Paris Autumn Fashions Draw Duchesses and Dignitaries
Distinctive ladies from across the channel visit Paris to pick winter finery. Consuelo, duchess of Marlborough, is a leading patron at Elysee hotel, as Venezuelan commission adds bustle to shop windows. Descriptions cover gowns with guipure, velvet, fur trims, and new autumn skirts, plus elaborate Coiffures, jewelry, hats, and bolero jackets. General Harrison and wife noted for Parisian taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aris
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Benjamin Harrison
Worth’s
Paquin’s
Doucet’s
Luncheons for School Children and nutrition tips
Antoinette Sherman Wood argues for nourishing school lunches, advocating plain, digestible foods for growing children and options for cold noons. The piece praises private and public school initiatives, suggests baskets, low-cost beverages, and a midmorning snack to sustain concentration and health.
Compote of Rhubarb in Lemon and Currant Syrup
Six ounces leaf sugar melt in half a pint water with lemon rind. Boil ten minutes then add a quarter pound red currant jelly and carmine. Stir in rhubarb pieces and simmer gently until tender. Strain the syrup back over rhubarb on a glass dish as it cools.
Dinner in Holland by Dutch Family Dinners
A vivid portrait of a Dutch family dinner where daughters assist mothers, featuring simple yet excellent dishes such as sole and gratin, veal with chestnuts, and a milk based pudding. The table settings are grand, with damask cloths, massive silver, and crystal. Heat is supplied by peat stoves on tables for beverages, while little table service is performed by the daughters, seen as pets of the household.
How to Wash Silk in Warm Soapy Water and Rinses
Directions for washing silk instructs against steeping colored silk and recommends quick washing and ironing to prevent color fading. Use warm soapy lather, rinse warm then cold with salt and vinegar to preserve color, roll in cloth, and iron under muslin. White silk uses borax bath and methylated spirit in rinse, with gum applied for stiffness if desired.
Grape Juice Frappe From Simple Freezer Method
A simple freezer recipe combines one quart water two cups sugar boiled ten minutes then strained into a can. When cooled add one pint and a half grape juice and juice of two lemons. Pack with ice and rock salt, half freeze, remove dasher, scrape and beat before serving in sher bat glasses.
Paris Art Crafters Create Realistic Artificial Birds
The Society For the Preservation of Birds reports a clever Parisian fraud where artificial birds are made with silk stems and dyed to imitate natural specimens. Experts say the imitation is so convincing that even a trained eye might doubt the growth of real birds.
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Society For the Preservation of Birds
Paris
A Fashionable Cape Promises Future Vogue
A three quarter cape described as a Spanish influenced garment with soft folds from a yoke. The right front forms a lower corner that can be pinned on the shoulder with a stitched button strap. Dark tones like dee mauve claret marine blue and olive green are suggested as chic options.
A Lamballe Hat Described As Perfect Louis XV Copy
A Lamballe hat is detailed as a perfect theater hat in the Louis XV style. It is white with a black silk ground and velvet peach roses woven in. Black velvet ribbons support the brim from beneath, draping onto the shoulder for an exquisite effect.
Timely Breakfast Menu with Fried Sweetbread Recipe
The menu lists Rice with Sugar and Cream Fried Sweetbread Baked Potatoes English Crumpets Fruit Coffee. The recipe details take calf sole sweetbread simmer in stock then pressing overnight cut into slices crumb dredge egg crumb fry in butter or deep fat drain garnish with lemon slices and fried parsley.
Stewed Breast of Veal with Parsley Sauce Recipe
Dinner menu lists clams stewed breast of veal with parsley sauce, boiled potatoes, succotash, browned carrot, lettuce and radish salad, wafers, cheese, fruit and coffee. The recipe describes simmering two pounds veal with carrot turnip onion and salt, skimming froth, cooking two hours, removing bones, and serving with parsley sauce and vegetables arranged neatly.
Luncheon and Tea Menu and Cheese Custard Recipe
A luncheon and tea menu lists Pickled Lambs Tongue Potato Salad Cinnamon Buns Saratoga Potatoes Cheese Custard Fruit Cocoa or Tea. Cheese Custard recipe details milk eggs grated cheese bread crumbs butter and seasonings baked in a pie dish until brown.
Excaltioped Tomatoes Bake Layered Tomato Dish
A baking dish is layered with seasoned crackers or bread crumbs and butter, then peeled sliced tomatoes with pepper salt and a touch of sugar. The process repeats until full, bake 45 minutes to an hour, with optional onions fried and placed atop each tomato layer for extra flavor.
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Elysee Hotel
Diana
Laferiere’s
Terlor
Rue de la Paix
O. H. P. Belmont
Cornelius Vanerbilt
Lowell Daily Courier
Antoinette Sherman Wood
Holland
Lamballe
Excaltioped Tomatoes
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