Fashions For The Fair Paris London Hats And Gowns
Parisian milliner Ora Seavey notes the shift from tall crown hats to low crowns with voluted brims and open crowns. Gold and silver trims dominate, with mock jewels and glass beads replacing earlier decorations. London's bonnets grow hand made on a soft wire basis. Spring gowns feature Louis XV influences, open skirts, and demi trains while wedding wear shows lace, pearls, and butterfly motifs.
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Ora Seavey
Lote
Buster Bennet
Kipling
Bernhardt
Cleopatra
London
Disputcs
Madam Viroet
Ribbon and jacket details from Harpers describe ornate silks
The piece outlines a jacket and vest with self colored silk and silver trim, gathered sleeve cuffs, and embroidered corners. A partial quote references a dated critique titled Innennees Mee and notes about women’s mercy and a line about Guerre women versus men in Massachusetts and the United States.
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Harpers
Resson Wis Nest
Marcy
Innennees
Joan Sherwood
North
Hecrviern Revie
Guerre
Fien
Massachusetts
Gambetta Glass Eye Story Debunked Origins of His Prosthetic
The article recounts a claim that young Leon Gambetta purposely blinded himself to avoid priests, then clarifies the accident occurred when a drill broke during a knife handle workshop incident. It notes Gambetta’s right eye loss and later replacement with a glass eye by Dr Wecker in 1887, referencing his schooldays and cyclopean appearance.
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Leon Gambetta
Montfancon
Lubastide
Joachim Morat
Naples
Paul Armand
Leon
Cahors
Galie
Ellows
Cocles
Wecker
Bank of Love
Carroll-Bancroft
CAPTURES BY CUPID. Washington society romances headline
Washington society life spills into romance with Miss Lena Caldwell and Baron Zedwitz amid six months trial engagements and London intrigues. Miss Audenried, Miss Lester, and Miss Bancroft feature in tales of duchesses, princes, and whispered plans, from convents to weddings and widowhood.
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Dispatch
WasHington
Lena Caldwell
Baron Zedwitz
Germany
Mexico
Legation
Robert Bruce
Scotland
Miss Grant
Nice
Florence Audeorist
General Audenried
United States Army
Audenried
Church of Rome
Miss Audenried
Wiscomte
Newport
Miss Bancroft
Mr. Carroll
St. Matthew's Rectory
Father Chappelle
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Nina Wrisht de Podistad
Clocks That Look Like Heirlooms Multiply in Shops
The article notes a surge in production of clocks designed to resemble antique heirlooms. Dealers create timepieces that appear old though they are modern, satisfying demand for authentic old-world look without true age.
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Europe
China
Brooklyn Standard-Union
Furniture m
Women and cosmetics debated by the Washington convention
SHIELEY DARE argues that women influence public life through virtue and reason, condemning cosmetic culture while urging health through natural beauty. She praises Nordic hygiene, calls for hot baths and heat therapy, and warns about cosmetics and medicines affecting skin and hair.
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Shieley
Social Tyranny Highlighted By Lent Sermon
Reverend D Parker Morgan condemned fashionable wives and daughters for dragging overworked husbands and fathers to nightly balls and parties. He warned that after a full day of work men need rest and cannot sustain constant social excitement without harming health. He urged New York society women to consider their husbands fatigue.
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Washington
United States
D. Parker Morgan
New York Times
Morgan
New York
Over Counter Jests in New York Shop
In a New York uptown shop a customer overheard a playful exchange at the ribbon counter. A clerk and customer trade quips about fashion and weather, ending with a pun that ties the trade to “gros grain.”
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Oither
An Old Superstition Verified
A bystander questions superstitions as a rising tragedian reflects that a crowd of 13 people in the audience brings bad luck, claiming experience proves the odd count invites misfortune.
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Somerville Journal
Giant Fuchsias A Health Measure For Women And Winters
A long article extols fuchsias as ornamental plants, noting their size and uses in gardens and hedges in Ireland and Chile. It warns amateurs that winter blooming is rare, except for speciosa, and gives detailed propagation and care tips including potting, pruning, light, watering, and winter storage. The piece closes with a wedding and reception note and a signature Ella Spagh.
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New York
Annie Leuiers Miller
Rooting Plant Slips in Winter Garden Care
A physician advises invalids to cultivate flowers to aid mind and body during long winters. Plant slips require clean sand, proper moisture, warmth, and light, with careful watering and gradual transfer to pots as roots develop. Fertilizer use should be cautious and delayed until new growth begins.
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Eleles Wa
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Victoria
Pall Mall Budget
Cavendish Square
Prrate
Victoria Club
Apmay Cortoone
Gambetta
CUPID
Prince of Wales
Home Office
Miss Caldwell
New
Roman Catholic University
Gwendolin
Adele Grant
Duke of
Cairns
SteCioskey
Miss Audenreid
Mary Leiter
L. Z. Leiter
Tyne
Legion
Lester
Bancroft
HL Street
Charles Carroll
Howard County
Carrolls
Carrollton
Carroll
Vicomte de Channac
Chateau de Cibeaumont Par Doyne
Dordogne
France
New Orleans
de Podistad
Miss Patten
Senor Gana
Miss Gronpy, JR
Women OF the Home
Shirley Dare
Hot Air Register
Tekecs
Isle of Man
Ireland
Chile
Ella Spagh
Walters
WM. Trinkle & CO
Bank of Commerce Building
Lincrusta Walton
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