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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1898
Page
6
The article describes a hunter's green three quarters coat with a fitted round waist and two overlapping capes, noting the blouse waist as the prevailing modern silhouette. It traces the evolution from Garibaldi to Russian and Breton variants, emphasizing its widespread use in autumn and winter outfits.
Monday meals list includes Breakfast Lamb Croquettes French fried potatoes rolls coffee Luncheon Olive Sandwiches Cold Tongue sliced tomatoes brown bread butter cake tea Dinner Vegetable Soup Roast Lamb sweet potatoes parsnips wafers cheese home made peach pie coffee
A humorous portrait extols a baby’s all around mischief and charm. It claims the infant can wake a family at dawn, smash dishes, tumble often, fuss over a brass pin, choke itself, disrupt daily life, sleep soundly when father’s away, cry when he is tired, and still charm visitors and parents alike. The piece ends by noting the baby’s impact on a home’s happiness and space.
A light notes section smiles about starting early on Christmas presents. The piece highlights a charming cream tea costy pattern and the appeal of thoughtful little gifts among friends.
A profile of the cheerful woman who calms emergencies in every home with tact and kindness. She inspires servants, manages tasks without harsh reproach, and delivers direction gently, balancing work with a generous disposition and steady efficiency.
A study of dietetic tables reveals surprising digestion times for foods. Raw cabbage digests in about ninety minutes versus four and a half hours when boiled, while raw apples and saltings like soured pigs feet rate high for digestibility. Oysters and milk show low nutriment percentages, raw oils high at ninety five, and cucumbers melons contribute minimal nourishment.
There is a great difference in ideas about blouse waists for upcoming seasons between French and English readers. From Paris the article outlines fashion contrasts and trends.
The text lauds a cheerful woman whose timing and gentle demeanor speed her work. It notes her calm command of time and suggests benevolent fairies assist her. Heaven bless the cheerful woman.
The menu lists Tuesday meals with breakfast items pears hominy sugar and cream hamburg steak graham gems coffee lunch lamb croquettes lyonnaise potatoes biscuits creamed toast crackers cocoa and dinner bouillon broiled porter house steak mashed potatoes boiled carrots pickles apple and rice pudding coffee
The article argues women often wear high heels to gain apparent height, but motion reveals gracelessness and foot deformation. It links foot length to forearm measure, notes larger women require larger feet, and condemns painful pinching for aesthetics, urging comfort for dignified carriage.
Descriptive portrait highlighting Queen Wilhelmina’s beauty including golden hair blue eyes oval face and bright complexion. Notes her intelligence frank expression tallish figure and public devotion and deference to her mother, showing strong filial bond.
A description of a cadet blue serge suit featuring a double breasted Eton corsage, two rows of jeweled buttons, satin revers, cream silk vest, black satin stock and tie, and a matching cadet blue velvet hat with a black wing. The outfit emphasizes tailored lines, ruffles, and adaptable skirt designs for slim figures.
A survey of birth rituals describes Lower Brit tany women washing, joint cracking, oiling the newborn and binding it tight to shape the head while applying brandy to the lips. In Greece mothers circle the fire thrice and sing to ward off spirits. Turkish mothers adorn with amulets, mud charms baked in hot water on the forehead. Spain uses pine boughs on the infant's face for luck.
The season presents waists slashed and low necked with satin guimpes in fabrics like matelasse brocade and Pompadour veloute. Evening bodices feature deep guimpes with lace net mousseline de soie and tulle. Some waists may be worn without guimpes in full dress.
The day’s menu lists breakfast with baked apples oatmeal sugar and cream poached eggs on toast rolls and coffee. Luncheon features fried soft shell crabs brown bread fruit cake and chocolate. Dinner offers tomato soup roast chicken potatoes stewed tomatoes eggplant crackers cheese blackberry roll cream sauce and coffee.
The article notes tailor made costumes in gray black and white taffeta faille or cuir de soie that are cool and practical. Satin remains favored for foundations with lace and gossamer effects, while new skirt novelties feature a waist to knee yoke with no fullness and darts at the waist.
WEONESDAY breakfast offers assorted fruit hominy and cream beef and onion croquettes yeast coffee. Luncheon serves scrambled eggs and dried beef potato cakes cup custard crackers tea. Dinner features potato soup lamb cutlets mashed potatoes white onions with cream sauce peach pudding coffee.
The article lists folk practices in Ireland Romania and parts of England and France intended to avert harm to newborns. Belts of hair, garlic salt bread steak in cradles, red ribbons on ankles, and placing tongs or a knife are noted. In Vosges birth moon phases are linked to tongue dexterity in children.
A French batter for frying vegetables such as eggplant and sweet potatoes blends flour with water salt olive oil and brandy. Beat in stiff egg white. For frying bananas apples and similar fruits use sugar instead of salt.
The spinach omelet blends eggs with spinach boiled drained chopped and seasoned. The mixture is sautéed in butter then added to a set omelet and folded, browned, or turned onto a hot platter with spinach on top if a fuller surface is preferred.
In a playful exchange Cora compares Pauline’s piano skill to a new tenor while Perdita retorts she can accompany him on a bicycle. The banter hints at social wit and light competition between the pair.
Despite an edict favoring tight bodices this fall and winter, handsome blouse waists remain popular for dressy wear. The article highlights a Cuban red silk bodice with a heavy gold cord and a Louis XVI bow of wired velvet ribbon.
Friday meals list includes breakfast with Wheatena sugar and cream and creamed codfish baked potatoes and coffee. Luncheon offers scrambled eggs cold ham potato salad fruit cake and cocoa. Dinner features green turtle soup broiled blue fish lamb chops riced potatoes baked sweet potatoes olives apple pie and coffee.
A traveling pocket filter attaches to eighteen or twenty inches of rubber tubing enabling bicyclists and campers to drink from mountain springs or bubbling brooks without exposure to insects and growths. It adds a practical protection for summer outings.
The article argues writers should train to use both hands to share workload and prevent cramp. Rest is essential for recovery from overuse and no liniments will cure it. Cold bathing may aid restoration, and alternating hands keeps both capable for long writing tasks.
A fashionable home craft article describes making a Louis XVI style photograph frame. It recommends selecting silk like the era, cutting sides from cardboard, leaving a margin, then pasting and applying the silk carefully to cover the wood.
The passage recalls King Frederick VI visiting a Danish village school where children name Canute the Great Valdemar and Kristian V as great kings. A girl asks about another king and the king remains puzzled and gentle. The text shifts through various domestic and craft anecdotes and a humorous office scene.
An old fashioned drain pipe umbrella stand is suggested. Cover a pipe with putty then press dried peas into it so they project slightly. Pack them close, paint the exterior dull willow green and the interior poppy red.
The instruction describes shaping thin felt with strong glue on brown paper, cutting while wet into petal shapes with branching leaves, painting in natural shades, and assembly on a pipe stem with large black braid buttons forming the flower centers.
Couturieres showcase gown effects for fall and winter featuring jacket and coat gowns as versatile options without wraps. The tobacco brown rough cloth suit uses a tight fitting front jacket with a belt through slashes, satin lining, satin faced revers and collar, and black and silver embroidery.
The article discusses dress collar choices from plain linen collars for morning wear to cravats in silk silk muslin lace and chiffon. It notes the foundation of cravats as a plain band and the value of a well fitting linen collar for this purpose and mentions white silk for a dainty finish.
Fashion hints indicate velvet will be popular this season with plain miroir corded and stitched in fine cross folds. Velvet proves effective and useful for over this season's gowns and will appear in shops.
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