Scenes of the Stage What Gilbert and Dumas Reveal
MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA Girls and Tueci Infatuations Gilbert writes a play and how Dumas lives at Marly le Roi. The article quotes Gilbert on rewrite methods and collaboration with composers plus anecdotes of stage romance. It also details Dumas’s daily routine and stern life rules from his Dame aux Camelias preface.
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Tueci
Gilbert
Dumas
Marly-Le-Roi
Damius
Europe
Alexander Dumas
French Republic
Muavil-le-Roi
M. Dumas
Varis
New York Fashion Gossip on Gandalf Trimmings and Tailor Gowns
The article surveys current women’s dress trends with bric a brac braids, heavy wool skirts, and tailored gowns in severe lines. It notes color clashes with home decor, mourning outfits, and stylish capes while mocking impractical ruffle skirts and praising wide modern silhouettes. It closes with a remark on improved gait from wide gowns and a copyright tag followed by a Georgia yellow fever tally from Brunswick.
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Bertha
Dan's Sister and Opera News Among Theaters
Annie Pixley launches a new play Dan's Sister. An English publisher reportedly offered Mascagni 160000 for his next work. Thomas Q Seabrooke's new opera, by Sidney Nosenfeld, will tour this season. Richard Hooley left 500000 in fortune. 100000 personal property with rest in realty. Bostonians retirements noted. Robin Hood performers Hoff Temple and Macdonald are named. Sheriff role unsettled.
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Annie Pixley
Dan
Mascagni
Ienny Invine
San Francisco
Pacific
ThoMas Q. Seabrooke
Sidney Nosenfeld
Richard M. Hooley
Toma Karl
Bostonians
Messrs. Hoff and
Temple
Robin Hood
Mr. Macdonald
Mr. Howland
Barnabee
Fan Painting Talent in New York City Girl
A young New York City girl artist earns her living by painting fans. Her work is excellent yet her merit lies in practical good sense as she avoids salable Madonnas and focuses on items with constant and profitable demand, per the New York Recorder.
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New York City
New York Recorder
Pinching Hands Feeds Tapered Fingers Myth
A New York Advertiser note describes a girl who attributes slender, almond shaped nails to a mother taught habit. After wiping, the towel pinches the fingertip and the skin beside the nail is rubbed to “find the moon,” then the fingers are pinched again to finish. The routine is said to elongate fingers and prevent rough skin, claimed as superior to manicuring.
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New York Advertiser
Empress Fashion Through Worth Robes and Rich Lace
The New York News notes Worth built the Empress of Russia coronation robe with six weeks of heavy silver embroidery costing 5000 dollars while Eugenie wore a Worth gown completed in three and a half hours. A private South American client received a lace heavy gown valued at 24000 dollars packed with antique diamonds and emeralds, suggesting immense luxury and jeweled display.
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Worth
Russia
France
Eugenie
Maison Worth
New York News
Hat and bonnet trimmings in winter fashions
Demorest notes a shift to broad effects in trimming through feather and loop arrangements, with broad Alsatian bows remaining popular. Stiff wings and birds endure, ostrich tips and long ostrich feathers appearing on large hats, and roses of black velvet plus black satin rosettes feature prominently in a mostly black palette.
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Demorest
Miss Mary Garrett of Baltimore a Railroad Virtuoso
A portrait of Miss Mary Garrett, daughter of Baltimore railroad magnate, living in Baltimore but often in New York and Europe each summer. The Jenness Miller Monthly extols her multilingual knowledge, investing acumen, vast travel, and balanced life between business and charity, noting her social reserve and refined manners.
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Jenness Miller Monthly
Mary Garrett
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Europe
Garrett
The Apron Symbol In Fashion History And Form
A concise survey of the white apron as a symbol of neatness purity and womanliness. It contrasts traditional domestic roles with fashion trends including Swiss lace chiffon and satin ribbons and notes the apron as relic of home life with a bib and lawn material. It also describes an empire gown in white with ruffles and velvet trim.
Dotted Swiss Aprons At Church Fair Highlight Fashion And Utility
The dotted Swiss apron, paired with church fair motifs, remains a favorite due to its prettiness and practicality. Round and square designs feature wide lace ruffles or narrow edges, protecting dresses from snags during sewing. Novel aprons use embroidered bed ticking with pockets for scissors and thimble. A fringed linen towel apron showcases creative fringe and border work forming sewing pockets.
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New York Herald
Fashion Notes Describe Beaded Bags and Velvet Details
The article surveys late style trends including beaded hand bags, gilt hairpins, regence silk costumes, and decorative trims. It notes yellow for evening wear, magpie striped waists, ribbon waistcoats, and long coats with umbrella backs in brown suits.
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Marie Antoinette Fichus
Fichus
Eton
Pingat
The Chocolate Tree in Trinidad Introduces New Cacao Varieties
J H Hart, curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens Trinidad, returns from Central America with twenty five thousand plants of Trinidad cocos and delivers two desirable Theobroma cacao varieties and two new species to the colony. One white seeded cacao yields white pods and beans with forty eight hours fermentation, far faster than the usual ten days. The other, known as allied cacao in Nicaragua, shows a soft pod covering and raised ribs. The new species are Theobroma bicolor and Theobroma sp. aka cacao meco or monkey cocoa.
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J. H. Hart
Royal Botanic Gardens
Trinidad
Central America
Irinidad
Nicaragua
Scientific American
Advertising As a Pill in Business
A Dansville New York editorial argues advertising fuels robust commerce and wealth. It contends critics know little of ads and that printer's ink unlocks coffers for the rich and aids the poor, urging businessmen to embrace advertising to stay current.
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Dansville
N. Y
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