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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
6
The article describes a brocaded silk tea jacket with a cream silk front and frill, plus a pointed collar detail and puffed sleeves. It argues a bold, stylish approach to dress and notes the distinction between daring and dull fashions. It also advocates high and low chairs in kitchens to save strength for mistresses and maids alike.
The record lists meals for Monday including breakfast with grapes oatmeal sugar and cream bacon and eggs rolls chocolate, luncheon features baked beans cold sliced ham pickles preserves cake tea, dinner offers pea soup roast mutton caper sauce boiled carrots mashed potatoes olives and pool pudding with coffee.
The text describes new shoulder capes with deep backs and short, rounded fronts. They feature a wide gathered silk fringe and a high collar of fur or velvet with chiffon edging. Long versions suit tall, graceful women, offering greater grace and dignity than shorter styles.
A straightforward design for a cup and saucer suitable for china decorators. Roses may be pink or yellow with a contrasting ribbon to offset the floral colors, creating an easily understood decorative scheme.
The article notes capes with smooth finishes in fawn and brown shades. It highlights a long back, short front cut to the throat, large collar, velvet-like brown tones, and cream white silk lining. Pockets are mentioned to help secure the garment.
A daily menu lists Tuesday meals including breakfast with grits and pork chops, luncheon featuring cold sliced mutton and fried potatoes, and dinner with mock turtle soup and boiled beef. Sides include potatoes, browned sweet potatoes, rice and apple pudding, with tea and coffee.
Describes pairing colors with roses and suggests a background plus a gold band around the edge of the cup and saucer to enhance beauty and value as a useful decorative gift.
The piece notes black hats gain lift from vivid color segments this season. It observes many women avoid strong shades, sticking to pale neutrals which dull the look. Rich orange velvet on black hats proves effective, as do selective reds, while beige tones fail to relieve black.
No single jacket shape dominates. jackets range from practical black broadcloth to pale light-weight frocks. Styles include turn-down collars, fitted backs, double-breasted or open fronts, plus trims in silk passementerie or machine stitching. Materials span serge satin and velvet with satin brocade linings.
Importing houses showcase fall jackets with vivid military red cloth, plain fronts and open styles, collars ranging high to low, and trims including cream cloth vests, black gimp, and elaborate soutache braid. Styles span long-skirted Russian inspired, English tall coats, and French designs, reflecting varied cut and finish.
The piece describes oversized hat ornaments made of jet and black sequins with large round head pins in front. It notes the need for head balance to support such toppers and mentions orange accents described as frosted orange contrasting with burnt orange. It highlights black elegance and white frosted effects in millinery.
Silky wool braids and open-work blocks are popular garnitures for stylish gowns. Medallion scrolls and arabesque motifs appeal to color loving women this season, though the trimmings add weight with deep borders in silk cord and jet Van Dyke designs. Featherweight chair weaves are the best novelties.
A pale blue China silk blouse features guipure lace fronts with four-tuck panels and van dyke styling across the front. The back remains plain, sleeves are tucked to form an epaulette, and the high collar with jeweled waist belt completes the outfit.
The record lists the breakfast lunch and dinner items for a Wednesday menu. It includes hominy cakes baked apples poached eggs on toast coffee cold meat potato salad brown bread and rice pudding for lunch tomatoes soup porterhouse steak baked potatoes mashed turnips crackers cheese and home made apple pie with coffee for dessert.
Fashion observers doubt the plain backed gown will remain popular as many argue it flatters only certain figures. They note plaits and minimal cord finishes are preferred, while true Princess cut remains harsh to wear.
Two button cutaway coats feature a silk faced notched collar and a neat expensive style for daily wear. Fronts slope toward the hips starting below the buttons, revealing a dress waist or silk shirt-waist. Back shaped by fitted side forms with sleeves of plain size and curved pocket slits. Edges finished with two rows of stitching.
A detailed guide to refined nightrobes, highlighting white cambric fabrics and delicate handiwork. It also describes cleaning and polishing kitchenware such as saucepans and tins, with step by step tips to avoid burning and to restore shine using whitening and careful brushing.
A Thursday menu lists Breakfast with Apple Sauce Oatmeal Sugar and Cream Boiled Eggs Creamed Toast Chocolate Luncheon featuring Hash Browned Potatoes Gingerbread Canned Raspberries Tea Dinner offers Vegetable Soup Lamb Chops Mashed Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Creamed Cauliflower Baked Apple Dumpling Coffee
A stylish walking costume combines soft gray French broadcloth with a gown like belted redingote. It features turn pack fronts on the bodice with angular revers and cross tucked gray corded silk edging. A tucked silk vest shows from neck to belt, the front blouse sits above a narrow belt, and the skirt hides the dress beneath.
The article notes black and white outfits require judgment to avoid a cheap look. It highlights that color pairings are stylish, while black velvet ribbon on white can look patched. A narrow black and white striped ribbon enhances black and white waist outfits and trims lapels.
A bride’s ensemble features a dark fawn cheviot serge suit with a watermelon pink taffeta lining and pinked hem ruffle. The English jacket matches the waist in two pink shades with white silk vesting and narrow black velvet ribbons. The hat blends cream and fawn velvet in a lattice crown with brown velvet brim, trimmed with ostrich tips and pheasant breast ornament.
A practical guide urges thorough cleaning of all cooking utensils. It stresses prep, assembly of supplies, and step by step scrubbing of iron saucepans with hot water soda flannel and fine sand to remove grease and soot.
A dainty cape of fawn satin faced cloth trimmed with edge stitched bands appears at a recent opening. The cape forms a circular shape with fronts fastening center, edged revers, and is lined with sikan. Novel jackets and wraps trend as autumn styles grow more pronounced. An odd black cloth coat resembling a cutaway with six buttons and torn collar is noted among vogue items.
A description notes hats worn for two or three winters as opera or theatre bonnets, used to complement gowns and sometimes substitute for other headwear. The piece emphasizes the bonnet's charm and its own distinct beauty beyond broader fashion.
The text highlights new fall shades in silk and cloth fabrics and notes a woolen crepe with satin bhayadere stripe appearing as ribbons of half an inch. It describes the material as pretty, effective, and light in weight. Corded bayaderes are also mentioned as rich and effective in silk and wool.
Socket and ball fastenings offer a modern alternative to hooks and eyes. They require fewer pieces and provide a secure closure for cuffs and long sleeves with openings. Place the smooth side toward the gown fabric to avoid a wrong side up catch.
Japanese shops offer silk embroidery sheets in floral and conventional designs in black and dark colors. Designs transfer easily to silk or cloth fabrics for decoration. They can be applied with a paste or sewn on with concealed stitches using fine silk matching the design.
Breakfast features ham and eggs with hominy sugar and cream plus toast coffee. Luncheon offers lamb stew with green peas bread and butter peach pie and Coca Cola. Dinner serves cream of clams fried haddock lemon reels pathtans pumpkin pie cheese grape jelly coffee.
A noted city dressmaker reports that in more than a dozen traveling costumes recently sent out for bridal wear ten used seven or five-gored skirts and a handsome silk waist. Clients requested this waist in their orders, and it will appear in many season models despite opposition.
New traveling wraps described as military cloaks rivaling ulsters in length. Army blue cloth dominates with gilt buttons. cloaks feature semi loose fronts, fitted backs, and sometimes behead. A deep trimmed cape with stitched strap detailing provides a full wrap. Waterproof redingote styled coats with shoulder-capes suit travel and morning walks.
The text describes ribbon trimming that ruffles into designs and silk ruthed cord forming patterns for gowns. The Louis XVI knot serves as the foundational element in many of these designs, with variations such as the small Louis XVI knot evident on numerous garments.
The baby Persian lamb is described as an effective trimming for bodices on many gowns. It adds character to gowns in one of its pretty brown shades.
A royal blue velvet blouse shown plain yet dressy returns to the scene after summer. The design uses a shirt waist pattern with a fitted lining and a shoulder yoke. White lace collar with a front bow and lace frills at the cuffs finish the look.
The article praises chinchilla bands for gowns and reception wear, noting the appeal of fur despite objections to fur on house gowns. It highlights Graine with dark green shades, a yellow-green ermine blend, and sable’s role in millinery and wraps.
The article argues cremation as a necessary method to safely dispose of the dead. It cites Pasteur on germs in bodies and notes graveyard conditions in Denmark, wells near graves, and the need for long burial depths, dry soil, and eventual adoption of cremation as public policy increases across England and other parts of the country.
A historic remedy advises nightly throat washing in warm water with borax followed by vaseline application. If ineffective, a barley meal honey white of egg paste applied with linen for several weeks is suggested, with a morning wash of warm water and pure soap, plus a tip on white collar linings.
An 19th century style remedy suggests mixing equal parts bean and barley meal with raw egg to form a fine powder. Ground into powder then made into an ointment with melted tallow and honey. Apply thick layer to the face nightly to smooth wrinkles.
A fragmented OCR item describes a stylish black and white garments pattern. It mentions an all over design on a cutty piece, a pretty black c NE with an attractive visible beneath layer, and a fashionable long rounded tail coat with a short front and lamb collar.
In a light exchange, Spotts confirms yesterday’s fishing with Aliss Keedick and jokes about who got the better “catch” as they returned. The playful remark hints at a recent engagement without detailing who proposed.
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