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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1892
Page
4
The article argues actresses rarely invent styles. many look to others for costume ideas. It notes that stage trends appear first in theater, then spread, while sensational personalities seek public attention through fashion by partnering with designers.
The discussion centers on actress influenced hat designs with colorful ribbons and chenille trim. A light gray felt hat with black velvet, a curving upturned back, and a front bow of gray ribbon with pink brocade details is highlighted as a stylish example.
Fashion leaders adopt looser fuller skirts not tightly drawn across the figure. Bustle cushions filled with hair appear with the fuller silhouette. Hoops are expected to return within 18 months as over dresses and farthingales reappear in Paris influenced fashion. An amethyst velvet evening dress from Worth showcased at a Parisian sojourn signals upcoming stylistic shifts.
A historical account notes an economy gown assembled from two old costumes. Green velvet forms the trained skirt breadths while drab brocade silk shapes the waist and yoke. Velvet sleeves extend to the elbow with silver beading on the brocade and silk flowers.
The article details swelling Parisian fashion with Oriental silk bolstered by pink trims and iridescent capotes. It notes Warre ribbons, ivy foliage, snowflake robes, and water-green underslips. Colors range from deep tones to pale rubies, with Barnsome plaids on sleeves and jackets. The emphasis is on the latest chic silhouettes and a bow at the throat.
In Crispryyatt a store fire was set by Mrs Solomon Levi’s daughter who left coal oil soaked waste and timed candles. A police officer spotted the blaze saving the building and 60 occupants. the daughter fled, Mrs Levi was arrested but hysterical.
A grand upcoming ceremony plans to wed Miss Emma Bossman and Colonel James Gilbert Anzalo Reechland. The bride is 19 and seven feet tall while the groom stands seven feet two inches. he is 29 and from Chichawhau Mexico. Her family is identified as wealthy and connected to a Sank Center Minnesota raisin enterprise. she is described as well educated and refined.
The Allegheny Common Councils held a special session this evening to finish long pending business. The ordinance extending chiefs' terms was deemed erroneous and will be laid over to the next regular meeting.
Wall Street faced bear canards about Jay Gould. Florida orange shipments signal clearance with 800 000 boxes in sight. Canada to add a Trade and Females minister to the cabinet. Chicago glass price talks reaffirm old levels. Ontario reports dehorning cattle not cruel. Herbert Gladstone denies New York home rule rumors. Ten pound meteoric stone falls near New Castle Colorado. English shipowners plan Charles Line between South Carolina and Mediterranean ports. Snow storm hits Long Island.
Rumors of bank forgeries surface as Minneapolis banks reportedly suffer multi-thousand dollar losses. A West Coast line robbery and a string of other incidents populate a chaotic news digest with missing figures and unsettled events.
A Corson Street mother recalls finding her late daughter by a room door. The child dips a doll into a kettle of dye and questions if life will be pretty after dyeing. The girl boasts about a silk dress dyed with ten cents and homemade Diamond Dres outfits.
A persuasive 19th century advertorial contrasts tireless domestic and religious work by some women with the exhausted state of others. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing the distress of bearing down and related symptoms, urging immediate purchase from druggists or mail order, with full address and product names.
A wandering narrator recalls love in Southport and Natal, a failed engagement, and a costly mistaken marriage plan. He travels from Southport to Natal as a colonial farmer, longs for a wife, writes to a Southport beloved Caroline, and is duped when he meets the sister Constance aboard a steamer. He pays £1500 to avoid a suit and is left with Caroline’s eventual marriage elsewhere.
Winter dress goods offered at low prices with black and colored cashmeres and henrietta fabrics. The Kavréuanis New Drygoods Department promotes cashmeres at 1 per yard, with various patterns and colors on sale today.
A South Side police pick up brought Charley Raft to the Anti Cruelty Society where his mother finally recognized him as Charley Allen after coaxing and tears. He cried, pledged not to run away again, and the pair departed together, while another woman believed she identified Raft as her long lost child.
An afternoon sale runs from 9 to 1 offering 150 dozen men's camel hair under shirts and drawers. Tagol lar 61 goods advertised with a limit of two items per person to prevent bulk buying. Note the stated hours and quantity.
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