Women Riding Astride Fashion Spark Reforms and Styles
Analysis of riding astride trend among ladies, tracing health and posture arguments, historic precedents from Amazons and German customs, and describing two costume concepts shown at a Berlin horse show, including bodice, jackets, boots, trousers, and riding caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirees
Hippolyte
Hercules
Kiss
Albania
Romania
Austrian
Germany
Anna of
Berlin
Heach Molele
A Cap for the Beach and Continental Fashion
The piece describes a beach cap with white rows and red patterns, the crown size, inner band, and wire supports, plus blue silk trim and red blue pompons. It reviews a mantled outfit, lace gowns, and office dress suitability, then notes hammock-style bedrooms, summer beauty tips, and an electric beauty treatment advertised by Madame Evelyn.
Urging the Salad A Book On Lettuce and Dressings
This piece surveys salads from lettuce to lobster with recipes for dressings and serving ideas. It cites French and Italian influences, notes health and appetite roles, and offers practical steps for mayonnaise and oil emulsion sauces.
Two Men of Drains on the Cog Train to Pike's Peak
Smith and Trewn narrate a novel travel moment aboard a cog railway to Pike's Peak. The men compare the ride to a first experience and remark on the unusual ascent, noting it as their initial exposure to cog-powered travel and the scenic ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowla Republic
Pike's Peak
Smith
Pike Smith
Lena
Sydney Smith Salad Recipe in Humorous Verse
A playful verse presents a method for dressing a salad with two boiled potatoes, onions, oil, vinegar, salt, mustard, anchovy sauce, and eggs. The poem humorously cautions on excess acid or salt and urges careful mixing, finishing with parsley and a light onion note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lucca
Francatelli
Shakespeare
Jack Cade
Peri
Flo
Anthony
Cleopatra
Fillippini
Delm&ico’s
Sydney Smith
M. E. Seerwoon
Chautauqua Reform Idea Challenged by Dress Sentiment
Ada Bache Cone argues fashion for businesswomen cannot be legislated and must evolve from labor demands and cultural roots. She cites the bloomer rejection, predicts ridicule for imposed attire, and invokes Carlyle to insist sentiment comes before law and cannot be voted into existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Bache Cone
Carlyle
Constituent Assembly
Many new fabrics in American decorative trades described
The piece notes a surge in imports and new domestic fabrics for lace curtains Brussels in amber hue, muslin covers, bed sets, and novel portieres inspired by Japanese cords. It highlights wallpaper friezes with shelf-like designs and colonial accents as the era's decorative trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ono
America
Principles of Decoration and White House Style
A discussion on interior decor stresses arranging movable items with purpose, using straight and curved lines to convey solidity and mood. It contrasts cheerful and somber effects based on angles and shapes, and notes a push for American-made White House decor despite many designs being Louis XV or Colonial in style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Louis XV
Novel Curtain Hanging and Color Harmony Ideas
A discussion of decorative color choices for rooms and hats, suggesting amber, cream, blue, and other harmonies. It also describes a convenient curtain shade using a roller with a thin sheet iron bar at the top to improve privacy and light control.
Curtain making and novel bed mechanism in early design notes
The article describes mounting shade tapes on a wooden roller to create a parallel spiral distribution as the shade rises. It discusses curtain pole innovations and mentions two industrial milestones: a Philadelphia Brussels lace curtain factory and a Camden Tambour curtain mill, both linked to tariff protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollera
Pela
Philadelphia
America
Camden
N. J
Switzerland
Blaine's Florence Doctor
American physician from Florence Italy Dr William Wilberforce Baldwin gains attention in America. Described as prepossessing, diligent, with a strong character, he treats in Vienna and London as he keeps up with new medical ideas. He aided Mrs Astor in Florence and counts the Astor family and Duchess of Teck as friends.
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Florence
Italy
Blaine
Sstter
America
William Wilberforce Baldwin
Vienna
London
Fair City
Astor
Dr. Baldwin
Baldwin
Duchess of
Teck
Queen Victoria
Stokees of an Ocean Racer
A vivid New York World account of stokers in a great ship furnace area. Flames, heat, and suffocating toil frame a grim scene as workers shovel fuel and keep steam up, despite exhaustion and danger. The piece presents a brutal, almost nightmare vision of life in the stoke room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Gilmore Promotes New Music Slogan in Fall
The piece highlights Gilmore's latest public musical taste with a new "Latchkey March" noted as the likely hit this season. It praises his performance style and the shipshape tempo and timing that attract street youth and amateur musicians alike to the tune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Gilmore
MEN SERVANTS TO GO.Hints for Home Decoration and Serving Dinners
A fashion shift overseas favors eliminating male servants in favor of women staff. Livery worn by maids, black morning dresses with white aprons, and red caps appear in upper class homes. The piece also covers toilet tips, tasteful decor, color schemes, and do it yourself mirror framing for decorative home improvement. A Saratoga ball and European color trends are noted, with emphasis on refined parlor etiquette and stylish interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
New York
Russell
Gayety
Mr. Russell
Saratoga
Nice
Juices of the Grape and Household Preserves Guide
A feature on grape wine making for home use and a reader Q A section with notes on preserving fruit and making jams. Tips include grape varieties, fermentation steps, straining, sugar ratios, and bottling while offering diverse recipes for peaches pears tomatoes oranges and marmalades.
Elegant Fruit Dishes Adorn Dining Table in Green Tones
A dining scene features a deep window seat with cushions in soft silver green corduroy and a table arranged with hollowed ice blocks repurposed as fruit supporters. At each end a luncheon uses hot house pears plated in oblong green tins, framed by ferns in crystal greens, described as a beautiful display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret H. Welch
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Harper's Bazar
St. Louis
Phettt
Ore de Chine
Arc
Epreensne
Mdme
Evelyn
Vigo Street
Resto
Mrs. Sherwood
Almanack Des Gourmands
Hygeia
McKinley
Washington
John Quincy Adams
Stokees
Storcs
Auick
Bacchus
Europe
United States
Hamburg
Berth Bell
Posches
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