Last Winter Dresses Made New in Woolen Season
Revival fashion reports show women with modest incomes could refresh wardrobe with all wool fabrics at 50 to 75 cents a yard. Guides advise selecting one cohesive dress and hat, using fabric for new basques and drapery, and opting for dark soft colors and camel hair blends. Tips cover dresses, jackets, skirts, hats, stockings, and accessories from famous departments and fashion columns.
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Aighbow
Mountains
Seattle
Philadelphia Record
Description of Capote Trimmings and Pearled Crowns
The passage details lighter summer capotes with reduced borders and no front peak. It notes a small, feathered border with three ribbon loops and lace, a silk and gold flower crown over tulle, and a crown half plain half plaited. Long tulle strings are delicate and inconvenient.
The Humble Exalted and God Uses Humble Vessels
A devotional piece argues God passes by great power and lifts humble workers. It cites Moses David Gideon Amos and others as examples, noting Jesus as the foremost humble servant. The message: divine favor comes to the lowly, shaping history and faith.
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Gideon
David
Amos
Zwingle
Melanchthon
Luther
Fuller
Carey
Morrison
Dr. Milne
Adam Clarke
John Foster
Jay
Bath
Dr. Livingston
Jesus of Nazareth
From a Moslem School in Syria to The Hearts of People
A mother’s vow stops her daughters from attending school but prayer revives them with the elder girl declaring God hears prayers and that she now knows. A gatekeeper helps spread the Gospel, while stories of Howard, Dickens, and a missionary’s Bible class in a Chinese laundryman’s circle illustrate faith shaping lives.
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Old Mousa
Howard
Europe
Charles Dickens
Jones’ School
Blank
Ah Sing
Tight kid gloves falling out of fashion in America
New York letter notes that American women avoid tight kid gloves as the style fades. It recalls past trends where gloves were worn so tight the thumbs risked paralysis and the little finger bent into the palm, contrasting with Paris where such wear marks a provincial or American.
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America
Paris
New York
The Simple Workwoman Sparks World-Spanning Mission
A humble workwoman mentors a shoe maker who gazes at a map and begins English evangelical missions inspired by an inward light. The tale honors the woman’s unseen reward as she helps turn many to righteousness. Miss Alcott signs an autograph book urging to do the closest duty.
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Simon
Importance of the Persian Mother-in-Law in Society
A portrayal of the Persian mother-in-law as guardian and tutor to the bride and new mother. It notes strict early-year seclusion, guidance in household management, and the veil as a badge of modesty. It contrasts educated middle-class women with practical, industrious poor women skilled in cooking, baking, sewing, and small trades.
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Persia
Hassan
St. James Gazette
The Haunted House Theme Persists in Newsrooms
A city reporter relies on haunted house stories as a reliable standby when news is thin. Public fascination with spectral sites endures, drawing visitors, rumors, and the lure of notoriety, while tenants stay for rent and headlines. A separate quip about a young man’s ill-fated marriage adds a wry aside.
The Ribbon and Its Storied Path Through History
A meditation on ribbons as symbols across eras from Caesar to modern wars. It traces red blue and white trimmings through royalty, battle, romance, and national identity, linking fashion to fate and heroism in a sweeping historical thread.
Hydrophobia and a General Beales Wolf Bite Tale
An 19th century account recounts General Beale's youth as Surveyor-General in Southern California and a wolf bite incident. The tale links the bite to hydrophobia fears, detailing his struggle with water aversion and a heroic will-power challenge at a spring to conquer symptoms.
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Beale
California
Gen. Beale
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