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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1890
Page
13
A New York Times piece discusses perceived faults of women in business roles, noting rudeness and impertinence in offices, and recounting a lawyer who stops using women temporary staff for alleged emotional reactions and distractions. The article cites issues like etiquette, sensitivity to critique, crocheting during lulls, smoking objections, lunches in the office, and overall usefulness concerns.
Clara Belle recounts how to achieve actresslike glamour in photos. Tips discuss choosing a photographer, makeup including eye shadows and lashes, red lipstick, and avoiding full face shots. Advises careful hair arrangement, dress choice, and avoiding tense smiles. Mentions McAllister set's eccentric meals and a sandwich and beer club.
In a vivid piece of social reportage Clara Belle describes afternoon and morning drives in Central Park. She contrasts formal quiet morning parties with afternoon appearances ruled by strict etiquette. The piece follows wealthy young women and shopgirls and ends with a reflective observation on public perception.
The Sultan’s order of the Shefekat given to Mrs. Cox is kept at the National Museum in Washington. The star, larger than a trade dollar, bears 26 diamonds on each of its five points and is mounted with gold and enamel. Mrs. Straus’s wife also received the same order. The sultan’s treasury in Constantinople reportedly holds rooms of gold and gems, including a pearl-set bed quilt and vast amounts of diamonds.
Fashion trends of the season include chrysanthemum as the flower of society and the latest taste in hosiery. Miss L Day analyzes water for the Massachusetts State Board of Health. A sapphire and diamond breastpin valued at 150 dollars draws attention. Dates for New York Patriarch balls are announced for December January February. Dyspepsia replaces seaborous prostration as the fashionable ailment, with Princess Maud of Wales treated in Vichy. Dr Julia Bork becomes the first woman honored by the British Medical Society. Portiere and parlor definitions are explained, noting living room use and distinctions from drawing rooms. Endorsed by Mrs Kendal to Mrs Cleveland highlighting aristocratic grace and social manners.
A Washington National Museum tour reveals vast treasure: three glass cases of US jewels and relics from Grant to Washington. Gems from India and Arabia, cat's eye jewels, diamonds, gold ingots, and ceremonial swords guard royal gifts, with a million dollar feather cape from Hawaii and other world textiles on display.
A St. Louis Republic note describes turning burlap into a useful curtain with simple needlework. Cut long enough for a fall over half a yard deep, add a drawn work strip and knot a deep edge fringe as shown.
A simple border curtain is described with loosely woven burlap, brown denim lining, and a fringe of brown hammock cord. Decoration suggests conventional figures cut from brown denim sewn onto the surface, while edges finish with cording from the fringe cord.
An American resident in England offers a vivid sketch of Helen Gladstone daughter of Britain’s ex prime minister. The letter portrays her as original lively and magnetic with strong vitality and practical country ministerial wife persona. It notes her disregard for dress friendly frankness and potential shock to Boston society if misidentified as Miss Brown of Chicago.
New York Morning Journal notes Comedian W. H. Crane rushing down Broadway last Friday afternoon in search of Billy Florence who allegedly told General George Sheridan he has a new fish store. The item mentions bitters and impure water in a curious aside.
A long discourse urges improved health as wealth, arguing heart failure risks and the needs for warmth, pure air, proper nutrition, rest, and sunlit conditions. It condemns impure air in transit and public spaces, improper cookware, and plated ware, urging solid silver and iron teapots, clean food storage, and vigilant household hygiene.
Delicate old fashioned guide details buying preparing cleaning and cooking calf s heads for soup salads and sauces. It highlights brain and tongue uses mock turtle and terrapin dishes plus boiling roasting and braising methods. Includes selection signs and kitchen tips from a 1792 style cookbook excerpt.
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