Women's clubs hear plans on civic progress and education
The article notes a mushroom exhibit on Tuesday October 14 at 4 p.m. in Middlesex Hall hosted by the Sencee Department with Miss Clara Beard as chair. It highlights Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bennett's presidency and civic aims, plus a fall meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs in Newtonville on October 31. It discusses Simmons College opening in Boston with Dean Miss Sarah L Arnold, stressing better training for women in business to raise wages and improve labor standing.
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Middlesex Hall
Rencee
Clara Beard
Paul Kunzer
Elizabeth F. Bennett
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Newtonville
Dimies T. 8. Denison
General Federation
Lowell
Federaton
Los Angeles
Cal
Massachusetts
New England
Boston
Simmons College
Sarah L. Arnold
Elegant undergarments and veils trend in fashionable fabrics
The article details women’s lingerie and veils using sheer cottons and linens, washable chiffons, and pale lawn underwear. It notes two piece nightgowns with long chemises, kimono jackets trimmed with lace, and sailor-collar accents. Veils feature white tulle with black patterns, chenille and velvet dots, and woven nets with ring or leaf patterns. Black and white palette dominates veils with long black chiffon veils and varied silk skirts, including Jersey styles with fitted hips and ruched flounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Curve of Social Progress Lecture Opens Middlesex Club
Rev Edward Cummings D D of Boston spoke at Colonial hall to Middlesex Women's club on The Curve of Social Progress He argued progress is an endless approaching curve not a final millennium noting the balance of material and non material forces and urging moral intellectual growth to lift society toward higher ideals.
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Colonial Hall
Middlesex Women’s Club
Edward Cummings
D. D
Boston
Professor Cummings
Harvard
Edward Everett Hale
Kingdom of Heaven
Heaven
Washington
Orient
Plato
Emerson
Lifting the weak by raising the line of society
A speaker urges the educated and prosperous to descend from their elevated position and use wealth and culture to uplift the less fortunate. He warns that neglecting the weak leads to societal decline, contrasting past persecution with a modern, more humane but chilling "freezing out" of reformers who push uplifting policies.
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Carlyle
New York fashions show lavish outerwear and silk finishes
Rosalind May reports on a broad range of outdoor garments from jackets and Monte Carlo coats to long cloaks. The piece notes the shift toward rich fabrics like lace, chiffon, and fur trims, with emphasis on carriage wear versus practical street attire, and highlights corset influence and new 8. H. & M. velvet braid protections for skirts.
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Monte Carlo
Rosalind May
Shampooing as I do it is a luxury
The narrator describes two kinds of shampooing and offers a health improving service tailored to individual needs. Clients can choose the old fashioned basin method or the upright style and may specify hand drying and preferred soap. The tone markets shampooing as a luxury service.
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Frills
Millenius
NEW York Fashions
Rhodes’ Hair Store
Merrimack Street
Telephone
A.C. Weston
Stickney & Smith’s
Tremont Street
Ceylon
India
Wholesale Agency
State St
A. G. Pollard & CO
Scrasis
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
BORAX
C. B. Coburn & CO
Market Street
New York Cloak & Suit Co
Vv. T. Griffin
Appleton Street
EL Hicks
Fred
Cufp
Courier-Citizen
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