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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1898
Page
2
A fashion overview compares long basque coats with short and medium lengths, noting hip fit and waistline shaping. It highlights neck finishes, fabrics in nickel gray cloth with embroidery, and the popularity of fur capes and stoles. Sable chinchilla fox and mink are discussed, with lace deemed essential for furs and coats.
Instructions describe washing wiping peeling and coring quinces then simmering with an equal weight of sugar in water until tender. Quince jelly is made by a different syrup process. The text then shifts to fashion notes about Corduroy fabrics and whipcords with striped zibeline patterns and color combinations for autumn and winter gowns.
A New York Herald sourced guide outlines fashionable wedding customs for the era. It covers church ceremonies at noon with a bride’s breakfast, preferred afternoon hours, and a large bridesmaids party led by a head bridesmaid. The piece notes a matron of honor, the trendsetting in wedding stationery and invitations, and the practice of separate invitation cards for individual guests versus paired invites.
Late tomatoes are preferred for chili sauce as they hold form for a saucy look. Use underripe fruit, scalding not required. Drain, chop, combine with onions red peppers horseradish mustard vinegar and spices. Simmer slowly for ninety minutes then seal while hot.
Rubber thimbles for typists and pianists protect finger tips from ivory keys. Useful sewing room screens with shelves hold darning materials, needles and scissors. German paper floors claim dust proofing and no cracks or joists, and color bed coverings in artful soft hues are fashionable.
A vintage recipe describes making a cheese filled pastry with salt pepper and baking powder, butter, and grated cheese. The method covers mixing, rolling, folding into flyers, adding cheese, shaping into rings and straws, then baking. The instructions imitate a home kitchen guide from the Becton Cooking School Magazine.
Article surveys wallpaper trends without friezes and plain finishes, plus decorative rope and gilded edge accents for frames. It also covers a chic autumn blouse pattern, a method to grow horse radish leaves for salads, and Old World skin care tips using vegetable oils and almond cream.
A long excerpt describes delicate needlework and appliques for linen and cambric items. It details lampwork style braids, mulitcolor bands, and masques of petals and marguerites with centers of French knots or crochet. Instructions cover table runners, screen panels, bedspreads, and a dolly with Honiton braid appliqué, plus color interweaving and decorative galons.
A vintage guide describes hall furniture blending antique design with modern practicality. It highlights hall buffets with storage, a low wardrobe with curtain front, and options like opaque doors or colored glass. denim tablecloths and embroidered spreads expand decorative choices for entrance spaces.
A local gossip item notes popular ring designs led by the marquise cut with sapphire clusters and opal settings, plus gold seals for men. In Woodward Oklahoma a courtroom scene ends with a man fined 25 for carrying a revolver, prompting others to discreetly hide arms as a crowd rushes for exits.
Professor Whitney notes limited structural change in English in the late 1800s while vocabulary expands. Brander Matthews cites shifts such as aggravate meaning to irritate, calculated now implying likely harm, and verbal edging toward synonymous use with oral. The piece warns against discarding precise meanings as words like unique drift toward loose usage.
A London Mail view argues that gold in quartz reefs may form as colloidal gold deposited by decaying organic matter and chemical reactions. Slavic chemist Zigmony demonstrates gold can exist in a colloidal form soluble in water and precipitated by salt, potentially creating large river gravels over ages.
A police raid in a Paris quarry used as a makeshift theatre interrupts a vagabond troupe performing Moliere to a rough audience. The troupe’s leader, a former provincial theater director turned vagabond, lamented the interrupted curtain. The ensemble included a former Paris star as leading lady and a youth named Turco as ingenue. The crowd and performers were taken to the station as the curtain fell.
The article outlines major shifts in lingerie and undergarments with gored and trained nightgowns, fichus, and flatter shapes. It notes the chemise reappearing over the corset, tighter drawers, narrow umbrella drawers, and form fitting corset covers with varied lace and embroidery. It highlights the influence of Bayadere tucks and petticoat silhouettes matching current dress patterns.
A muddled storytelling shard recalls a portrait studio encounter where a visitor misreads likenesses, then threads into vivid notes on a warship crew behind casemates and below decks as Admiral Schley communicates during battle. The piece also mentions a Paraguay museum report on the Quayoquis, a small tribe near the Acaray river.
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