idea suggests a new career for penniless women as bicycle chaperones as society makes cycling fashionable and demands oversight at social events.
Maud Powell discusses women and violin study in The Ladies Home Journal noting women can master the instrument, pursue serious study, and enter professional fields. She highlights women’s motives, openness of the concert stage, and the instructional prospects, urging pursuit as a career.
A Paris origin green pocketbook stands out in Fifth Avenue dress parade among women of fashion. The item signals a Paris green trend in color, brighter than prior glove hues, with metallic mounts and monograms sometimes featured.
The Chicago Record notes green pocketbooks as a bold fad replacing the green carnation in women’s accessories. It describes bindings in alligator and Paris green leather, with silver mounts, costing from five dollars to fifty, possibly monogrammed, and paired with ox-blood dog skin gloves and purple gowns as the style spreads to bargain counters.
A New York World summary notes spring fashion shifts with bustle use returning and skirts narrowing by about two yards. Sleeves grow less stiff, puff moving toward the elbow, bishop sleeves rise in popularity, and broad collars plus frills expand. Persian influences, elaborate ribbons, high heels for slippers, and aprons for house wear are highlighted as the season’s defining features.
A fashionable wig-maker notes rising use of false hair among wealthy women. Wigs cost $75 to $150 or more annually, with white hair at $35 to $40 per ounce and long back hair near $200. Many wear fringes to match their own hair, with some customers buying up to a dozen pieces. One society leader reportedly changes wigs multiple times daily and keeps eighteen in stock.
The Trianon reigns as queen of laces used for trimming hats and yokes with scarfs in vogue. Pointed-toe shoes with patent vamps and cloth uppers gain favor. Sheer fabrics like organdies and batists appear sparingly but will rise later. Marie Antoinette hats suit small girls. Incipient paniers appear for spring gowns. Soft doe kid and suede feature on winter gowns for collars vests and bonnets.
A historical survey traces lending to governments and individuals from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Italy and Holland. It highlights Medici banks, English crown pawnings, and the Rothschilds as pivotal in shaping states and empires, noting the enduring clash between debt, governance, and power.
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