Summer millinery and hair fashion in the season
A detailed fashion notice discusses color and fit in hats and gowns for women, praising the savvy dressmaker, noting trends from Leghorn hats to picture hats, and describing new parasol styles and summer coats. It also reports a Newport card party incident where a tarantula was found on a handkerchief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
Esailor
Tarantals
Laura Evans
Newport
Miss Evans
Regewarren
Methods of Drafting Patterns for Varied Figures in Dressmaking
The article explains drafting two waist diagrams to fit figures from short and stout to very slender, with adjustments for back width, center cuts, and arm pieces. It covers busting seams, pin fitting, and using buckram to shape the waist, plus styles like gathered French waists and surplice gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Americar
Wigan
Jelly Making Essentials and Pectin Notes
A fragment on jelly making describes fruit preparation when ripe, juice extraction without squeezing, and drip-juice techniques. It covers sugar ratios per pint of juice, importance of not using tin vessels, and cautions on under or over boiling to avoid mold or darkening.
Sickroom Experiment Reveals Cruel Pneumonia Care
A narrator recalls a morbid scene of home care for pneumonia, detailing a sealed chamber, flaxseed poultice, wine-drenched medical tyrannies, and a patient begging for relief as harmful practices suffocated the ill. The account condemns outdated, cruel methods and questions medical ethics.
Jelly and wall pocket craft and World Fair painting notes
Instructions and recipes describe jelly making from juice and sugar with rapid stirring then canning. A pocket for the wall is described with a shell like shape and gilt edging. Canned cherries are prepared in a light syrup and preserved. A Globe World’s Fair mural review praises Mr. Cox and Mr. Blashfield for strong draftsmanship and decorative painting in the Liberal Arts dome with Royal Cortissoz’s analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Arts
Cox
Blashfeild
Kita
Murai Peinter
Tuch
Lochinvar Verse Twist At Boys Club Entertainment
A temperance version of Scott's Lochinvar was recited at a boys club event under supervision of a wine master. The reader noted the manager altered lines to replace wine with lemonade, prompting amusement at the substitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Lochinvar
Purising Regimen and Health Advice From a Bygone Era
An 19th century style health column offers a purifying course for obesity, a note on why snake venom is not poisonous when ingested, a method to keep ice longer in a pitcher, and assorted health hints. It discusses a physician’s view on serpents and presents simple remedies for headache catarrh neuralgia and eye strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
At Home Days Bring Social Efficiency to Calls
The article traces a shift from afternoon calls to afternoon cards as social life evolves. It notes that at home days bind society, offering brief, scheduled visits and broadening the circle by allowing many acquaintances to be seen in a single period. It contrasts past and present norms and mentions practical dining suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rati
Side Entrance Promotes Efficient Floor Plan and Tower
An architectural analysis extols a side entrance for a house, noting central hall placement and easy access to all rooms on both stories. A circular front tower enhances appearance and may raise costs versus a simple gable, with emphasis on practicality, aesthetics, and lasting design. Louis H. Girson presents the plan, estimating a base price of 3 1 205.
Tallest Man in the World Chang Credited by Emperor
Incidents recount AL Chang decorated by the Chinese emperor with the blue button. He is described as the world’s tallest man, a towering figure born in China who left in 18h. A famed traveler, Chang reportedly knows many nations and languages, with fluent English and other tongues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallent
AL. Chang
China
Chang
Extee Chang the Chinese Giant and Other Pieces
Featured is Extee Chang praised for multilingual charm and imperial meetings, noting his modesty and magnetism as a notable public figure with an Australian wife and two sons. Also told is a California doe and fawn drama as a mother’s courage saves her young, followed by a Kentucky boy’s breathing composition emphasizing the importance of air and the dangers of crowded rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extee
Chang
Giese
Queen Victoria
William I
Germany
Napoleon II
China
Kentucky
Washington Star
India
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Paris
Spencer
Mer
Herbert Spencer
Reed
London
Ulaer
Pune
Potaey Jains
Giadis
Preferener
Preamonis
Eleanor Kirk
Douil
Quttine Wits Bells
Rpame
Iam Risit
Ammer An
Brees Apsetiai Ban
Tis Home
Rene
Louis H. Girsox
Cnal
Tughir
New York Tribune
Rall
Monsieur Chang
California
Havo
Jack
Aston
Alefti
Ben
Nurete
Ree. B. F. DeVries
Jaretteville
Harford County
Lydia Devilbing
Liberty
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