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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
6
The illustration shows a Tuscan straw hat with a dented crown and brim poised with a topaz surrounded by four turquoises. The jewels are set by filo floss in matching shades and a daisies motif is stitched in cream filo with yellow centers and light green stems.
The season favors hat decorations resembling gardens with violets lilies of the valley and roses in profusion. A pointed shawl cape marks the ultra fashion with crown bands of black velvet cream lace appliques and a turquoise silk fan bun accented by black quills. For cycling the trimming is too elaborate and simpler blue silk could replace it.
A practical guide to a soap bubble party with tables protected by blankets and bowls with pipes, plus prizes for largest and longest lasting bubbles. A survey of global marriage customs recounts varied rites from India to Greece and Congo, noting longevity, gifts, divinations, and burdens such as brass neck rings for certain married women.
An Ulsterman asks a dentist to pull a tooth. He resists, a pin is secretly used on his leg, and the tooth is finally removed. The man complains of a long root as the pain subsides.
The menu lists Monday meals including breakfast with grape fruit wheat gems bacon eggs muffins and coffee. Luncheon features chicken salad sliced tomatoes bread and butter cold rice pudding tea. Dinner offers sirloin steak mashed potatoes asparagus and new carrots lettuce salad strawberries and cream cake coffee.
A brief culinary and dining note lists menus for breakfast luncheon and dinner. The day includes bananas shredded wheat sugar and cream for breakfast and roast lamb with mashed potatoes and accompaniments for dinner.
A fourteen year old girl wears a pale blue muslin frock with a gathered skirt and two flounces. The feature discusses macaroni as a digestible dish, its preparation, and serving tips, including quick boiling, blanching, and finishing with a white sauce and cracker crust. Emphasizes white muslin dresses for children and practical cooking steps.
The page lists Wednesday meals including Breakfast with Strawberries Rice Flakes Sugar Cream Dried Beef in Cream Sauce Buns Coffee Luncheon Curry of Lamb Boiled Rice Bread Butter Cream Cakes Tea Dinner Tomato Soup Broiled Mutton Chops Potatoes String Beans Lettuce and Tomato Salad Strawberry Sherbet Cake Coffee The text adds a wry note on how a man shops for his wife before and after marriage warning against the mil liner habit in a playful aside.
The snippet shows a chilling exchange as Mildred asks for a crying doll when whipped, reflecting a grim line of dialogue in a historical newspaper fragment. The unsettling interaction hints at tensions or sensational tone typical of period coverage.
A description of cool weather garments for summer days and evenings features cadet blue covert cloth lined with plaid silk and embroidered yoke details with a rolling collar. Dainty wraps are shown, and the piece references whimsical advertising lines about a hair regrowth fluid and its odd effects.
Breakfast features hominy sugar and milk fried potatoes bread omelet and coffee. Luncheon offers sliced ham mustard pickles brown bread waffles and cocoa. Dinner presents roast beef riced potatoes spinach creamed onions lettuce and string beans salad and strawberry short cake with coffee.
Among the new old silks for dress occasions this summer are matelasses and brocades of varied weaving. Some are softly finished for cling effects, others crisp for redingote gowns. Designs include hand-painted effects on peau de soie grounds, soutache-like stripes, and ecclesiastical silks for priestly garments.
White will be all the rage this summer and a dainty gown of fine white muslin is described as refreshing and becoming. A fashionable cor sage with a décolleté and guimp is shown, and a cool waist style for hot weather is noted as many will adopt with the approach of real heat.
The Osage Nation, numbering 1,729, holds vast lands and money, with trust funds of $9 million and pasture leases yielding $40,000 to $50,000 annually. Critics say wealth breeds idleness and mixed-blood influence, as squaw men gain political sway and a chief election dispute unfolds amid calls for government intervention.
A travel friendly coat and skirt set features a snug hip fit with back pleats and braided ornamentation on both jacket and lower coat area. Fronts include loose petit styling, square revers, and three large buttons. A jaunty Alpine straw hat, blue waist, and Liberty silk detailing complete the ensemble.
Exhibit highlights goods chalice silk and many other materials suitable for creating detailed models. Aimed at showcasing craft techniques and material versatility for historical recreations.
Friday breakfast features oranges oatmeal sugar and cream with fishballs muffins coffee. Luncheon serves shredded codfish creamed potatoes cookies raspberry jam chocolate. Dinner offers little neck clams fresh salmon shrimp sauce cucumbers mashed potatoes butter beans tomatoes sliced chocolate pudding and coffee.
A description of strawberry salad using large firm berries piled in lettuce cups. Berries from heads with two leaves form cups and are lightly sweetened with sugar or lemon juice, then a spoonful of mayonnaise is added.
The schedule lists breakfast with Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal Cakes Scrambled Eggs Rolls Coffee, luncheon with Pork Chops Apple Sauce Brown Bread and Butter Cake Tea, and dinner serving Boiled Corned Beef Young Cabbage Boiled Potatoes Green Peas Cucumber and Lettuce Salad Vanilla and Strawberry Ice Cream Cake.
Whist classes have grown popular in women’s clubs. Teachers use a stereopticon to project hands on a screen, then study and explain the play for instruction. The device is seen as a growing and useful teaching aid.
The debate over a war tax on club women occupies club circles with strong interest. With membership near half a million, the potential revenue would be substantial, yet many club women remain active in aiding the nation’s defenders while awaiting taxation.
Gibbs notes a man’s history as Jenkins asks about it. Macaulay’s History of England is mentioned. The man has just bought it. The conversation reveals a husband’s money schemes and the wife’s own schemes to spend.
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