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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1887
Page
10
London Sruth surveys recent fashion trends highlighting serges and zephyrs in greenish fawn and soft tartans, Beatrice costume cloth, coarse dark brown moss green mixes, and silk foundations with cloth trims. It notes subdued color effects, trims, and the appeal of new tennis flannels with striped and check patterns.
The article surveys lingerie trends with scalloped borders lace and embroidery as trim choices. It highlights wash and ironing effects on expensive laces and outlines necklines sleeve styles chemises and deshabilles plus silk and flannel petticoats and various blouse shapes for night dresses.
The article details white gowns trimmed with ribbon and lace for commencements. It highlights designs using bows, sashes, and point desprit lace, with emphasis on girlish simplicity. Skirts are walking length, bouffant drapery, high waists, and coat or puff sleeves, all echoing a youthful, lacey look.
The New York Herald notes that umbrella covers, once a nuisance, have become a fashion item. Fifth Avenue women tie colorful covers into bows on umbrella handles to avoid pockets and keep covers neat when raising or lowering parasols.
A detailed account of walking costumes features light cloth or wool with silk trims. It describes a dark brown silk under skirt, beige wool upper skirt with hollow-plaited back, open front, and a matching jacket bodice. Indoors, gray sicilienne dresses with plaited skirts and lace borders are noted.
Hosiery offers a wide range of colors and excellent grade quality in regular-made goods. Solid tones include rich and delicately tinted options with dove-gray and heliotrope dyes especially attractive. Fancy hose show few truly new styles but feature enough departures to add novelty to the exhibit.
Jeweled hoop earrings regain favor and bangles match the designs. Black watered silk and camel hair dresses suit older women. Narrow vests extend to the hip, tapering downward, with Moliere styling in vests and plastrons often using contrasting fabrics.
A voyage tale from Madeira recounts George visiting a church two thousand feet above sea level with a friend. They hire burriqueiros to drag their horses up steep paths, then descend in a willow sled at high speed, laughing and shouting as they slide two miles to the town below.
A classroom allegory explains arch strength with two back to back boys forming an A shape. As more boys join, arches brace against each other across a room to balance thrust. When arches differ in size, balance remains if spans vary to keep forces outward and downward in check.
A group of boys discuss a pupil Herbert Roland who stole small items from desks, provoking a harsh yet constructive rebuke from Principal Morris. The incident leads to a call for forgiveness of the sinner while warning against small beginnings of crime. The piece ends with a critique of widespread extravagance and a warning that the economic bubble will burst.
A humorous reminiscence of a boyhood attempt at smoking a three-cent cigar ends in humorous failure and parental concern. The essay then shifts to William James on instinct and a discussion of Swiss taxation favoring progressive, property-based rates and the effect on inequality. The piece contrasts direct versus indirect taxes and praises Swiss tax fairness as a model for America.
In a large factory a worker claimed loss of half his sight after a hammer hit. An oculist testified the eye was sound and exposed the claimant as a fraud using color vision test with green ink on a black card and red spectacles to deceive the left eye.
An Austin man questions the bouquet while another speaker boasts of a hiccuping remedy. The dialogue reveals humorous chatter about cloves and breath as miners discuss mining stock trends and speculation.
A Chicago Mail writer recites Josh Billings who recalled his early lecturing misadventure in New Jersey. He wrapped his scrap book in newspapers to prevent untangling and learned to start anew after a cramped first audience, then found success in a later appearance.
In North Siberia during migration of natives, a dead rhinoceros preserved in ice was uncovered by a landslide. It bore long horns and a hair covered hide. flesh later eaten by dogs, head and feet kept in a Russian museum. A separate note mentions a map of global fog distribution by Admiral de Ort.
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