Ancient Protestant Deaconess Order in Philadelphia
The article outlines the revival of the ancient Protestant Deaconess Order, led by Lutheran roots in Kaiserswerth and expanding to Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist groups. Philadelphia hosts the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse, the continent’s first and among the finest, housing aged care, a school, a children’s hospital, and a Deaconess Motherhouse with 35 Sisters including 15 Deaconesses, 14 auxiliary sisters, and six probationers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
Kaieswerth
Germany
Episcopalian
St. John
Philadelphia
Mary J. Drexel
Drexel Institution
John D. Lankenan
F. M. Drexel
Mary Johanna
Evangelical Atheran Church
Civik
Porrnis
Ema
Kaiserswerth
Conaul Meyer
Iserlohn
Marie Krueger
Friederike Wurzler
Wilhelmine Dittmann
Marianie Kraetzer
Madilaine von Bracht
Alma Kohmann
Pauline Loeschmann
Emma
Wanda von Oerzen
Marie L. Bauer
William I
Drexel
Woman's Aid Society
Deaconess Association
New York
C. Bors
Seaman's
Brooklyn
Carlen Hansen
America
Elizabeth Fedde
Elizabeth
Minneapolis
Norway
Fourth Avenue
Norwegian Aid Society
Consul Bors
Boston
Syracuse
Buffalo
Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati
Omaha
Denver
Attowa A. Chapman
Drexel Deaconess Home and Kaiserswerth Legacy
A detailed portrait of the Drexel Home and its Kaiserswerth originated deaconess system in Philadelphia. It covers dress, governance, admission standards, probation, duties, and salaries, plus the hospital, Children’s Hospital, and the German Hospital integration, with notes on the Methodist Deaconesses home, nursery, and day care for children, inclinations toward nursing and mission training.
Parish workers expand care for immigrants and housing
Pearce-THE TABLE reports parish efforts expanding home decor and hygiene work. The group now oversees six to eight industrial pots, the Italian Mission, and the Home for Immigrant Women. A sister assists with immigrant steamer arrivals and could place many overseas workers. Candidates for admission to the Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isteiv
Deaconess Homes Grow In United States
Details on Methodist deaconesses with age limits, training, probation, and duties. Growth includes Lucy Webb Hares Memorial Home in Washington and first Scandinavian house in Brooklyn. Institutions run by Lutheran and Episcopal groups spread across major cities, evidencing rising influence and numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Lucy Webb Hares
Washington, D. C
Nations
The Secret of Dressmaker Bones in Gowns
A woman explains the secret of wrinkle free gowns through bone stays and expert dressmaking methods. The article details choosing soft lining, three quarters inch seam width, silk stay casings, and whalebone preparation to shape the bodice for a flawless fit. Also mentions ads for nerve tonic and furniture services.
Fashionable bonnets in New York rival Paris designs
A Paris trained workforce in New York along with American and Irish designers push spring bonnets toward bold color blends and artful forms. Describes two main styles, jet framed and tam varieties, with vivid color schemes, veiling, and jeweled trims. Jet frames and straw materials dominate, with prices from a dollar and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Health and Comfort: Reader Questions on Hygiene and Diet
Shirley Dave answers readers on nose pimples and potential ulcers, lumbago causes from tight garments, and diet for stout individuals. It covers eyelid inflammation remedies, lilies’ odor effects on mood, and general health tips including baths, diet changes, and avoiding salt meat or pork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Dave
Helen Watterson
Tre Disparcu
Lilith
Daisy B
Strasbourg
Thejka
A Pact About Real Lace and the Hexagonal Mesh
The New York Board of Appraisers settles what counts as true lace. The decisive test is the hexagonal mesh the weaving of the net, not the material or decorations. Lace must have open mesh like fish net or Brussels, while chiffon and sheer veils are excluded. Salvation Oil cited for sprains at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Bodily Comforts and Health Notes from 19th Century Ciders and Teeth
Helen Watterson discusses cider mixing with Apollinaris water to imitate champagne, then moves to dental care with iodine paint for tooth gum relief. She explains infant vomiting versus adult stomach shape, and notes English walnuts distress and blanching as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Watterson
Reege
Household kettles for the sickroom and genteel kitchen
A lady physician advises keeping two small porcelain lined kettles for sickroom cookery. She details broth and gruel methods, stressing clean rinsing, thorough drying, and careful handling of kettle rims and spouts. She outlines broth preparation using bone and meat, skimming, and precise salt, then a porridge method with cornmeal, boiled to serve hot.
A Comfort to Old Age by Margaret Ford
A commentary on gifting elderly women a personal maid. The piece argues a maid aids mobility, errands, reading, shopping, and companionship, easing burdens on family and prolonging life. It highlights social contact and relief from nagging conversations, urging households to consider the elderly member’s happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ford
Beautiful House Clocks Two Masterpieces of the Artistic Jeweler
A New York display featured a grandfathers clock with a race wood case and ivory ebony dial figures. It rings half hours and quarters with Westminster chimes and sold for 1500 dollars. A second tall clock in onyx and jasper trim sells for six hundred dollars, illustrating cost differences between wood and stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kitchen Chemistry and the Exterminators of Microbes
A late 19th or early 20th century piece extols kitchen cleanliness using soap hot water and sun. It explains emulsification of grease by soap alkali and the role of rinsing and drying to prevent recontamination. It warns against damp mop bacteria and praises proper cloth care and storage with a nod to a moving and packing firm at the end.
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Drexel Home and Motherhouse
Ministerium of
Pennsylvania
Deaconess Institute
Daughters of Tames
Fenisi Diaconate
Gand
A. Cordes
Hamburg
United States
Charles H. Meyer
Stuttgart
House of
Altoona
Ncw
Caruga Avenue
Germantown
Women's Home Missionary Society of the
Sixteenth Street
M. E
E. V. Price
Pearce
Lin Vo AB
Sister Superior
Drexel Home
Eltne
Trentine
Kilwne
Eal Aveh St. Villa
Hayes & Krexay
Waterstreet, Ou
Ada Coxz
Fay. I
Fey
B. W. Richardson
Richardson
Whitten
Boards of Health
Hayes & AM
Water Street
Dr. Price
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