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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1890
Page
13
The article surveys summer styles including hair trends, blouses in silk and linen, and light corsets. It notes the return of the hoop skirt, the popularity of slip bodices and jersey fits, and recommends breathable fabrics, lisle stockings, and practical dress choices for warm weather. It emphasizes cooling, easy care garments and period-appropriate accessories and silhouettes.
The piece surveys evolving dress trends with novel stocking hacks and fashion colors. It notes spliced stockings worn over thin lisle to simulate black hose, new hues like cornflower blue, larkspur, daffodil, and tomate red, and lace and net fabrics. It cites impractical masculine details copied into women’s wear and mentions gowns in shot silk and embroidered net with modest prices.
A long wardrobe and hair fashion article outlines dress redesigns using sheer fabrics and primrose accents, notes on summer hats, and a new wire dress brush. It also critiques conflicting beauty advice from hair to complexion, describes a heated bath craze with electrical massage, and recounts Nell Nelson’s disastrous Hoffman House spa experience.
The Ever Vigilant Fashion Makers cater to children with stylish summer outfits and neat accessories. A gray pasha pelerine mantle blends with a bordered loose mantle, while a young girl wears a dark brown hat with blue and red rosettes. An Eiffel red waterproof mantle with white alapuca facings completes the collection.
The passage highlights distinctive styles for young wearers, stressing that umbrellas should match mantles and that the English suit with matching cap remains dominant. It describes short tight-fitting knickerbockers that button below the knee and ribbed stockings as practical and comfortable additions.
It speaks of a gown that seemed almost to float with white gossamer and mauve ribbon stripes. A second dress described is an eau-de-ail green silk with embroidered trim and a finished skirt edge, noted for its decorative baton-like back detailing.
A Patagonian doctor treats sick children with a ritual that involves wrapping the child in warmed animal skin, applying yellow clay, and shaking a stone rattle to drive away the devil. The process repeats four times, with the patient often improving and the doctor collecting two pipefuls of tobacco as payment. If the child does not recover, the doctor blames the parents for not keeping the medicine skin tight enough.
A Persian four card hand depicts the prince baby hunter and courtesan with traditional figures. Painted by hand on small papier tablet boards, designs vary but are more faithful to nature than Western cards. Packs can range from 10 to 45 dollars, with expensive sets for the wealthy.
A Washington Senator argues a dam is not swearing and traces the term to Wellington. He explains the phrase originates from a Latin root meaning to condemn and notes foreigners often first learn it in English.
The piece discusses preserving bloom after nightfall using wax or paraffin candles to softly illuminate from face level. A casual observer notes how pretty the girls look at the hostess’s house, unaware that illumination enhances rather than diminishes their guests’ loveliness.
A fragmented poetic scene from a distraught speaker recalls a woman’s sorrowful beauty. Imagery of tears, disheveled hair, stormy clouds, and longing for gold or love frames a nocturnal, intimate moment by a fireplace.
A house interior feature on restful spaces for tired women. Describes a bay window alcove with a low raised mattress, denim cover, pillows, and shelves for coffee, books, and pipes. Praises German comfort, outlines a box platform with a decorative plastic surface, stencil relief, and oriental gilding. Also offers doorway drapery ideas and cautions about dusting with feather dusters.
A discussed bed trend prefers two single beds joined with matching head and footboards, offering easier movement and individual bedding. The piece links antique lace curtain trade and affordable decor, notes on fairy lamps, and cautions about moths and furniture care.
Mrs Kendal praises American women in an interview republished by the Pall Mall Budget. She notes their remarkable memory for books, describes kindness from Americans, and recalls meeting the Philadelphia mint master who offered obsolete currency. She displays a gold coin memento from the tour.
In the St. Louis Republic report a citizen spills wild cherries soaked in brandy for his chickens. The fowls gobble them eagerly and wobble about as the Brahma rooster repeatedly topples and recovers, appearing to ride a sidewheel like a dazed lord.
A discussion notes Lucci reportedly surviving 40 days on only water. The exchange compares another unnamed man claimed to have lived years on water, while references to investors and dividends appear in the dialogue.
A Victorian guide explains how to clarify fats from various meats to preserve sweetness for up to six months. It covers using drippings from beef ham and poultry, separating fats, testing readiness, and reusing clarified fat for frying and pastries. Includes canning and jar care tips and assorted practical kitchen hints.
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