Delicate Lily Sleep and Air Loving Star of Paris Life
The article profiles Madame Sarah Bernhardt, noting her five hour sleep in a Paris drawing room, her daily routines, meals, and love of fresh air. It details her insistence on regular rest, constant activity, and self discipline, plus her peculiar manicure regimen and exclusive perfume choices. It closes with a playful comparison to a Dresden shepherdess and references her healthful, methodical lifestyle.
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Magante
Sarah
Dresden
Saxony
Diana Viking
Rest and Remedies for Health Through Bathing Practices
In this excerpt from My Idea of Rest a vicar extols regular cleansing and warm baths as essential for genuine health. He advises wearing warm coverings even indoors to protect ankles, frequent nightly baths with soap bran and milk-white water, and a nightly spa-like routine with a heated towel robe and gentle friction. He also notes a soothing bath blend used after rehearsals to relieve ennui and fatigue, stressing change over idle inactivity.
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Exercires
Helping the Physicians for Distatch
A physician recalls a mother unable to describe a child's illness clearly. He urges mothers to learn to observe and note key signs of fever, pain, crying, temperature, pulse, breathing, bowels, and skin, so they can relay precise symptoms to doctors. The piece ends with a plug for Salvation Oil at 25 cents.
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Salvation Oil
How to Make White Bread by Octave Thanet
Octave Thanet recounts a chef like spell to bread making after acknowledging Emma P. Ewing’s guidance. The guide covers yeast choices and milk warmups, dough consistency, kneading, rising, and oven steps, with warnings about overproofing, crust protection, temperature, and the final bake to yield a light browned loaf.
A Watch On Your Shoulder
A Dispatch writer notes a swaggering young woman wears a watch on her shoulder, secured by a decorative brooch rather than a belt. The piece frets over visibility to passersby and the risk of theft, contrasting old chatelaine use with the current display.
A Bag Made of Fan Work
A nimble crafter can transform a Japanese fan into a decorative bag. The fan is flattened by removing the brass pin, edges glued, ribbon threaded through holes, and bows tied. A pasteboard box lined with silver paper fits inside as a removable inner compartment for spools and light needlework.
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Pistator
Our Fame Is Abrand Once More Clothier and Furnisher
Our Fame Is Abrand Once More Clothier and Furnisher, Winkworth-I have a brand new suit of clothes that you can have, if you want to. It's a little bit light in color and I sha'n't ar it any more. Spindle-Why not?-am going to Pittsburg to re.
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Napoleon
Rue St. Honore
Paris
Winkworth
Pittsburg
Evening gowns fashion a classic rounded shoulder outline
The Dispatch notes this winter's evening gowns favor a rounded or oval shoulder line with moderate bust and ample waist. Diaphanous fabrics suit younger women while older women prefer covered shoulders and higher backs. Brocade gowns remain popular but many designs are criticized. guidance includes constructing brocade with plain satin bases and specific bodice folds.
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Dispatch
A Ball Skirt Garniture and French Fashion Textiles
A described ball skirt garniture features two pink watered ribbon bands with tulle frills, lace trim, and pink roses. A flower printed mousseline de soie fabric in black with crimson flowers shows painterly shadows and dot patterns. The piece, praised as French art, costs $3 per yard.
The Fad of the Hove and the Fleur de Lys
Society circles discuss the fleur de lys emblem of France as a dominant decorative motif. From royal symbols to scarves, wall hangings, ties, and jewelry, the fleur de lys appears on hats, furniture, books, and even drinkware, reflecting widespread adoption across objects and fashion.
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France
Beldom
Louis VII
Fleur de Ys
Louis
Charles VI
Givillim
Raspberry's Mistress and the Slave's Tale in Ole Virginny
A reflective piece recounts Raspberry, a slave in Virginia, her namesake marks of fruit on twins, and her farewell as the mistress recalls their bond. The narrator details the garden, the neighborhood corner home, and the act of memory that preserves Raspberry’s dignified past.
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Ebery
Rly
Berry
Missis
Raspberry
Popular Work Table Delights with White Pine Bridge Design
A Dispatch feature extols a winter furniture piece a pine work table enameled white with pink and gold. The kidney shaped top shelves a hanging work bag crafted from sturdy blue denim with cleats under the upper shelf to secure the bag. The bag folds flat then narrows creating a roomy mouth for easy storage.
Papers for clubs and dangers in women's organizations
Anna L. Dawes argues that women’s clubs should avoid overemphasis on early history and focus on present conditions. She warns against long breadboard discussions, urges concise grouping of topics, and stresses time limits, proportion, and avoiding excessive quotations. She champions clear aims, avoidance of side issues, and inclusive yet selective leadership in clubs.
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Dobson
Lang
Tennyson
Browning
Spencer
Chaucer
Alexandria
Egypt
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Tet Strong
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Erst
Eer
Naples
Morpheus
New York
Hoffman House
Hottman Howse
Sieh
la Rershardt
St. Honore
Mme. Bernhardt
Madame
Octave Thanet
Ewing
Emma P. Ewing
Fleischman
Gathers
Ada Bacue Corz
Hove
OLE Virginet
Anna L. Dawes
Alaska
India
Italy
Tolstoi
Arxa L. Dawe
Dr. Price
America
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