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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1891
Page
13
London fashion notes describe hats with silver pins and crepe scarves, feather bands, and novelty belts for evening wear. Debutantes wear gowns with violet flowers. illustrations show tea gowns, lace wraps, and a smoker jacket. Tailor-made gowns remain in style for walking wear, with cautious use of heavy embroidery.
An article recounts Edwin Atkinson's lecture arguing most households waste fuel and miscook food, pushing life costs above half income. It praises the Aladdin stove to cut daily feeding costs to 20 cents for workers and 93 cents for light work, plus a workman’s dinner pail for noon meals. It also provides several Sally Lunn recipes and other tested dishes for home cooking.
Mrs John Sherwood presents English wedding customs with details on dress, bridesmaids, invitations, wedding cake, and the honeymoon. It contrasts English and American practices, outlines legalities of marriage in England and France, and advises on etiquette, favors, and stationery.
The New York scene notes soft neutral gowns with embellished blasers open the season. A suburban wedding features myrtle wreaths, white hyacinths, gold lace groomsmen, and yellow white décor. The Vienna Housewives Society plans a nursemaid and governess training course teaching tidiness, child care, dress, and games with examinations for certification.
A New York letter by Katherine H describes a woman’s search for affordable, respectful housing for independent women. It praises a thriving women’s bureau hotel with private parlors, baths, and social spaces, while criticizing clubs and lodging lacking women’s access. The piece calls for broader, capital-backed women’s accommodations in the city.
A description of a safe to wager trick using electrified paper that sticks to skin and clothes, plus a demonstration of waking a cane without touch. The item cites the Churchman and the New York Herald, ending with a schoolyard exchange where a father threatens punishment and a defiant reply about Mr McKinley.
Dr J S Billings praises American advances in surgery including arterial ligation tumor removal and spinal treatments. He notes innovations in anesthesia military hospital organization and medical libraries while contrasting patent medicines with safer regulated remedies.
A survey of recent devices and methods includes outdoor water powered shutters for fire departments and a proposed music typewriter to speed score production. The report notes a radio microe meter capable of measuring radiant heat from candles and celestial bodies, and a brick and tile making machine with four presses. It also covers agricultural spraying results, new glassworks reaching high prices for elaborate stained windows, and artistic glass techniques enhancing realism and color in windows.
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