Charms of the Summer Girl Millinery Trends
A detailed survey of summer hats describes Chinese turbans with pink bows, primrose poppy bands, and long tassels, plus large afternoon hats with flat crowns and wreath trims. It notes prices, artistic braid, and plumes, praising various shapes and fountain plumes while contrasting cost with perceived value. Kate Catherine Talbot reports on trends and fashion opinions from milliners and buyers.
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Man
Madam
Mademoizelle
Milan
Catherine Talbot
Decorative Buttoned Gowns Herald New Front-Fastening Styles
Fashion notes discuss buttoned gowns reviving front closures and diagonal fronts, with lingerie-inspired blouses likely to follow. A black satin dress with lace accents and chiffon yoke showcases spring trends, featuring a decolletage and unique sleeve detailing, finished by a knotted chiffon sash.
Girdles On New Gowns
The article discusses girdle styles for gowns, noting modern trends favor simple designs. It explains variations like a narrow straight band, subtle styling with invisible stitches, and options with sashes or shirt overlap, contrasting with older wasp waists.
Jobs For Boys And Boys Work In Neighbors’ Cellars
Young laborers like John earned ten cents an hour cleaning storerooms and cellars. Tasks included carrying items, dusting, sieving coal, removing ashes, brushing walls, hauling coal, preparing firewood, packing papers, storing porch furniture, painting, washing windows, and keeping cellars ventilated and clean.
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Borys
John
Walnut Desk Designed For Milady’s Boudoir Use
A walnut desk trimmed with gold matches lakeside boudoir furnishings. It features four capacious drawers for notes and memorandum pads. Lights are angled to provide proper illumination for reading and writing in an elegant setting.
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the Lakes
Milady
Home Remedies for Removing Stains and Mildew
The article outlines various stain removal methods for fabrics and surfaces. It covers iron mold with lemon juice and sun, lemon salts with boiling water, ink, tea, coffee, wine and fruit stains, starch and lemon mixtures, yellow soap with starch paste, mildew remedies using soft soap and starch, and scorch mark treatments with fuller's earth vinegar soap and a vinegar soda mix.
Seasonable Pearth Rints In the Kitchen
Odd fragment suggests kitchen dangers and health tips with garbled phrases about milk and weather. A cryptic note mentions a milkman and a warm milk remedy, plus a remark about a tight overcoat as defense against a cold.
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Posen
Have You a Kind Voice
A short moral essay urges youths to cultivate a kind steady voice at all times. It notes sharp tones from play and vexation cause ill will, and warns that home voices shape lifelong impressions. It compares a kind voice to light for the eye and a lark’s song for the heart.
Closet Room Hidden Wardrobe Behind Library Shelves
A visitor admires a studio bedroom in a large city house and is shown a clever closet room. The occupant reveals green silk curtain covered bookcases with removable shelves and hooks to hang frocks behind glass doors, keeping clothes dust free and out of sight in concealed drawers at the base.
Feather Shoe Dominates Paris Fashion This Spring
The feather shoe is gaining attention in Paris surpassing other footwear for elegance and price. Critics doubt its appeal in America despite trends from the chantecleer modes failing to influence the market.
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Paris
America
Salads for the Spring Table by a Famous New York Chef
A list of spring salads from a renowned New York chef includes Yildiz Salad with grapefruit and tomato border. Salad Favorite with asparagus tips and deviled eggs. Tyrohenne Salad with lettuce celery potatoes walnuts. Orange Salad with orange and celery and dates. Carolina Salad with grapefruit bananas and pepper rice. Each is served with a mayonnaise or French dressing.
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New York
Yildiz
Pretty Arms and Dimpled Elbows Care Guide
Summer fashion spotlights arms and elbows. Massage after warm baths along with olive oil baths and oatmeal powder dusting helps tone arms. Regular exercises and avoiding elbow leaning improve shape. nightly skin rubbing enhances smoothing within a week if habits don’t undo progress.
Traveling Light For European Summers In 1900s Outfit Advice
A guide on packing for European travel discusses essential garments and tips. It recommends a compact pongee coat, white blouses with tailored suits, six to eight blouses, and avoiding black silk underwear. It warns against fragile lingerie, suggests multiple washable gloves, and cautions on packing too many shoes while noting summer travel favors light footgear.
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Europe
Rome
de Nuit
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