The Fashionable Mother and Her Children
A critical essay on Miss Tennant and society mothers, contrasting unfitted vanity with genuine motherhood. The piece praises devoted mothers and chastises over dressing and showing off children, arguing true care lies in simple, practical upbringing rather than display. It surveys current child fashion, noting styles from Kate Greenaway to French cuts and the dangers of excessive costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
Afries
Miss Tennant
Demother
Miss Tenonant
Jony Iabers
Voura
Society Brigade
Baby En
Charlie Lamb
Greenaway
Pretty Hats and Bonnets for Ocean Travel and Racewear
An illustrated guide to millinery trends and expert tips from Whitten for discerning readers. It covers low crowned straws for sea travel, secure fastenings, color coordinated add ons, and elaborate designs featuring flowers ribbons birds and nets. It highlights individual styles for brunettes blondes and demi blondes with bold trims and period motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Blue Sea
Simple Ways to Fix Up Health and Diet in Hot Weather
Article advises city dwellers to seek cooler resorts for summer health while stressing proper diet and sanitation. It warns against fatty foods, poor water quality, and bad drainage, urges regular sanitary inspections of boarding houses, and recommends measured soda water use, lime and magnesia, charcoal, and gentle laxatives to prevent summer ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lwrittry
Carlsbad
California grape juice as a summer tonic and beauty aid
A health and beauty column touts white muscatel grape juice as a nonfermented lighter tonic, with recipes for skin care and complexion care. It recommends borax water for pores, a mustard-alcohol lotion for reddened cheeks, and guides on teeth care using charcoal and chalk to improve enamel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Norton
Pink
The Harp as Expensive Yet Elegant Luxury
A New York Sun article extols harp playing as picturesque and refined while noting its high cost. It contrasts harps with pianos and violins, cites prices for Grecian, semigrand, and grand harps, and points out upkeep costs and weather sensitivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Novelty Jewelry Based on Seasonal Flowers
New York Sun notes a trend of floral inspired jewelry matching spring fashions. Enamel violets, jonquils in diamonds, pearl lilies, tinted enamel roses, diamond orchids, and a kitten brooch with emerald eyes and diamond accents showcase creative uses of flowers as jewelry motifs.
Hustler at Eighty Mrs Mary Wing of Fayette Maine
A remarkable 80 year old woman Mrs Mary Wing wife of Thomas Wing of Fayette Maine has cooked washed ironed sewn knitted and cared for a family of four during the past year. She cleaned her house last fall and has made 300 pounds of butter since October while capable of riding 10 to 12 miles a day and appearing bright and happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wing
Thomas Wing
Fayette
Areavens
Happy Anan
Colorado
Sixth Avenue
Jockerson
Beatrice
Mansfield
Ibsen
Europe
France
America
Mclair
Thirty-fourth Street
South Norwalk
Conn
Paris
Ancle
Clara Belle
Beware of the Speakers Who Claim Faults and Emptiness
A fragmentary proverb catalog warns about two types to beware. One, the man who speaks of his wife’s faults. the other, the woman who proclaims life lacks flavor and who claims shared wealth as a path to happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joba
Clara Belles Chat A Society Portrait And Notions Of Women
A long column of observations on fashionable women travelers and behavior plus a tale of Beatrice Cameron and Richard Mansfield. It covers stage life, a pale battered portrait and a pale Yankee wife, plus a light note on straw hats and social chatter with names like Mrs Potter and Beatrice Cameron.
Domestic training. The Good That Has Been Accomplished
The item highlights the work of House Schools in domestic training efforts. It notes progress achieved and aims to commend educational improvements. No dates or specific programs are provided in the readable text.
Training kitchens spread in England and America
The article reviews the rise of domestic training schools, starting with the Ken sington Museum in West London and expanding to New York City. Emily Huntington pioneered the kitchen garden concept, teaching housework through engaging methods. It notes the broad social benefits, the Old Brewery Mission at Five Points, and a NY house school reception where clean, well-dressed children reflected successful training and benevolent support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington Museum
West London
England
New York
Kitchen Garden
Emily Huntington
Bellows
Eden
New York City
Themerives
Pretty Strychnine Eaters In Elegant Silver Bonbonniere
A harsh warning describes silver bonbonniere trinkets filled with strychnine used as a toxin for women. The piece likens the dose to a tonic and notes repeated use for mood and enthusiasm, comparing it to alcoholic drinks for men.
Untitled Child Reflects On Why He Cried
A young boy sits on the floor crying then grows thoughtful and asks his mother what caused his tears. He recalls being kept from going out to eat and play, pondering the reason behind his distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirminghare Fost
Ae ‘Mumma
Ham for the Cure of Constipation Claims
A fragment describes a remedy touted for relief of constipation with vague claims. It mentions a product or figure named Ham and hints at medicinal use. The text is garbled and provides no verifiable details or outcomes.
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the Children OF Fashion
Mr. Stanley
Lord Fauntleroy
Littlen
Whitten
Little Mices
London
Jllustration No. L
Aimer
Washington
Catskills
North Shore
Mulberry Street
Baxter Street
South Fifth Avenue
Mildred
Ella
Dispatch
Awful ON the Rails
Haif
Richard Mansfield
Richard Fil
Boston
Taailien
Beatrice Cameron
Nnew
York
James Brown Potter
Academy of Design
Cognoscenti
Academy
Progress IN America
San
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