Gibson Girl to Be Portrait of Mrs Gibson for All Time
A social column notes Mrs C C D Gibson will be the Gibson Girl, following the Langhorne connection and marriage to Charles Dana Gibson. It traces their meeting at a New York horse show, engagement at Milrador Virginia, and the public reception of their union with rich social details.
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Gibson
New York
Charles Dana Gibson
C.C. D. Gibson
Gibsons
Baltimore
Rich
Harding Davis
Iurope
Miss Langhorne
Mr. Gibson
Milrador
Langhorne
Virginia
Minnesota opens farm life study to girls in full privileges
The piece reports Minnesota granting girls full privileges alongside men during study terms, hoping this experiment may influence other states and reduce male farm youths leaving home. It notes likely adoption elsewhere and potential broader impact on farm life and gender roles.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dont Marry A List Of Humorous Marriage Guesses
A humorous fashion of warnings about bachelors not marrying certain archetypes. The piece blends playful advice on child rearing and cautionary remarks about spouses, lampooning impractical matchups like a clairvoyant, a duchess, or a countess. The tone is light and satirical.
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Pont
Fashionable dressers split by elaboration and simplicity
New York correspondence notes two dress classes among fashionable women. Some garments lean toward elaborate trims while others emphasize simple lines. The piece discusses gowns with high waists, draped bodices, net overlays, and beadwork, plus the evolving sleeve shapes and the role of the mistress in maintaining a stylish home.
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Venus
Ancient beauty recipe for under eye wrinkles from 19th century periodical
The column describes a home remedy using tullers earth and wheat tour mixed into a paste to apply beneath the eyes for wrinkles. It advises leaving the paste for an hour then removing it, plus an alternative paste of white wax and sweet almond oil for other facial areas applied hot with a pine stick.
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Wonan
Marriage Ages Worldwide Vary by Nation
A survey notes diverse marriage ages across countries. In Turkey and Austria cultural norms govern, while Portugal Spain Hungary and Switzerland set minimums as low as 14 for boys and 7 for girls. Protestants in Hungary require 18 and 15, France Russia and Germany set men at 18 and women at 16.
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Turkey
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Thungary
Hungary
Austria
France
Russia
Germany
Record number of women at University of Illinois Urbana
The university reports 622 women enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana the largest female attendance in the school's history across all connected colleges totaling 1 402 new enrollees.
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University of Ilinois
Urbana
Wit and wisdom in a crowded stage of history
A collage of anecdotes features Judge Wheaton A Gray in Fresno addressing a juror asleep, Joseph Choate’s joke about being Mrs Choate’s second husband, Senator Caf fery and Senator Spooner on the Constitution, Modjeska and Count Bozenta’s cold South, and Dewey's quip about a Maine case on May Day. It also recalls Sir James Mackintosh’s shifting views, Villeressant’s church relic, a Parisian portrait misadventure, Theodore Hook’s dining room trick with coins, and related courtly humor.
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Wheaton A. Gray
Supreme Court Commission
Fresno
Joseph Choate
England
Mrs. Choate
Modjeska
Madame
Dewey
Manila
Maine
James Mackintosh
Burke
Ireland
France
Mackintosh
Dr. Parr
Chambon
Villeressant
Figaro
Iririft
AL. de Villemessaut
M. le Cure
Mme. Doche
Theodore Hook
A Novel Licking Wolves Night Time Tale From Vermont Farm
A Vermont farm boy recalls a clever, brutal tale of ridding a family of wolves. The father uses knives hidden in ice and blood to lure wolves to fatal lacerations, yielding bounty money from wolf skins and bounties.
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Vermont
Use of Salt and Health Beliefs Decline
For centuries salt has been viewed as essential yet growing belief says salt may be deleterious. Humans get sufficient salt from food, while animals need more. Sailors on long voyages suffer from salty diets, and reform should be gradual. Condiments in any form are increasingly decried by hygienists.
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Wittsburg
Tiarper
Bridget
Norah
Noral
Unsought Advice from a Scotch on Photographs
A Millais scene on the River Tay inspires a brief tale of recognition. While painting Chill October among reeds, a Scotsman asks if Millais has tried photography, calling it a quicker handle, with Millais replying thoughtfully as he continues his work.
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Millais
Angelus
River
Tay
Workshops of Famous Men at Paris Exposition
An attractive feature of the Paris exposition will be an exact representation of the studios and working rooms of famed actors dramatists and musicians. Rooms of Talma Mars Rachel Conn ed and Dumis the younger will be faithfully shown down to minute details. The younger Dumas study will contrast with the elder, highlighting their different working methods.
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Talma
Mars
Rachel
Onned
Dumis
Dumas
Dunas
Paris dog tailor touts overshoe fad in fashion
M. Vivier, a Parisian dog tailor, boasts a monopoly of the fashionable canine trade as overshoes for dogs gain popularity. He quips it is harder to fit a blanket to a dog than a gown to a woman. Banana juice yields tannin ink and shoe blocking. cucumber tastes good early in the season.
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M. Vivier
Paris
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Miss Grant
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Potter Palmer
Moscow
House of the Prince
United States
Universal Domestic Servants’ Union
Theodore
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