New York vase dazzles shoppers with inner light art
A porcelain vase with a tiny electric light captivates visitors at Manhattan shops. Kate B. Sears, a Kansas-born student turned potter, whittled designs with a penknife, carving moonlit figures like Cupids and fairies into semi opaque porcelain, creating a new form of decorative pottery praised as a distinctive artistry.
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New York City
Kate B. Sears
Kansas
Boston
Sears
Trenton
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Miss Seuss
Jim
Seare
Celcuer
Enthusiasm in Life and Its Worthy Focus
The piece argues against idle overzealousness while urging genuine energy for meaningful aims. It lists worthy targets for enthusiasm including holidays, heroism, science, literature, art, noble people, and Wagner’s music, emphasizing substance over mere excitement.
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Wagner
Teatniag for Children by Mrs. Gilder Advocates Early Education
The article extols progressive child-rearing by Mrs. Gilder and husband, arguing for graded development, kindergartens, and early schooling rather than solitary home training. It notes the family's daily routine, including Rodman age 14 and siblings Dorothea six, Princess three, and baby Frey, with governess supervised study times at home.
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Lomes
Reco Head In Hand. and Ferv Forturate
Tienels Tepe
Watson Gilder
Tie Citere
Mea Gilder
Bon
Gilder
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Rodman
Dorothea
George
Princesea
Grover Cleveland
Ravemord
Rodman Gees
Frey
A Guest Room Fit for Welcoming Visitors
A guide stresses the guest chamber as a peaceful retreat with a divan, tea kettle, writing desk, easy chair, and fresh flowers. It warns against missing washcloths and encourages ample towels, grooming supplies, and an open fire to invite lingering hospitality.
Fashions in Stationery in New Mourning Paper Styles
The piece surveys fashion in writing materials noting a new mourning paper with black corner tips and a trend toward minimal ornamentation. It describes thick satin note papers in cream white or pale gray, with black or silver borders, and outlines envelope designs including a longer diagonal flap.
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Sven
Mashonaland Musbend Prays and Talks of Buying Daughters
In a Dispatch from Mashonaland Lord Randolph Churchill decries African labor and women as tradeable. a single faithful guide Tiriki says he hopes to marry and earn a wife for seven goats two blankets two spades and other goods.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Mashonaland
Tiriki
Pictures on the walls and how to hang them right
Dora Wheeler offers guidance on selecting frames and alignments for oils pastels watercolors etchings photos and wood cuts. It covers picture rails lighting placement grouping strategies and mantel focal points to create harmonious rooms with tasteful display choices.
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Dora Wheeler
The Danger in the Tea Whispered Advice
A Dispatch piece argues tea drinking can threaten health more than wine. It warns that while light tea use may help, habitual or social excess harms digestion, blood quality, heart and nerves, urging moderation and abolition of mere ceremonial tea binges.
The Customs of Servants in a Household Tale
An 19th/early 20th century vignette by Eva Love Carson explores servant etiquette and family communication. A matriarch calls for William upstairs while Mary Joan and Kate below fail to relay his absence, prompting confrontation over unasked questions and misdirected urgency.
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William
Willam
Mary
Joan
Kate
Eva Love Carson
What a Woman Can Do in The Modern Era
Robert J. Burdette muses in Latics Home Journal on women’s advancing independence. He praises female versatility from singing bass in a quartet to cycling, rowing, fishing, shooting, and adopting male attire. He notes women endure crowded commutes, line-butting, and gendered slight, yet gain much and remain hopeful.
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Robert J. Burdette
Latics’ Home Journal
The Kilts Are No More for Boys
A historical column notes a dress reform as boys move from baby clothes to trousers without a half measure. The piece frames it as a quiet revolution in children’s attire, avoiding lingering stages or parental debate while celebrating the shift from kilts to masculine garments.
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Dorothea
Ghela
Haeranguing
Fashionable New York Boys Dress Reform Through Trousers
An era of child attire unfolds as European style trouser dress spreads among boys from infant to teen. A tailor celebrates the look while noting its practicality. pictures, wardrobes, and cost concerns frame the shift from skirts to knee breeches and three-piece suits.
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New York
Rolls and Muffins from a Master Cook’s Eye
A practice piece on bread and roll making advocating patient observation and careful technique. It details yeast mixtures, milk and cream ratios, kneading, rising times by eye, and shaping rolls. It also covers muffins with sponge methods, adding graham or rye, butter painting, and baking in rings, plus a graham rye bread recipe and tips.
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Cher
Toodby
Carder
Pleischman’s
Octave Thanel
Pouring Out Enthusiasm Weighs On Women And Fashion
The excerpt compares women's enthusiasm to lavish praise for fashions and society novels, noting how easily they become excited about trifles. It questions whether such fervor is excessive, contrasting delicate taste with grand discoveries like a new solar system.
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Isvishis
George W Childs on Wines and Dinner Etiquette
George W Childs asserts in the Lada' TJione Journal that heavy wine service at large dinners is fading. Fewer varieties and lighter qualities prevail, with port nearly replaced by dinner wines. Prominent English hosts and an increasing number of notable men refrain from wine at meals.
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George W.childs
Lada’ Tjione Journal
A Drawing Room Corner Adopts A Frugal Coziness
A promoter highlights a pretty drawing room corner arrangement that pleases readers while noting cost efficiency. The blurb advertises Dr Bull s Cough Syrup at 25 cents and emphasizes prudent household preparation.
Colored designs on glass and mirrors patent in Germany
An invention patented in Germany describes a method to create colored designs on polished engraved or etched glass surfaces or mirrors. It deposits a cadmium salt film, treats it with sulphuretted hydrogen or ammonium sulphide to form yellow cadmium sulfide, then adds a protective or ornamental metal coating and finishes with a silver layer over the entire surface.
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Germany
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Ghilandaro
Botticelli
Margaret Forp
the Temptation
Burdette
Jersey
Fifth Avenue
Apa Bacue-Coxe
Octave Thanet
George W. Childs
Dr. Price
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