Origin of Fashions and the Rise of Empires in Dress
An opinion piece traces how politics shapes fashion from the French Revolution to modern times, noting monarchic styles give way to republican simplicity and empress outfits under Napoleon. It praises Princess of Wales for popularizing the tailor made and stresses practical, tasteful dress over extravagant trends. It discusses millinery missteps and advocates sensible, comfortable attire and accessories suitable for different climates. The article includes references to Sara Bernhardt’s influence and mentions Redfern’s Parisian influenced wraps for Southern wear.
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Whitten
Sara Bernhardt
Sara
Mother Hubbard
Madam Bernhardt
Omepery
Hading
Jane
Princess of Wales
Society Girl Rebuked For Courtesy Shortfall
A young man with solid convictions delivered a stern rebuke to a society girl who loitered while getting dressed. The incident, reported in New York gossip, highlights a broad complaint about politeness among well-bred young women who should know better.
Four Wrap for Winter Novelty From Paris
Paris designed wraps for warm weather resorts attracting travelers to Florida and Georgia. The article notes the growing trend of swallows of French English and American visitors heading south to the Riviera Algiers and North Africa. It mentions tropical resort fashions and preparations for a sunny Nice winter.
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Paris
Riviera
Algiers
North Africa
Egypt
France
Italy
Orient
London
Nice
Hats and Bonnets From London Shops In Style Report
London retailers unveil new hats and bonnets featuring velvet, jet, amber strings, and sigrette accents suitable for middle aged matrons. Brown velvet designs with bows and blue shaded feathers suit bridesmaids. white cloth hats with white feathers and pink rosettes add color. Parisian touches include terra velvet bonnets trimmed with black lace and jet ornaments. lace remains rare outside French designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Revival of lace darning gains hold in modern dress
The Philadelphia Record notes a revival of darned lace once popular fifty years ago. Mrs. Wheeler leads the Decorative Art Society in showcasing linen and silk floss darned lace on overdresses, slips, and borders. Applications include lamp shades and screens, with color added to enhance effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Decorative Art Society
Velvet hat trimmed with sloth and beaver border
Description notes a green velvet toque worn by Anne. It features a sloth trim and a beaver-bordered edge. Two small green birds appear on the front as decorative accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neta
Anne
The Newest Fancy Articles Made From Baskets
The article describes season’s fancy items fashioned from baskets with trimmed shapes covered in printed Indian or pongee silk. It notes these are decorative and cost little more than cretonne, highlighting softer colorings and an illustration of a wicker basket shaped like a red flowerpot lined with copper colored silk.
Basket Covering and Inner Lining Construction Notes
A guide describes assembling a basket with a silk side piece and a plain mouth, adding a deep fold. It instructs cutting stout cardboard bases in round or octagonal shapes, covering with sateen or cretonne, sewing lightly, then attaching a printed fabric with maize ground and copper floral pattern.
How to Make a Silk Covered Basket for a Bazaar Stall
Instructions describe placing a cardboard rounds and basket, sewing the outer covering to the rim with silk stitches, hemming the silk to allow a ribbon draw, adding rib bons, and inserting stiff paper inside to keep the top from flopping, creating a presentable item.
Willie Harper Youth Observes Playmates in Harper’s Young People
A brief extract notes Willie as a highly observant youth who prefers smaller companions. He explains his choice with a quip about bleger boys and playing together, reflecting a moment of subtle social judgment and discernment in a juvenile reader piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's
Willie
Stories of Ghosts and Amusing Pranks of Actors Aldrich and Thorne
In Boston five years after the American Psychical Society formed, the group dissolves as an independent body, lingering as a British branch. Hypnosis experiments yield tepid results, while Browning memorial service at King's Chapel and Carlyle lectures highlight literary life. A Lynn theater anecdote recalls Thorne and Aldrich pranking with russet boots during The Tour de Nesle, provoking a later newspaper quip on theatrical fidelity.
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Boston
American Psychical Society
Lynn
Boston Theater Company
Anio Bares
Oatmeal Praised By Ruskin And Poised Scots In Praise
Newcastle Chronicle notes oatmeal as food for body and mind facing critics of porridge. Ruskin recalls daily porridge boosting vigor in Scotland, while Aberdeen University’s Geddes credits granite grit and Northern oats for student resilience in exams. Burns calls it chief o Scotias food.
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Bootland
Newcastle
Eng
Chronicle
Johnson
Ruskin
Scotland
Geddes
Aberdeen University
Scotia
Burns
He Misses Dan Lamont Ex President Cleveland Describes
New York Press reports recount experiences of newspaper reporters visiting ex president Cleveland. He has shown anger so intense it could not be printed and sometimes asks reporters to craft what should be said. He misses Colonel Dannee who served as his mouthpiece for six years.
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Cleveland
New York Press
Dannee
Boundary monuments mark 1814 London line from Lake of the Woods to the Rockies
Iron border pillars were chosen after wooden posts failed against Indians fires and weather. Four hundred eighty eight? iron castings over cedar posts, set eight feet deep and eight feet high, mark the forty ninth parallel. Each pillar weighs 285 pounds and bears north south inscriptions noting the Convention of London and October 20 1818. Made at Detroit Michigan.
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United States
Great Britain
London
Lake of the Woods
Rocky Mountains
Detroit
Mich
The Young Man's Latest Picture of His Finances
A New York jeweler notes it is no longer proper for a single man to display his finances at home. He describes a tiny porcelain portrait of a woman, set in a gold case the size of a 50 cent piece, suspended on a chain. The jeweler says it should be kept in a chamisette pin on the vest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Son
IKE AND HIS MOTHER A Tropical Sojourn Ends in a Cottage
Mrs. Partington and Ike disembark at Leguan after a voyage aboard the Seven Pollies. They lodge with Mrs Halsford, Mary, and a growing family while a local merchant’s store is prepared. Meals feature plantain, salt fish, crab fat, and pepper pot as Ike bonds with a Scotch suitor and Mrs Partington recovers, declaring Isaac lively.
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Mia Partington
Paradise
Donnerblatt
Partington
Ike
Woman Against Woman in New York Sun Commentary
A group of prominent women discuss a noted businesswoman who, through will and perseverance, overcomes obstacles. They praise her, yet one woman refuses to speak, saying she never speaks to a woman who lacks tact or who speaks too boldly.
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New York Sun
Iid
Peppermint oil industry blooms in Wayne County
The peppermint oil business pioneers in Wayne County, led by Hotchkiss, expanding from a single consignment to a thriving agricultural sector. About 150,000 pounds are distilled yearly, with yields of 25 pounds per acre and profits around 2 to 5 dollars per pound. Wayne County becomes a global peppermint hub alongside St. Joseph's County, Michigan. Local distillers number about 100, with oil valued at roughly 50 cents more per pound than rivals, and Wayne County supplies the world market through extensive cultivation and aging in traditional bottles.
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Hamburg
Hotchkiss
Wayne County
Ae & Miller
Mack
St. Joseph’s
Michigan
Germany
Warne
Wayng County
Arthur Wine
Peppermint Oil and Early American Cultivation
The article recounts how Wayne County New York became a key peppermint oil source, sparked by peddler Burnett who began distilling wild peppermint. Farmers gradually cultivated the plant, expanding production while initial buyers in New York City rejected impure oil. Hotchkiss later bottled oil in old ink bottles for Hamburg, signaling early trade channels.
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Rocuesrex
New York State
Lyons
Wayne County
Anthony Wayne
Anthony
Empire State
Burnett
New York
Massachusetts
Barnett
Surnett
Tex
China
Apan
Pheeps
Ontario
H. G. Hotchkiss
Hotebkies
Hamburg
Germany
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James Russell Lowell
Howard Hale
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Ladies’ Athletic Club
Massachusetts Society For the Universal Education of Women
Pym
Charles Thorne
Louis Aldrich
Aldrich
Dan Lamont
Uncle Sam
Hle
Terra Firma
Mrs, Partington
Captain Davis
Mrs. Partington
Tran Ente
Siand Ike
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Seven Pollces
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B. P. Shillaber
Wayne County, New York, U.S. A
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