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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
3
A Montreal Herald report notes anaconda skin coats as the latest novelty in women's dress in London. The three quarter length coat combines beaver fur trim, delicate cream and brown shades, lightness, warmth, and durability. Velvet fittings and fur accents trend in coats, collars, cuffs, and toques.
A lavender and heliotrope gown features plain darker cloth accessories edged with silver brain and fine lavender plaitings. It is paired with a lavender hat adorned with heliotrope plumes.
Velvet fashion updates note velvet fabrics in demand early with chiffon and alk mousseline varieties. Crushed velvet fades from style while new velvets show subtle ripple effects. A princess skirt with a short bolero is favored by designers for velvet gowns, featuring a deep painted girdle and plain sweeping skirt.
Fashion notes announce fur trimmed gowns regaining popularity after a long retirement. The piece highlights revival trends, designer mentions, and style cues for the upcoming season.
White The TeA Deews notes a street craze of fur scarfs and velvet domes for women’s wear. New derbies, beaver fur brims, and deep pink felt promise to be fashionable this season. Embroidered blouses and tucked linen waists suit younger women, with slim skirts and satin folds. A chiffon veil tied in a bow decorates hats, while a corded silk child hat features a mink fur trim.
The newest empire coats attract notice at the New York horse show with petunia cloth designs. Dark velvet collars and tasseled trimmed sleeves mark the style, signaling wide popularity across winter fashion and tailor shop wardrobes.
A brief note on English fashion describing velvet trim applications on cheeks or facial decoration, noting that many wearers are rich and use dark colored velvets requiring trimming to maintain appearance.
The text details green cloth attire with gathered bodice and decorative trims. It notes a pedaled cuff alignment with buttons, a velvet girdle, and a brown cloth alternative. An embroidered taffeta collar and cuffs edged in violet velvet are described alongside tafted trimming and a gathered redingote.
Women who dislike the fall puffy sleeves and sloping shoulder look seek epaulets as their preferred detail. Lace blouses feature tiny frills, embroidered plastrons atop sleeves, and embroidered silk or velvet dress pieces with ornamentation at the collar that widens over the arm, edged with lace or fringe.
A fashion note describes Lady's Morning Jacket with a charming Thile design adaptable to various materials. Shown in pale blue China silk, it features accordion pleats, shoulder and underarm seams for fullness, and a deep cape collar trimmed with lace and a lace frill.
Empire coats of three quarter length illustrate tailored originality in collars buttons and design. A recent dark blue model features cloth strappings and an invisible closing with a sealskin collar and pearl satin lining.
Do not leave scrub brushes bristles up to avoid loosening bristles in sockets. Clean glass decanters by breaking up eye drops into water and shaking. Wash bedroom toilet ware with soap, then boiling water and air dry half a day for disinfection. Do not store soiled clothes. pack linen and mussing starched to prevent yellowing before spring.
A street or theater gown in dark blue broadcloth features a knee length circular skirt with decorative seams. The jacket has wide cloth straps, a mat collar, taffeta trim, and dull gold button accents, with blue taffeta plaiting along the edges and sleeves.
The latest stocks for gowns feature custom fits for wearers avoiding ready-made neckpieces. Designs include graduated elpe shapes behind the ears and down the front, with many transparent and invisibly boned. The stiff stock is falling from favor.
New York social figure F Ambrose Clark, stepson of Bishop Potter, is a noted steeplechase and hunt patron. He survived a fall at Belmont Park with a shoulder injury after remounting his horse The Bowery, proving his ardor for racing despite danger. A prior Morris Park fall caused a broken collarbone, yet his attendance and enthusiasm remain unwavering.
A healthy young matron confronts Dr Henry Russell outside a patient's door, recalling his single operation for appendicitis and ether. He explains that illness leaves a shadow, not the real person, since a doctor who sees a patient only during sickness cannot know the recovered self or distinct traits.
A New York social figure, not a beauty, asks a Scotch porter William about her husband Col S marrying her. He replies with a blunt moral about fate and God’s will, saying the handsome man’s choice must have been God’s will. The exchange reveals candid humor about marriage and appearances.
Kathleen Kavanagh in New Orleans Pivayune recounts a mother’s struggle with her deformed child and the harsh judgments of society. The mother recalls guiding the boy from birth, defending him against whispers that he is a burden while her other children remain cherished and healthy. The piece reflects on compassion, resilience, and the depth of parental love amid social stigma.
A man boastfully jokes about buying his wife a hat for five dollars with a fifteen dollar tag. She hints she deserves a better gift and laughs at the inflated price. The wife later calls him out, recalling she saw the same hat priced at eight dollars in the window.
From Special Correspondence July 14 1789 marks liberty in France with the fall of the Bastille. The Column of July on Place de la Bastille rises over a ground rich in history the Genius of Liberty statue and views toward Montmartre and the Trocadero. The Bastille tale lingers in modern memory though the monument honors those who fell in 1830 and 1848.
Mohammedane Rouse Themselves to ecstasy as Mecca hosts the annual Mohammedan pilgrimage narrated from Ibn Jubayr Ali of Bandar Abbas in Everybody's December issue. The Kaaba is described as a silver adorned, gold rain spout covered sanctuary, crowded with worshippers and a concurrent chant of the Song of the Winding Sheet.
William Paterson, Strafford Vid nurseryman and friend of the late Senator Justin Morrill, earns the nickname Absent Minded Gil Paterson after a series of comic mishaps. He dropped his watch into sap while boiling dinner, then mistook a hoe for an umbrella, strolling away before realizing the mix up.
The Great Grocery Exhibition, an English association of large grocers, offers for the fifth time a prize for a safety lamp using mineral oil. The lamp must cost no more than 50 cents and, even with neglect, should not be more dangerous than a common candle.
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