Elaborate Costumes Seen At The Opera
New York on December 12 reported the first night of the opera featured lavish gowns and social display. Society women rushed dressmakers to outshine rivals with bright colors, fur trims, and bold silhouettes while Paris fashion influence lingered. The evening highlighted contrasts in fabrics, Minaret inspired tunics, wired frills, and narrow front-skirt draping amid a fashion spectacle.
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New York
Paris
Tropics
Fashion Notes Describe Extravagant Hairstyles and Jewels
The passage details women wearing waist circlets and large bows, coiffures nearly natural with ornamental combs and hairpins studded with brilliants. Bandeaus with feather decorations crown almost every head, and a jeweled comb with a five inch high ruffle appears as a new novelty.
Fashion Notes From A Society Page Gowns And Attire Described
The article details elaborate gowns worn by Meé Wiy and others, describing fabrics such as shadow lace, rose panne velvet, silk, brocade, and gold girdles. It notes necklines, ruffs, and decorative jewelry including emerald pendants, with remarks on the outfits’ silhouettes and the audiences’ reactions during a late opera and social events.
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Oper
Carviso
Descinn
Mata Uaher
Fragmentary OCR Note with Names and Address
Partial text shows names like LARKES Monroe 33 Jerreler 229 DeStard Street and a street fragment. The passage is unclear but records a misread, scattered contact details and a note-like entry. No clear event or outcome can be determined from the legible lines.
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Sigood
Ey Larkes
Monroe
Jerreler
DeStard Street
Louis Mann Goes Vaudeville Theatrical Move
A short note promotes Dr King s New Life Pills claiming they cure constipation headaches and related issues from waste matter in the body. The ad urges purchase for 25 cents from local druggists or by mail from Bueslen Co. Philadelphia and St Louis.
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Rose Charmeuse
Huseh, Wickwire & Co
Sig Haas & Sons
Elie Weet Liew
Uul Lion UT
Grocer
Fairbank Company
Chicago
Ihou
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Popham
Ste. Price
New South Drug Store
Colds & Lagrippe
Kaliski & Lowe’s
Vicinity
Aaliski
Louis Mann
Wark
Cate
Doc Bird
Rexall Store
Chase & Colens Co., Limited
DeSiard St
Monroe la
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