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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1892
Page
5
The piece notes a wave of decorative spoons bearing club names for christenings, with watches of Norwegian enamel and jewel-like finishes. It cites rising prices, cabinet displays, and bridal gifts. It also surveys hairstyles and summer gowns, highlighting Clytie bang trends, Mrs. Amelia Rives-Chanler, and French designs with violets and heliotrope moire fabrics.
The article describes trimming options for a New and Nowel style dress using cream silk fringe or pearl drops with salmon pink veiling and russet brown faille. It notes a wide soft bow sash and compares spring toilet trends, handwriting style, and a Mi-Careme fete with electric freezers and creatively arranged serving vessels at New York caterers Sancaner H. WrEton.
The piece surveys hair styles with the Clytie Bang and velvet fillete trends, notes mother daughter customs at social events, and describes fashionable outfits including a gray scotch cheviot outfit with a silk house and tailor made jacket. It highlights charity linen sales at parlor events and novelty linen items like double toes and bureau sets.
A compact guide outlines a plain method to remove drafts from a side room. It describes simple steps, practical adjustments, and inexpensive fixes to improve airflow and comfort without major remodeling.
The method uses two smooth boards half an inch thick and eight inches wide cut to window width. Insert one board inside the casing four inches from the lower sash, then lower the upper sash five inches and position the second board to direct air upward. Pivoting upper boards may improve ventilation in long illnesses.
Instructions for moving a bedridden patient safely using sheets, a blanket sling, and coordinated lifting. Advises changing bed linens without full movement, using a flat fold, and a gentle approach. Recommends a loose bed gown for illness and careful garment changes with pinned sleeves.
Correspondent reviews a Harrison state dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer. East Room reception, long white and green table, thirty three guests mostly Congressmen, Mrs Harrison’s white silk gown, Mrs Palmer’s black velvet over pink, and a lively Lanciers promenade in the East Room after the meal.
The article argues meat-heavy diets cause rheumatic and gout temperaments, urging lime water and alkaline waters as cheap remedies. It notes city elites add fruits and vegetables in winter, lime water aids growth in children, and alkaline water benefits those who eat meat, excluding vegetarians.
The article notes Electioneer as a remarkably valued horse owned by Senator Stanford, listing a 2 275 000 dollar estimated value for 107 other animals at Palo Alto and totaling Electioneer’s worth at 3 697 000 dollars, with the Bull’s Coughnap Price given as 250.
Shirley Dare addresses reader questions on thinning throats and faces, remedies for a sunken look, restoring gray hair, and reducing flesh. She cautions against tight collars, suggests gentle skincare, massages, and warm compresses, and warns against ineffective pills while offering diet and lifestyle changes for weight control.
A fashion feature on Easter dress and coats discusses symbolisms beyond Easter eggs, urging revival of ancient motifs like scarabs and suns. It outlines spring jackets, tan meltons, and refined coats, with color palettes in old rose, heliotrope, cream, and black. Detailed fabric combinations, trims, and silhouettes illustrate tasteful, modest elegance for church and social wear.
The Dispatch notes spring offerings from china shops with hanging lanterns in bronze and enamel and a wall clock with candle branches. It highlights mirrors with carved branches, a delicate oblong frame bronze gilt, and candlelight reflections. Also described are dessert accessories including a crumpled leaf cracker dish and a berry set in pale gilt ware.
A Swiss cantonal tale recounts the Devil agreeing to build an arch over the Reuss in a single night in exchange for the first soul to cross. The bailiff signs, the devil dares, but a priest appears with a cross and holy blessing, thwarting the devil and leaving the arch completed by dawn.
A referenced remark by Elizabeth Cavazza questions Plato's reasoning on child care. The excerpt notes his Laws discuss baby sleep practices and suggests there is much he did not know about putting babies to sleep.
An advertisement urges buyers to choose Dr Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts for high quality. It emphasizes selling reliable articles at reasonable prices and warns against inferior goods that clog business. The copy notes the product has pleased a million homes for over 25 years.
A physician argues against perpetual rocking, citing fear and internal agitation as causes of ailment in children and recounts a woman cured of insomnia and headache after giving up rocking. He cites Plato and a New World physician to condemn the practice as cruel and harmful.
The passage praises Doulton plates shaped like Olive leaves and silvered in pale tones. It notes china spoons in pastoral colors seem pretty yet impractical for coffee. It then extols thin custard cups of vitrified ware that resist fire, contrasting them with bulky stoneware previously used for serving.
The article argues that lift arises from rapid horizontal motion over air masses, allowing a weight to rest on a large air film briefly. It uses Smithsonian experiments to illustrate skaterlike gliding over thin air, proposing aerial navigation is theoretically solved by a mass spread for air support, praising Prof Lang's Aeroplane as a magical solution.
An elderly guest, the Duke of Saxon-Colture and Gotha, visits a Berlin hatter. After every hat fits poorly, the stranger quips about a head like a table. The shopkeeper apologizes, the Duke consoles him, and the tale amuses the Emperor at dinner.
A correspondent in India sends a drawing of a large walking-leaf insect. The creature is colored like a fresh lime leaf and moves among angle foliage. It resembles two small leaves with paler veins. The specimen is noted as a rare, conspicuous Phasmid species.
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