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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1891
Page
5
Report recounts Mrs. Sheldon’s solo expedition into central Africa to study native customs and women, earning the title Fearless One. She describes leading 150-person caravan, enduring floods, deserts, and a 40-foot fall that injured her spine, yet continuing to advocate education and cross-cultural understanding.
A Victorian guide offers frugal keepsakes made from chamois skin. It suggests powder dabbers, small powder bags, decorative mats, watchcases, sachets, handkerchief cases, and book covers. Craft notes cover cutting, edging, decorations, and assembly with indelible ink and ribbons.
The piece describes expressing sentiments with visiting cards. It covers leaving cards when absent, duplicating for households, sending by post if needed, and etiquette for condolences and congratulations. It emphasizes cards as signs of presence and social obligation.
A Treasury of small dress accessories from gloves to garters and fans in shimmering tones and period styles. It outlines glove choices for evening and street, corsage handkerchiefs, new slippers like the Billee Taylor, Romeo house shoes, and the latest jewelry accents in shell pins, enamel inlays, and delicate bracelets.
A practical guide from Thomas J. Murzer suggesting kitchen herbs and small edible plants can be grown indoors to supply winter salads. Window boxes and sunlit shelves yield parsley, chervil, tarragon, chives, watercress, mustard, celery, and other garnishing greens with simple care and proper temperature.
A young woman, tired of losing umbrellas, had a new one made with an ivory topped handle carved to resemble her own head and face. Despite fears the likeness would tempt theft, she carried the umbrella for six years with only one instance of misplacement, later returned by a polite floor walker.
Washington society debates official etiquette as Continental norms creep in. The piece notes callers and calls, ranking, and how spouses of officials navigate social rounds. Anecdotes recount Mrs Sherman and a Cabinet officer’s wife, illustrating evolving norms and social expectations in the capital.
A recipe article describes making a fragrant ointment from spermaceti white wax olive oil and rose water. The method mixes melted ingredients over hot water then cools, beating in attar of roses. The cream is packed into porcelain pots for Christmas gifts with a simple greeting.
From Humble Material of Straw Matting to Home Decor. Instructions detail soaking the matting, trimming, and securing with brass tacks, manilla rope edging, and tassel fringe to create a decorative shoebox. Aimed at intelligent home lovers seeking stylish, affordable storage gifts.
A detailed cut and bind guide describes making a 27 by 14 inch matting with wide gray tape and rope edging, adding bronze painted crescents and nuts for a decorative frame. It explains folding the matting into a threefold case while still wet, preserving margins for a secure pocket to hold papers and larger plates.
Instructions describe making a decorative folding mat and screen using Japanese cotton, crepe lining, gum, and gold cords. Includes assembling a large pasteboard basket, gilded rope accents, and a 24 by 44 inch bamboo frame to hold a central matting panel featuring a bird study or chrysanthemums. DELAWARE.
Shirley Dare answers reader queries on teeth whitening hair growth skin care and dawn to dusk hygiene in a practical tone. Advice covers chalk alternatives charcoal soap vaseline scalp care sage tea for hair darkening olive oil for lashes and weathered skin grooming routines with simple breakfast ideas and warmth strategies for cold weather.
The piece discusses protection against cold and wet by silk stockings, cork soles, and waterproof leather. It contrasts rain cloaks and rubber Mackintoshes with finely woven cloth cloaks that are showerproof and stormproof. Dark cloth tones with deep capes are advised for travel, priced from 15 to 318 dollars and expected to last years.
Mrs Attorney General Miller discusses Washington social customs in a Dispatch interview. She recalls her first year in Washington and the etiquette challenges, noting many callers left no addresses and some cards were from strangers for that day.
The speaker describes a workload of 20 to 30 calls daily with hundreds on reception days, notes the difficulty of returning 500 calls, and suggests appointing a Washington master of ceremonies to decide social topic questions as law. The idea emphasizes public official centralization and practical governance.
Dr. Alice B. Stockham of Chicago sails from New York for a six month round the world trip with a minimal wardrobe. Her entire outfit fits in a small square handbag aside from what she wears, including two union suits, a blue serge skirt, a black gown, and a silk bedroom wrapper.
Helen Watterson discusses etiquette for wives naming husbands, advising to refer to husbands by surname or Mr. A rather than official titles. The piece notes an exception when introducing the spouse to others, prefers “my husband” plus name, and warns against wives adopting their husbands’ titles or wearing them like clothing.
A Roumanian heiress Mile. Bilcescu, age 23, faced fierce opposition to her admission at L Ecole du Droit in Paris. United by persistent study she ranked top among 500 male peers, completed six years of legal training, and defended the mother’s rights thesis before the faculty. Now practicing in Bucharest, she aims to master English for the World's Fair.
Dr Price's extracts stand out for uniform quality and economy. Made from fruit, they deliver true to nature flavor. Vanilla lemon and orange options are described as the best, not the cheapest, promising perfection for connoisseurs.
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