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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
5
A fragmentary verse in formal tone explores love as marvelous but fleeting. The speaker notes muted chatter, a woman reduced to smoke, and a cigarette lingering on a tabourette, ending in emptiness. The piece reflects on illusion and dissolution.
A poetic meditation on a cathedral as a quiet sacred space where voices, prayers, and sacraments mingle. The poem contrasts burning city life with hallowed interiors and timeless devotion, noting light through jeweled windows and the incense filled air. It evokes saints, sinners, mercy, and immortal presence.
Poem fragment from Exchange notes a plain girl with simple features not extraordinary glow. It contrasts beauty myths with everyday natural charm and ordinary appearance.
In a grand charity ball, Mildred Erickson teases bachelor Browning about marriage. They retire to a flower-filled alcove where talk turns to love, solitude, and the allure of a wife who shares life and plans small, daily comforts. Browning reflects on his single life and the possibility of happiness with a devoted partner.
In a ballroom scene Browning and Mildred exchange quips on marriage. She hints at affection then invites him to meet tomorrow at three, while George Bixby escorts her for a waltz, all amid a playful, flirtatious backdrop.
A Paris fashion expert outlines complexion based color palettes for brunettes warm tones and rosy blonds. Suggested shades include ivory, orange, pale pinks, bright reds, blues, lilacs, creams, and striped effects, with combinations specific to hair and skin tones. Also notes Virginia Potomac shore preparations with Mrs Annie E Waller directing fishing operations at Widewater and large rail shipments supporting the season.
Mrs. Howard Gould visits Jennie O Neil Potter at St Luke's Hospital where Potter lies dying from cancer. Gould supports her with visits, providing a private room, special attention, and delicacies as a longtime former stage companion.
A writer notes a woman in a plain dark suit who appears picturesque in a pastel turquoise waist with duchesse lace. The standout detail is a bouquet of violets, whose color against the blue and lace hints at a sunset.
The card shows a figure of a maiden with a Maypole, dressed in eighteenth century style. Inside the invitation asks the reader to a party, with hours noted and a gold ink print on an ornamental card. The parting line says Be sure you come.
The article urges daily garments be aired and disinfected, noting brushing fails to remove odors from long use. It condemns over scented powders and sachets as vulgar, recommending turning clothes inside out, airing overnight, and sunlight to purify and deodorize.
A lined saucepan is used to simmer a strong soap and water solution with the veil for about 20 minutes. The veil is then squeezed in warm soapy water, rinsed in cold water with blue drops and sugar, shaken, and pinned to a clean towel to dry.
A simple shrimp salad can be made with fresh or canned shrimp. Use one cupful of shrimp, one chopped celery head, two fresh tomatoes, and arrange on lettuce leaves. Dress with mayonnaise and garnish with small olives.
Empress Augusta Victoria learned cooking as a girl. Grand Duchess Louise of Baden advised her daughter Victoria, wife of the Swedish crown prince, that every woman should be a careful housekeeper and a perfect cook, regardless of residence.
A look at funeral attire and shrouds from past eras notes how widows and prominent figures arranged their garments. Margaret Cousins in Kent ordered scarlet satin burial dressings and a mahogany coffin lined with green silk, with a glass over the casket near a parlor clock. A Queen Victoria milliner left strict, costly lace shrouds. A New York minister reports lifelong dyspepsia cured by Jodol Dyspepsia Cure, claimed to digest what you eat.
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