Turkish bath parties become fashionable among New York’s wealthy
A New York Sun feature details luxury Turkish bath parties for women at a famed establishment. Rich clients replaced austere routines with private rooms, luncheon divans, flowers, and matinee outings, transforming baths into social gatherings and mood enhancing salons.
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Making Pearls Valuable in Paris Jewelers
Parisian jewelers peel pearls to reveal desirable gems by removing outer coats with knives files and leather. They use acids to uncover mother of pearl and chemical baths to color pearls black rose lilac or gray boosting value.
One Who Saw Sir Walter Scott
Rev Frederick Buick of Ahoghill near Ballymena recalls meeting Sir Walter Scott who visited Edgeworthstown while Buick was a schoolboy. The aged minister, serving sixty four years, describes Scott as a tall, somewhat lame man with a hat pushed forward.
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New Use for Animal Milk Prompts Sows’ Milk Testing
A Finistere deputy proposes testing sows milk as baby nourishment with donkey milk cited as superior to cow milk but pig milk viewed as novel and gaining medical support. London Chronicle notes rising English boot prices due to animal shortages. patent leathers may become luxury items as female bootblacks increase in France wearing nunlike dress.
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