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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1890
Page
3
In a frontier tavern a tale unfolds of a mammy cat guarding her litter as a yellow catfish feasts. The mother cat battles to save one kitten while the fish devours others, ending with the surviving kitten reunited with its mother and five missing kittens found in a wood shed.
A Lewiston Journal snippet follows a schoolboy query about Chili’s language provoking a fatherly rebuke about books. A broader vignette recalls a lodger’s lamp-lit gate and a five year old’s humorous moon remark. An exchange about sledges, a train vendor joke, and kitchen talk close the page with light social humor.
Mixed chatter notes Ward McAllister the 400 authoring a book titled Society as I found it with an aside about Society when I left it. The czar of Russia reportedly owns the biggest ruby, a firest ever sovereign gem set in a crown with a five-diamond cross crest and a foliated arch of eleven diamonds.
Women embrace Persian stripes and borders with tucked waists and straight skirts in cottons. Bodices differ from the costume yet harmonize in color. Heliotrope emerges as the administration color as fashionable women adopt four in hand scarves, starched shirts, fob chains, studs, and Darbys.
A New York Sun overview of fashion footwear highlights evolving tastes. The Blacker novelty on picadilly lasts slimmed feet, lace walking shoes and balmorals rise in favor while button and congress styles wane. Silk suede morocco dress shoes for smart occasions feature contrasting heels and ribbons. Napoleon’s sister Borghesa inspires refined petit feet, while perfumed Russia leather shoes with ors-root powder gain traction. A new instep clasp, patent toe, and gaiters pairings appear, with French imported button boots displaying triple ribbons and silver buckles.
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