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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
6
Gowns for September and October favor street wear with jackets and boleros. Etons rise in popularity while gray peau de soie pairs with bold color mixes. Jewelry shifts away from daytime diamonds, save mourning gowns with diamond earrings. Dust cloaks of mohair or tussore offer practicality, while autumn models feature fitted princesse backs and redingote fronts.
Monday breakfast features pears shredded wheat sugar and cream Lamb croquettes muffins coffee Luncheon includes scrambled eggs cold beef brown bread and butter rice pudding Tea Dinner offers vegetable soup broiled ribs of beef mashed potatoes boiled carrots sliced tomatoes and chocolate layer cake Coffee serves as beverage
The article reviews several cashmere fabrics noting The New Cashmeres double faced cashmeres heavy weight for winter wear and versatile India cashmere described as soft durable and economical. It covers Vene tians faced cloths and French cashmere highlighting quality concerns over glazing spots and dustiness and mentions cleaner difficulty removing oillike glaze.
The article describes lace over blouse ideas for girls with limited budgets. It notes lace can brighten a dark frock and change its appearance, and that the simple construction allows easy at home making with various suitable materials.
The note lists a full day’s meals including breakfast items such as cantaloupe oatmeal sweat and cream boiled eggs milk toast coffee followed by luncheon olive sandwiches cold ham biscuits grapes chocolate for dessert and dinner tomato soup roast lamb riced potatoes spinach eggplant peach shortcake and catfee.
The article notes that packing school lunch boxes will draw attention from home caretakers with mistress and mother supervising. It lists sandwich ideas and fillings such as bananas with mayonnaise, cucumbers, nuts in whipped cream, dates without stones, raisins and fruit paste, sardines, olives, and hard boiled eggs, plus small cups of baked beans and wafers as seasons turn.
A summer gift described as a deep art denim bag with double shir strings. An embroidered scroll reading For the deck accompanied a light Japanese hot-box, a bundle of fuses, a lute novel, and a tourist’s note.
Text reviews fashion and color trends with emphasis on graceful lines and versatile bags. It notes fabric choices, limited use of fur, and the practical use of a simple game bag for travel and daily tasks, highlighting function over ornament.
New long cloaks and riding coats called redin gotes appear in the collection. Some are elaborate and others practical, reflecting varied styles and uses for travelers and outdoor wear.
A housekeeper will benefit from autumn renovations guiding health and ease. Modern furnishings affect sanitation as much as style. rugs, floors, heating, and lighting aid cleaning, while bric a brac and heavy draperies hinder it. purchases should balance sanitary and artistic aims for harmony.
A legendary ring threads a grim royal sequence from Queen Christina to Infanta Maria del Pilar and King Alfonso. After a chain of deaths the king dies within a day. Christina keeps the ring and finally places it on a saint, fuelling belief the ring cursed the Spaniards and sparked conflict with the United States.
A blue taffeta and velvet gown frame is described as clerical chic for outdoor dressy occasions. The article details a leaf shaped frame with straw board backing, velvet covered apertures, cream lace, chiffon yoke, and lace epaulets, finished with a velvet collar and belt.
The article outlines a sacque jacket featuring a covert coat style or beaver cloth option, with silk or velvet collar facing and silk satin or sateen lining. It details large front revers, lace accents, double frills, a small V yoke, pleated seams, machine stitched pockets, two box pleats at the shoulders, canvas wrist facing, and ruched sleeves with small top puffs and frilled wrists.
A historical breakfast and dinner menu lists meals for the day. Breakfast includes rice cakes ham toast sliced tomatoes coffee and luncheon items. Dinner features broiled porterhouse steak mashed potatoes green corn potato soup stewed tomatoes vanilla ice cream and coffee.
The piece recalls how an opal ring linked to the Comtesse de Castiglione allegedly brought misfortune to Spain’s royal circle. Alfonso XII reportedly received the ring after a failed romance with Mercedes, a tale of romance, revenge and a fateful relic.
A dated menu lists meals for breakfast luncheon and dinner. Breakfast includes flaming grits sugar cream beef croquettes baked potatoes rolls coffee. Luncheon features fried soft shell crabs lyonnaise potatoes brown bread apple dumpling cocoa. Dinner offers green turtle soup chicken fricassee potato balls string beans cucumber salad grape sherbet cake coffee.
In France the old fashioned lavender has come back into favor. The plant once symbolizing affection is tied to sweetness and freshness in the public imagination. Parisian florals scent many arrangements and sachets, and lavender perfume sales are rising.
The piece notes grapes revive talk on their therapeutic value each autumn and are among the most wholesome fruits even if their cure-all claims are doubtful. It cites an authority asserting one fruit meal a day can be more effective than the same quantity with other foods.
Friday meals list Wheatlet sugar and milk breakfast includes creamed codfish stewed potatoes rolls coffee. Luncheon offers Swiss cheese sandwiches sliced chicken tomatoes biscuits applesauce cake tea. Dinner features bread pudding halibut steak potato balls baked squash sweet potatoes custard pie cheese coffee.
A fashion feature highlights advance autumn and winter hats from several import houses. Among the displays are a chestnut brown velvet toque with brown ostrich tips, a Rubens navy velvet hat with white silk lining, a black velvet shepherdess with pink accents, and a large damson colored hat with velvet flowers. A Denver woman wore an ideal French model well.
A salad improvised for Sunday night supper was pronounced excellent. The plate featured cald baked beans with grated onion and tarragon vinegar on lettuce hearts, sliced tomatoes, mock sandwiches of brown bread with olives, and cold boiled Virginia ham, a popular menu choice.
A plain dark red cashmere gown is described as suitable for home wear in the afternoon. A simple home remedy mixes two or three drops of peppermint oil with suet and rubs on a baby's chest to ease a cough or lung voids, claimed to give quick relief.
Saturday menu lists breakfasts with pears ilaming and cream wheat cakes maple syrup lamb chops rolls coffee luncheon corn fritters dried beef with cream sauce muffins blueberry pie tea dinner clam bouillon broiled sirloin steak mashed potatoes corn lima beans stewed tomatoes apple pudding assorted cakes coffee
An eminent doctor argues sunstroke is not just heat or sun exposure but an infectious disease caused by a specific germ. He has not yet isolated the germ but expects to in time. He believes the germ originates in surface soil of low-lying regions and contaminates humans via dusty air inhalation.
The text explains how heat results from friction and impact in mechanical systems. Gunners in turrets endure intense heat as moving energy converts to molecular heat in metal and projectiles. It discusses energy conservation by showing friction and impact turning motion into heat, warming ice and water alike.
Tea leaves have many uses including dust control, cleaning glass bottles, and deodorizing fish knives and forks. The notes suggest draining used leaves and reusing them to keep dust down while sweeping and to remove fishy odors from utensils.
Pretty blouses in light woolen and silk fabrics are in demand for home wear. A rose colored chalice bodice features three front fullnesses divided by lace bands, pleated bretelles edged with frills, and bishop sleeves gathered to lace cuffs.
A cream satin opera bag lined in pale pink silk features lace trim and a rounded cardboard base. The sides measure eighteen by six inches, with a decorative lower section in silk and beads. Ten rings support a pink satin ribbon lacing to draw the bag shut.
Instructions describe drying feather plumes from fowls ducks and geese in a dry wooden tub then placing them in barge paper bags hung to dry further. After months of hanging the hollow quills are used for pillows or bedding with optional light preparation including oven drying and threading locks, flues stripped from large feathers and tips cut from medium sizes.
When oil and shades lose usefulness they are stripped of attachments and treated to become pliable and dried. In this state they are repurposed for cleaning, washing, and dish hours, showing varied domestic utility.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a frozen lemonade like drink with rich sweetness. It mentions Peeeger mixture and oil, a syrup or juice blend, and dissolving shear into water with sweeteners and additives, but specifics are garbled and names are unreadable.
Fragmentary text notes a seaside bather seeking a corset or waist device for comfort and cost during a season. Mentions sales or rationing and bicycle items as related context.
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