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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
6
A summer fashion note describes corsage accents on yoke or guimpe effects as dominant. Alrest gowns in colored silks or musling pair with white mull guimpes, matching a delicate look. Coarse straw hats finish with white mull trimming.
An anecdotal account details the elaborate royal bed making of Henry VII with curtains drawn by a gentleman usher and two squires and two yeomen stationed at head and foot. A yeoman leaps on the bed to arrange litter and canvas then the fustion and sheet are smoothed. Pillows beaten, pillows placed by squires, and finally ermine rug and Rennes sheet completed before retracing the bed.
Breakfast offers raspberries and cream fried hominy cake ham and eggs rolls coffee Luncheon features cold roast beef sliced brown bread radishes cocoa apricots Dinner presents bread soup sirloin steak mashed potatoes string beans lettuce and tomato salad raspberries and cream cake Cafe Noir appears as a beverage option.
A cooking-school instructor describes creamed corned beef as a variation of corned-beef hash. Leftover cold corned beef is diced and cooked into a sauce, then baked with cracker crumbs in a buttered dish. The sauce uses flour and butter whisked into hot milk with onion and celery salt for flavor.
A stylish little frock for a girl around twelve to thirteen features a one piece skirt and a combination of plain and plaid pique. The design emphasizes a youthful, fashionable look.
Coffee tablets are advertised as a quick way to make breakfast coffee by dropping into hot water. They are pitched as convenient for picnics and for lighthouse keepers, offering rapid preparation.
Tuesday breakfast includes blueberries with sugar and cream, boiled eggs, creamed potatoes, toast, and coffee.
A description of a model wearing a white pique ensemble featuring a banded foot trim with two tucks, a plaid waist with four mid belt tucks, and a pointed open work collar of batiste embroidery forming the yoke. Includes a short single breasted white pique jacket with large fevers and luncheon and dinner courses listed such as smoked salmon, potato salad, brown bread and butter, veal cutlets, asparagus, salad, and desserts with iced tea and coffee.
Banana sandwiches served as a simple luncheon dessert or children's table treat. Sliced fruit between buttered brown bread with custard poured over, plus variations with strawberry juice pineapple or banana pulp flavoring and whipped cream. A note warns eclair pastry is unhealthy for young stomachs.
Wednesday menus list breakfast with stewed cherries boiled rice and milk bread omelet coffee cake and coffee. Luncheon features sardines in brown sauce brown bread sandwiches raspberry shortcake and iced cocoa. Dinner offers potato soup lamb chops riceed potatoes green peas tomatoes string bean salad cherry pie and cheese with coffee.
A light brown holland suit for a small boy features a center front fastening under a wide box pleat that crosses to the side with fancy buttons. The back also has a box pleat sewn from neck to waist to hold it in place. The belt is brown leather. The collar is double holland.
A Paris medical fad, zootherapy, encases patients in a freshly slaughtered bullock skin with only the head exposed. After a period of heat, the patient is plunged into hot water. Baths are costly, usable once, and claimed to attract France’s wealthy to a fashionable treatment spreading across Europe.
A commentary on shifting tastes shows light effects dominate today’s bedrooms. Heavy furniture once essential for bridal outfits sells poorly at auction, with a black walnut bedstead turning into a dollar and a half and a white iron bedstead fetching three dollars.
A father admonishes his son to live within his income and the son quips he feared being asked to live without it, a playful exchange showing financial prudence and humor.
A dressy summer gown in dotted pongee silk features a bell shaped skirt with lace trimmed ruffles and a lace adorned bodice. The tight fitted sleeves are striped with insertion and a ribbon girdle fastens at the left side beneath a rosette.
Thursday menu lists breakfast with sliced tomatoes mackerel coffee rolls and coffee Luncheon features boiled ham watercress salad wafers and blueberry iced chocolate Dinner offers tomato soup stuffed loin of lamb potatoes cauliflower lettuce radish salad raspberry ice cream cake and coffee
A 4 mph walker uses 2300 cubic inches of air per minute. Transparent celluloid sheets are silvered like glass. Soap bubbles show colors from dual-surface light reflection. A burglar proof glass pours molten glass over steel wire. Magnetic pole at Kotchetovka causes vertical needle with 1 deg tilt at 60 ft. Persians in 516 B C varnished rocks with transparent glaze. hunger stones reappear on Rhine in low water indicating poor harvest.
Mrs Hooley complains that a picture lacks a title in the exhibit. Mr Hooley explains the caption is in the catalogue. They guess the work represents a boy on his mother’s lap and joke the scene is titled Whaling in Lapland.
Bright-colored capes of pleated silk muslin lisse chiffon and transparent silk dominate the season. Accordion plaits create billows and yards with pointed fronts and backs and long scarf ends. Creamy whites lead, with pink blue green violet red or black options. though fragile and impractical in rain they are prized for style and appearance.
Instructs on mounting pictures using boiled flour paste that is lump free and thick like boiled starch. Advises applying with a flat brush and mentions a final step of securing the edges.
The text explains using mucilage or gum arabic with water to prevent blisters, advising to moisten the picture's back before applying mucilage. It promotes inexpensive mounting and states Paysse partout mountings are affordable, protect the picture, and display it well.
Friday meals listed include Breakfast with apricots shredded wheat biscuits bacon eggs bread coffee Luncheon features salt codfish in tomato sauce rye muffins blueberries crackers iced tea Dinner offers bisque of clams broiled bluefish riced potatoes butter beans white onions preserved strawberries and iced coffee.
In Milan the Society of Jolly Boys awarded prizes for striking noses. A poem extolled the nose while a learned review discussed its role in history. First prize went to Micheluti for a long slender pre Grecian nose. Second prize honored a bold Curved Roman nose.
The article praises the year’s fancy grenadines and silk nets, noting varying treatments by importing houses. One shop shows black net as princess over a cherry red moire sheath, another uses ivory satin with white lisse and black guipure lace, and a third features cut jet bows on nasturtium satin with orange velvet collar and girdle.
A city housekeeper taps the eaves pipe to fill a barrel with rain water for washing blankets. She advises using water after a steady rain to remove roof soot and dirt, and suggests washing schedule options and home care for efficiency.
A fashion note explains lighter opaque fabrics appear less in cream and yellow tones with patterned transparents. Most outfits feature an airy overdress over a gored underskirt joined at the waist by a single belt. Fat figures favor simpler outside skirts without frills, while tall slender women suit narrow ruching and avoid frills and flounces.
The essay describes tea gowns and matinees in large establishments with delicate laces silks and muslins. It notes a dream matinee dress in pale blue dimity with lace and polka dot details. A Scotsman was rescued from wreckage after a railway collision as his companion escaped unharmed, saying it was nothing serious.
The article details a garment arranged in artistic carelessness around the neck, fastening at the left side beneath a black velvet bow. Sleeves are snug with a ruffle at the wrist, conveying a refined yet relaxed style.
A newly married couple staged a hat swap to honor a wedding custom. The bridegroom wore a relative's hat to the door, was pelted with blows, then returned the battered headgear to its owner saying Hey McDougall, there's your hat before donning his own amid cheers.
The clam cocktail mirrors the oyster relish method and uses no spirits. Select six small clams and serve in a tall glass with a sauce of liquor cayenne vinegar tobacco sauce and tomato ketchup. Stir and chill, then eat with an oyster fork and sip the liquor afterward.
Frills appear on bodice and skirt and often on hats with matching frilly parasols. Fine pleated muslin net silk or lace frills give a cool graceful finish to neglige gowns and jackets. Marie Antoinette fichus in fine fabrics add a quaint old fashioned charm to round waist gowns in fashion.
Wall papers for studios are described as suited to bachelor dens of any sort. Designs range from Western draperies and heraldic to birds, peacocks, dragons, and odd fantasies. Flemish designs include flagons and beer mugs. These patterns suit country house dens and add rich visual effect.
The wife of Rev. A R Adams pastor of Bedford Christian Church Blandinsville Ill describes years of illness with a stone like sensation in the stomach. She recalls weight loss bloating and left side pains that baffled doctors after consulting ten physicians without relief before her recovery and renewed health.
A testimonial describes a woman’s experience with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She began in November and after six boxes saw relief from nervous symptoms and numbness in her right arm. She reports improved appetite and energy and urges others to try the medication. Many similar cases are claimed to be cured.
A Saturday menu lists breakfast with berries sugar and cream scrambled eggs corn meat muffins coffee luncheon with lamb croquettes green peas gooseberry pie tea dinner includes bread soup corned beef potatoes spinach lettuce and tomato salad currant ice wafers cafe noir.
Lovely Challies describes new Dresden challies manufactured in Lyons. The designs echo last winter's silks and small-patterned satins, producing delicate effects like sheet India wools. They suit cool days and evenings all season, with French goods valued above American varieties.
Travelers in Servia note dolls hung in cottage windows signaling a marriageable daughter. A wreath of corn ears on the outer wall, from harvest, guards the home against theft with superstition that it foreshadows a daughter's forthcoming marriage. wreaths are kept within reach where marriage is desired.
An editorial urges regular internal cleansing of the blood as a household duty noting that diet leaves waste in the body. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the best cleanser and purifier and recommends them to readers.
Theodore Hook and a friend observed a dandy in grand fashion on the Strand. Hook asked humbly if the man was anybody special, stunning the fashionable figure who walked away in embarrassment.
A powder to shake into shoes relieves swollen hot feet nervousness and fatigue. It cools feet eases pain from smarting tight shoes and bunions and blisters. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c trial package free Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Reverend states that philosophy seeks God yet cannot complete its aim. In Christ the unknowable is revealed, though not all of God appears in Jesus Christ. Yet what humanity needs is disclosed through Christ.
An advertisement from John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts winter wheat rye oats and clovers with a sample yield claim of 8 bushels per acre and offers a farm seed catalogue for four cents postage plus wheat price at 40 cents a bushel.
A humorous exchange debates piano wire length versus tinware, noting the vast amount of wires in an ordinary piano and the speaker’s playful alternative image of tinware quantity. The lighthearted dialogue lightly entertains common misconceptions about musical instruments.
A Sterling Remedy Co advertisement promotes No To Bac as a life changing tobacco cure. Claims include increased strength and vigor with a guaranteed booklet and sample offered from Chicago or New York.
Cautionary note on modern courtship as couples once strolling under the stars now risk being run over by cars, reflecting urban danger and shifting social habits.
A terse musing quotes Ward Eggleston about perseverance and industrious resolve, framing effort as the bridge from failure to achievement. The line highlights determination as a path to lasting success.
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