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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1898
Page
6
At the openings in large stores travelers and walking gowns are shown in great variety. A checked cheviot suit in mixed green features a flaring skirt and a tight corsage, trimmed with braid drops of attar of rose and honey. When jarred and sealed, it will keep long.
The text outlines rug types such as Brussels remnants in Persian patterns for living spaces and contrasts them with Smyrna domes for dual use. It notes ingrain art squares for light wear, imported rugs with duller colors, and affordable jute options with poorer wear. Silk and black lace cleaning methods are described with ivy water and gentle rolling, avoiding ironing.
Monday meal plan lists breakfast with baked apples bacon rolls coffee. Luncheon features cold roast beef potato salad pickles apple dumplings tea. Dinner offers pea soup roast lamb with mint sauce mashed potatoes creamed white onions vanilla ice cream coffee.
The article describes scented sandwiches using flowers like clover nasturtium rose and violet with butter bread kept overnight and flavored. It covers pine nut pignolias nuts and chopped fruit sandwiches with or without bread and candied fruits spread on buttered bread or sponge cake.
Fashionable dressmakers this season refuse to make bobbed-off skirts even for street gowns, warning such styles would harm their reputations as modistes. When pressed for shorter lengths, they offer a compromise skirt that barely clears the ground at the front and sides with a liftable back dip.
The article describes a decorative cardcase made by hand using gold bullion embroidery on white kid leather. It highlights the dainty nature of such gifts and notes the embroidered design representing a refined motif suitable for homemakers and craft enthusiasts.
Tuesday meals include breakfast with oatmeal sugar and cream VWamburg steak fried potato cakes toast. luncheon features lamb croquettes roast potatoes brown bread and cutter rice pudding chocolate. dinner offers vegetable soup broiled sirloin steak riced potatoes browned sweet potatoes stewed tomatoes peach pudding and coffee.
The piece notes diverse beverages called tea from non tea leaves. In Mauritius orchid leaves produce tea, Peru uses mate from holly, Abyssinians use catha edulis with strong stimulant effects, Tasmanians claim many substitutes, Tonkinese brew from local berries and tree parts, and Sumatra infuses coffee leaves in the pot for a drink.
The advertisement touts a home remedy to remove freckles using three egg whites and crushed almonds whipped into a cream. It claims the pomade guards the face at night and lets a woman enjoy country or seaside stays without freckles marring her beauty.
A resourceful woman uncovers a reliable technique to generate and restore garments from worn fabric, offering practical options for wardrobes and household use.
The text describes decorative four leaf clovers in embroidery, a gold centered centerpiece, and versatile uses for such embellishments on handkerchief cases, gloves, or veils. It also gives a homemade cold cream recipe and outlines a cleaning and refreshing process for a soiled gown using ivy water.
Wednesday menu lists breakfast with assorted fruit hominy sugar and cream meat and potato croquettes buns coffee luncheon features lamb stew green peas hominy cakes apple pie cheese tea and dinner offers beef soup lamb cutlets potato balls eggplant spinach olives brown Betty pudding cheese coffee.
The text extols usefulness and noble acts as the brightest epochs in a man’s life. It argues a good conscience outweighs witnesses and guides through grief, thirst, weariness, heat, and death. It praises calmness, humanity, modest fortune, and the quiet efficacy of serenity.
Description highlights sleeve tucks and shoulder puff details in serge and cloth costumes. A military blue cloth suit features a flowing skirt with stitched trim and a tight fitted jacket with double revers.
The note discusses suitable foundations for a photograph or letter holder, recommending Roman satin or silk as possible bases for a handy wall pocket.
The excerpt lists Thursday meals including breakfast and luncheon and dinner options such as grapes oatmeal boiled eggs sausage rolls and refined dishes. It also describes a tailored pocket embroidered jacket with blue velvet vest and silk lining details and velvet buttons.
The article highlights new autumn weaves in draplette, double faced cashmere, and camel’s hair from India looms praised for fine gown-making. It notes high quality and price, with rich color ranges including plum, dahlia, red tones, greens, and pale shades. It also describes fabric cutting guidelines and a decorative tasseled fringe on the lower edge of a pocket-like piece.
A featured blouse bodice in figured China silk, rose and white, with a white chiffon yoke and passamen terie trim appears alongside a white brocaded satin cape model for evening and day wear. Wilhelmina jackets and hats show bold dyed silks and velvets in red shades with white accents in autumn fashion.
The article advises breeders and owners on autumn canary care during moulting. It covers ventilation, fresh daily seed and water, bathing, perches, cleaning, and safe handling. It warns against poor attention and suggests diet, greens, soft treats, and color-food to modulate plumage. A bay rum sulfur lotion is mentioned for hair color care.
The cutaway jacket is a popular autumn outdoor garment praised for style despite its severity. The text notes a preference for butter over oil in salad dressing and explains gently warming oil by placing the cup in hot water.
A note explains that scalded and unbeaten cream must be combined and thoroughly chilled before the dasher of the freezer is operated to avoid spoilage or texture issues. The guidance emphasizes proper timing and chilling to ensure good freezing results.
The article describes a close fitting sleeve with a fulled top and epaulet, a black velvet ceinture with a large bow at the waist, and a chiffon collar band with a lace ruffle at the neck, detailing the garment’s ornate finish.
French style centers on two favored looks: a high coiffure with curls over the forehead and a flat waved top puffed at the sides. The pompadour is out, while some wear an irregular side parting to add a youthful touch. The curls recall older royal fashion but are looser and not held by nets.
Local kitchen note describes home made ice cream that sometimes turns out buttery, causing dismay. The fragment hints at a method or ingredient adjustment but provides no complete instructions or results.
Text notes discounted rail fares for married couples in Norway with a fare and a half, and similar provisions in Austria and Hungary. Children under six travel free with an adult, while other reductions apply to multiple children based on age and number.
Saturday breakfast includes Tom and Eggs Potato Balls Toast and Coffee. Luncheon features Sliced Tongue Roasted Sweet Potatoes Pickles Tapioca Pudding Cocoa. Dinner offers Potato Soup Roast Duck Mashed Potatoes Stuffed Peppers Sweet Potatoes Blackberry Roll Hard Sauce Coffee.
Mohair braid comes in widths and graded trim buttons for skirts and bodices of rough fabrics while silk braid and small tailor buttons ornament finer wool and silk weaves.
A new nutmeg grater uses the last nut to powder the spice and a stove-polisher comes with an attached bottle of stove polish, enabling self feeding operation.
A French confectioner issues a notice boasting immediate attention to patrons requests with the slogan Short weights here and assurances of no delay in handling desires.
A little girl wears a dull blue and white cashmere frock in a yoke style suited to an older child. The rounded yoke is prettily finished and the skirt is gathered after being tucked to about three inches depth.
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