Fashions Show Summer Suits and Seersucker Styles
A fashion column reviews summer suits in light and dark tones with draped black silk dresses, gray and white trims, and military-inspired details. It highlights straw hats, turban shapes, silver buttons, and bold collar lines, plus seersucker in pink, blue, beige and cream with diagonal and vertical stripe patterns. It also notes straw Oxfords, patent tips, and ornate shoe embellishments gaining popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bnuck
Sarah
Oxford
The Swell Summer Hat Fashion Forecast
A Broadway hatter discusses seasonal hat trends with emphasis on the high stovepipe white hat as the stylish choice for the year. He notes price and style drive popularity, and claims high top hats convey majesty and manhood while remaining fashionable despite yearly shape changes. Tiny girls’ dresses stay short at the waist and long in the skirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Broadway
N. J. Mailand Express
Poise of Women in France and Beauty Myths
A fragment recounts views on women in France emphasizing health, social life, and poise. It cites French women managing duties with leisure and self care while maintaining beauty routines. The piece interjects anecdotal notes on perception of female beauty and social attention.
Not a Joking Subject About Death and Widowers
A lengthy rail about the desecration of death and marriage jokes contrasts sacred themes with social candor. It argues widows and widowers face unique pressures and condemns flippant humor toward spousal loss, then shifts to a railroad vignette and notes on California medicinal plants.
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California
Pacific States
Atlantic States
The Yankee Spy and a Confederate Book Tale
In Atlanta during Sherman’s March to the Sea a detective tale unfolds as a Southern hostess recalls a Yankee spy who read a Confederate novel at her home and later revealed a scarred temple. Rev. Mr. Dubuque, a visiting priest, shares the odd anecdote amid wartime memories and a travel of opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. Dubuque
Sherman
Rascal
Mr. Dubuque
Gen. Hood
Rey
Dubuque
Jacob
Rachel
John
Brooklyn
Louisa M. Alcott
Lucy Stone
Rebecca Harding Davis
Davis
Julia C. R. Dorr
Mary L. Booth
A. D.T. Whitney
Atlanta Constitution
Public Gallery Restroom Etiquette Sparks Curiosity
In a Corcoran gallery entrance, a sign asks ladies not to stand on chairs sparking curiosity about hidden rules. The author recalls similar notices in Swiss hotels and muses on the urge to test forbidden actions, noting the paradox of wealth and poor health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Corcoran
Margery Deane
Tobacco And Duty In Domestic Life
A column argues that smoking is a duty to protect wife and family, noting men smoke to support home finances and to boost work capacity. It warns that quitting is risky and urges cautious consideration for married men with dependents. Also mentions effects on temperament and social Spring, with a segue into ventilation and space efficiency.
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St. James Gazette
The
Scientific Monthly
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Mitchell Capital
Mitchell, Dak
the Fashions
Stiuvet
Pour
Eve
Lova
Mathers
Women In
France
Wilkie Collins
Gir
San Francisco
Argonaut
Union
St. Paul
Minn
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Sycamore
Ill
Chamberlain
Dakota
Nellie
Boston Courier
Reyniere
Seaboard
Maine
Minneapolis Tribune
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