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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1894
Page
5
A young Canadian immigrant to New York with lace making training from royal circles reshapes fashion through Battenburg Honiton patterns. Sara Hadley designs original pieces including a prize table cover, promoting lace as art for tables, windows, curtains and ecclesiastical adornments.
Ella Stark discusses the social appeal of dacemaking lace and traces Battenburg lace origins from European workshops to its debut in the city under Miss Sara Hindley. She notes the craft’s noble lineage, first pieces for Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and its distinct pillow bobbin technique and stiff, bright braids.
A lettered tone reports the Empress of all the Indies and ruler of the British Empire shuns new fashions. The Queen wears no corsets or crimps, uses a loose black silk wrapper, and slippers worn at the heels. She gives away new clothes to charity and enjoys simple breakfasts with bagpipers at Balmoral.
An article notes a widow remarriage effort in Kalanam Gurdaspur district India. A Mahometan charity supports destitute widows with over 20 0000 rupees in funds raised and a weekly paper spreading details. Over eighty widows have remarried in three years amid initial opposition and new social acceptance.
The New York Times cites Lady Londonderry claiming daily life preserves youth. She spends one tenth of each day in bed waking naturally, avoids baths, and eats a light breakfast in bed. She rests until Gaelon in the evening and dines in her room, avoiding any interference with this regimen.
A New York Tribune note reports a curious observer who analyzes household finances. She cites that a typical French range in New York costs about six percent annually in repairs on a capital of one hundred. The piece highlights unseen money leaks that affect projected expenses.
A New York Journal item notes women will paint fur garments with dense quilted tins in varied decorative motifs. The short piece emphasizes creativity in fashion embellishment and decorative arts.
The article reviews current fashion trends including belts, ribbons, and cloaks, highlighting golden yellow and bleuet color pairings. It notes leg of mutton sleeves gaining size yet soft, crepon fabrics with heliotrope ground, and silver belt buckles with antique patterns.
The article notes capes for carriage and travel with double capes or hoods, imported Scotch cloth, and veils edged with velvet. It describes tulle collars, long accordion pleats, and winter jackets in rich fabrics like cheviot and covert with softer color patterns. It also mentions chestnut flour as peasant food and a knitted grandma cape with railroad stitching.
Dr Hodse of Clark University studies fatigue by linking body energy to cellular chemistry. Electical stimulation in animals shrinks cell nuclei and protoplasm, causing irregular cell outlines and destroyed network structure, unlike unstimulated brain sections.
The article describes how Arctic peoples freeze food for preservation and nutrition. It notes that Ish and seal fish are frozen and eaten in slices, and that frozen walrus meat is prized for its sustenance. In Peru the Titicaen Basin peoples freeze and reprocess potatoes into chunus for long journeys.
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