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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
30
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An article details pliable ladysmith hats of satin straw bendable to fit faces, with cloth edged brims. It explores lace boleros and parasols de luxe in white and black designs, khaki controversy, chenille trims returning, basket-inspired hats, and the fashionable Order of the Ruffle with a Bretonne net fichu as a put-together ensemble.
Sister Nivedita of the Ramakrishna order will depart New York for Paris then India to resume school efforts in Calcutta. Englishwoman Miss Margaret Noble, a convert and ally, explains her continued faith, aims to educate Hindu girls without imposing Western norms, and to establish a home for widows and orphans near the Ganges with Ramakrishna support.
A British woman and an artist while in Japan amassed over a thousand unique teapots. The collection is described as curious and valuable, including a cauldron sized piece that holds about three gallons and many very small pots.
The article describes a collection of teapots cast in animal and mythic forms including birds beasts fowls fishes frogs and even Buddha as models. Designs feature lotus buds swans and small palm hidden pieces with materials such as inlaid silver hammered copper wrought iron and Japanese pottery.
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor begins weekly day trips to the seashore for about two hundred women, children, and babies, with plans for five excursions weekly through September. Sea Breeze hosts lunches and ocean bathing while also caring for around two hundred sick beneficiaries on stays averaging about two weeks.
The World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union Congress in Edinburgh re elected President Lady Henry Somerset and other officers. Mrs. L. M. Stevens of Maine was named an additional vice president as the congress approved the union's actions.
Lady Henry Somerset was re-elected yesterday to the presidency of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, now meeting in Edinburgh. The Christian Temperance Union of America discussed the temple in Chicago and sent greetings to two mothers of the crusade movement, Mrs Stewart of Springfield Ohio and Mrs Thomson of Hillsboro Ohio.
A Paris society runs La Pomponniére, a baby home and hospital for infants from birth to two years. An exhibit at the Paris Exposition displays life-size photos of daily care including milk sterilization laundering baths weighing before and after meals and outdoor time. The institution applies latest science for the poor infants allowing mothers to leave their babies and visit, improving care beyond traditional country boarding.
Hygiene and economy hinge on clean rugs and floor coverings. J. and W. Williams at 353 West Fifty fourth street offer thorough rug and carpet cleaning with sanitizing methods, plus alteration and relaying. Free cartage and 366 Columbus phone number for prompt service.
A package of religious reading has been received from Mrs. F. E. Parsons of Connecticut. A handkerchief trimmed by Mrs. E. M. Grantham of Missouri is included along with monograms and stamps from Miss Brockett of New Jersey. A shawl comes from Mrs. Lawton of Ohio, cacti seed from Ida B. Camp of Michigan, and monograms from Agness Y. Richardson of Delaware.
Some articles of children's clothing were sent yesterday to Mrs. Halstead of Nebraska and Mrs. Moisset of Manhattan, along with cheery books to three invalids, magazines to a soldier in Virginia, and twelve illustrated leaflets as Sunshine souvenirs.
Miss E. A. Brockett sent 25 cents for badges for five girls and J. M. Holland gave 5 cents for a badge. Miss Mary Stryker contributed 16 cents to the special dime fund. Vernon D. Camp acknowledges sunshine from T. S. S. members including Mrs. S. Leach Elma Rae Fletcher Mrs. Rhoda Cummings Schuyler Bertch Ellen Rhodes Lettie Mary Harris Johnnie Null and R. Eddison.
A new T. S. S. member in Nebraska writes of hardship on a lonesome prairie farm. Ill health, crop reverses, and scant funds make it hard to obtain reading matter. The couple, aging with no children, asks for members to donate reading material or send the address to help.
Mrs B A B of West Virginia thanks a T S member in Canajoharie New York for a $2 gift and silk pieces from Mrs J L Brownell. The president thanks all who brightened the suffering Miss Hattie Webster in North Londonderry NH. Miss White of Germantown seeks old St Nicholas or similar magazines to aid hospital scrapbooks. Mrs Sallie Jones Hoytsville Ohio asks for children’s clothing for six children, noting destitution. A verse by George William Curtis closes.
The General Society Daughters of the Revolution awarded gold prizes to five colleges for top Revolution essays. Edith Adams of Woman's College Baltimore wrote American Diplomacy During the Revolution. Fanny Soutter Sinclair of Bryn Mawr wrote The Springs of the Revolution. Margaret F. Evington of Wellesley wrote The Work of the Privateers. Vera M. Thompson of Cornell wrote Franklin and the Revolution. Lulu F. Dixon of Ann Arbor wrote Our Prisoners in the Revolution.
Patriotic women aim to build a Manila clubhouse for American troops in Malate. The Philadelphia D A R chapter has raised about 1.80 and seeks $15,000 more from Pennsylvania sister chapters to fund a reading room library assembly hall gym and café without liquor.
Chicago club women push to name a new parental school after Mrs Alzina P Stevens who died recently. She campaigned for years to pass the bill, helped secure Board of Education funding, and saw a site chosen and a principal selected, though she did not live to see the project completed.
A quart of cherries mashed with half the stones ground in a mortar, then the whole pressed through a bag. Add the juice of three lemons and two and a quarter cupfuls of sugar dissolved in two cupfuls of water. Pour into a freezer, pack with ice and salt, and churn until frozen.
Blue and white foulard waist with lace and velvet trimming, mounted on white silk lining. Describes tucking, mouseline inserts, Valenciennes lace, and yoke shaping. Provides fabric suggestions and material amounts for medium size busts 34 to 40 inches. Pattern No 8025 offers sizes 34 36 38 40.
Brooklyn society enjoys polo at Prospect Park and Meadow Brook events as the season shifts. Notables like George J. Gould and W. Butler Duncan attend matches and private entertainments, while many families cruise North European waters and plan future social milestones and weddings in Newport, Lenox, and Canada.
Public School No 6 girls department held commencement at 2 pm in Edgecombe avenue and 141st street building. Principal Emma C Schoonmaker presided. Program included Marie Thompson salutatory, Irene Keating Grace McVay Ada Cairdl recitations, quotes Nature's Garden by 4 B class, What Famous Men Have Written of Women, and What Famous Women Have Written of Men by college class, Our Colleges by Miss Tremper 7 A class drill by Miss Bermingham diplomas presented by A McMullin and others.
Miss Josephine Mulford died of nervous prostration at Jim All Souls Hospital Morristown New Jersey Monday night. She created the largest American flag during the Spanish American War to raise funds to lift a mortgage on the Mulford homestead in Madison. Her long effort drew wide notice though repeated disappointments preceded foreclosure worries.
Delegates from New York State Press Association will attend a fireworks display titled Japan in Flower and Flame at the open air amphitheatre in Manhattan Beach. In honor of editors, fire portraits of G. S. Griswold and A. B. Bunnell, officers of the New York State Dress Association, will be presented.
The General Society Daughters of the Revolution awarded gold prizes to five colleges for essays on Revolutionary topics. Winners include Edith Adams of Woman’s College Baltimore, Fanny Soutter Sinclair of Bryn Mawr, Margaret F. Byington of Wellesley, Vera M. Thompson of Cornell, and Lulu F. Dixon of Ann Arbor. A Brookyn convention day will visit Valley Forge to dedicate a monument costing $7,000 in 1901.
The White Star Line announced winter rates will start August 1 instead of October 1, lowering prices and signaling a broader cut across major Atlantic lines. Despite Paris Exposition hopes drawing visitors, American demand fell short, prompting rate reductions of about four percent compared to summer levels.
Chicago dispatch reports National Biscuit Company will raise prices this week on select lines to cover higher production costs from wheat. Officials confirm increases across soda and certain sweet grades, with some lines moving to higher box or tin prices as flour and lard costs rise.
Washington commission arrives to inspect Van Cott scheme to lease a West street building for foreign mails. Van Cott hopes to win support by promising faster delivery and more space for post office work. Commission visit delayed from last Saturday and now expected today.
North German Lloyd officials stated they booked hundreds of Christian Endeavor members for sea passage on the Main, Trave and Saale. The group sails toward London for an international Christian Endeavorer convention in July with departures on July 3 from different ports.
New York agents report the Hamburg American Line steamer Deutschland left Swinemunde yesterday for Baltic trial trips. The vessel is slated to leave Hamburg in July and is expected to reach New York by July 12. It is described as the fastest steamer afloat, with only the Oceanic of the White Star Line exceeding her size.
Seventy one million silver dollars moved from the old Chestnut Street Mint to the new Sixteenth and Spring Garden building. The money served as security for the last issue of silver certificates and was safeguarded with multiple precautions including numbered bags and boxes, armed guards, and express wagons. The new Mint vaults hold up to 110 million silver dollars.
The North Atlantic Squadron arrived from Boston with flagship New York and battleship Kearsarge entering Newport harbor before noon. Battleships Indiana Massachusetts and Texas stayed offshore for heavy gun practice and later anchored near Jamestown shore in the outer harbor.
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