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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1891
Page
13
Paris fashion note argues the Crinoline era is gone and opposes dress-improvers. It extols simple lines, praises tailored sheath skirts, modern overdresses, and lace, satin, taffeta gowns. The writer highlights velvet frocks, silk weaves, and elegant millinery while praising tasteful silhouettes and resisting excessive drapery.
Illustrations from Ter Dispatch and The Season showcase summer fashion items. Fig 1 features a tulle hat with straw edge, forget me nots, and Cleopatra band. Fig 2 presents a foulard dress with gathered bodice and ribbon details. Fig 3 describes a pink dimity cotton gown with draped bodice and lace trim. a regoco bow trim and other hat and corsage notes follow. corsage bouquets are declared out this year.
In a concise fashion note, the text observes that women prefer carrying a perfect rose or orchid in the hand rather than pinning flowers on gowns. It argues that flowers ruin handsome gowns while delicate lace or cobwebby chiffon would be ruined by such adornments.
The Season notes a season’s small belt ornament for young ladies a gold or silver chain ending in a ring holds miniature items such as a flacon mirror watch and powder box. The belt hook features a satin pansy cushion and a sachet powder fragrance design with diy painting and pin embellishments.
Delicately designed menu cards of ivory white glossy paper printed in silver, festooned with tiny rose wreaths. Papier figures of little girls and boys hold the cards, colored with exacting accuracy to resemble Dresden china.
Ellice Serena presents tested household recipes and notes for sauces salads puddings pies and cakes. The article lists pineapple trifle tomato salad mint sauce sponge pudding stuffed egg plant lemon pie corn cake and black fruit cake with steps and ratios for each dish. It emphasizes practical guidance for the keeper and features several preparations with measurements and cooking methods.
Practical household tips from Haven & Kevan covering milk safety boiling, fruit and vegetable prep, furniture care, fabric moisture, carpet cleaning, bed airing, leather and chamois care, cleaning sieves with hop water, matting maintenance with corn meal, washing willow coal and chamois leather, silver cleaning with potato water, and general storage guidance from 33 Water St.
Shirley Dare urges internal cleansing through hot water, fruit and bran diets to improve biliousness and greenish complexions. She cites hygeinic routines, Turkish baths, and outdoor exercise, warning against overreliance on cosmetics and advocating plain foods like cooked wheat, cherries, and rhubarb juice for clearer skin and steadier nerves.
During President Harrison's Denver mint visit the bullion room displayed a giant gold brick weighing 1,711 ounces worth about 25 000 dollars. Wanamaker attempted the lift, nearly losing his toes when the brick slipped from the floor. The moment sparked laughter as the Postmaster General quipped about a fall in gold.
An uncut Sothebys sale of Thackeray’s Virginians in original boards fetched £30 with buyer Mr. Harvey of Pall Mall. A surviving inscription by the author to Peter Rackham and a note to "Dear BR" adds value, while Rackham chose not to bind the presentation copy, pleasing later collectors.
A scrambled OCR fragment notes the Tionesta Republican has appeared in a new typeface, described as perhaps the best newspaper format of the era and the most handsome yet, likened to flannel cakes and maple syrup on a frosty morning.
The narrator, a confessed poet, admits stealing a poem for Mrs. Bridges and planting it as a tribute to her deceased daughter Miss Martha Higgins. Rev. Harold Fenderson is accused by townsfolk of authorship, denied it, then flees Pensionville as Miss Martha’s condition worsens. The Leader later exposes the ruse with old clippings, and Fenderson leaves for missionary work while Miss Higgins recovers.
A tale of a pastor named Fenderson praised for unintended poetry after obituary verses spread through town. Accused of authorship, he kept quiet while Bridges kept his secret. Villagers, especially the women, wrote lines to him. he praised them, though feeling the strain of being mistaken for the poet.
The article explains ancient marble games Ring Taw and The Conqueror. Ring Taw uses concentric circles six inches and six feet apart, with players shooting marbles from the edge toward the center to win. The Conqueror involves breaking another player's marble by throwing one's marble, earning a counter and continuing play.
Historical note recalls a patient who swallowed a large pin lodging in the trachea. Dr Bigelow opened the trachea to remove it, yet credited the rescue to chance rather than personal merit. An unrelated ad for Lies' Photo Gallery promotes low prices and promotions.
A garbled column discusses strong light cures for nervous diseases, a Georgia hardshell Baptist objecting to a home light as sacrilege, and the use of electric light for neuralgia. It notes a physician’s report of short duration treatments and a caution about overly bright, new bulbs versus a pale yellow glow. It also covers a telegraph line extension in Yunnan to Momein, detailing harsh travel, river crossings, malaria, and casualties among the crew.
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