Shopping in Paris shows Bon Marche as model store
Mary Tempsie Bayard recounts a Paris shopping trip describing Bon Marche as superior with English-speaking clerks, contrasts with Wanamaker’s and Siegle & Cooper, notes French sales tactics, bargain days at the Louvre, and American shoppers fighting not for remnant but for satisfaction amid language barriers and cultural quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker’s
Dispatch
Paris
America
Monsieur
Mse
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Sierle & Cooper
Chicago
Afr
Wanamaker
United States
Fair
Bon Morehe
Siegle & Cooper and
Bon Marche
England
Fir
Bois de Boulogne
France
Louvre
Cross
Mary Tempsie Bayard
Decorative Home Tricks From an Elegant Era
A notice of stylish interior details advises piling cushions for grace and easy care, shirred window hangings, rope portieres, and affordable wall decor. It discusses plush fabrics fading from fashion, new white mahogany furniture, ottoman bric a brac, and simple trunk revivals with cloth coverings and nail borders.
A Column of Small Talk and Household Belles
A miscellany of social quips on fashion taste and manners. The piece lampoons women shoppers color choices and coat wallpaper with cheesecloth, notes soup from the end of spoons, and recalls witty retorts from Talleyrand and Mme de Stael. It breezily surveys salon lore, gardens, and childhood dress in a late 19th or early 20th century voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. de Stael
Talleyrand
Mme. Recamier
New York
Mary
Anna
Gossip for the Fair and Cholera Scare Reflections
Cholera scare in New York this autumn prompted widespread health circulars in multiple languages and broad public interest. The piece notes new ideas in home decoration furniture and carpeting and children's land table fashions for the small boy, reflecting social responses amid the scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
New York
Pittsburg
Health Board
Ashman
Fashions of ParisPreview of the new season wardrobes and trends
Paris fashions report a tartan craze among the well dressed, with cambric fabrics and bold hats. A shift toward empire bodices and tablier skirts signals a revolution in silhouette while gray and beaver outerwear gains favor. A bride-to-be wears travel dress in bronze green with gold accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Scotland
Cambric Etoffe de Vichy
Felix
Madame Doucet
Fashions of the Season and Royal Etiquette Mix
A column surveys autumn outfits including muslin wraps, semi fitting coats, and jet bead yokes with new sleeve proportions. It notes a London arrival for a titled dame and discusses fur trends, pine cone décor, and a witty Italian royal twist on etiquette with King Humbert and Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadian
London
A Rose From the Wilds Zuni Child Learns English
In Glenville readers learn of Daisy, the Zuni child Tsawernadertsa, taught by Miss Mary E. Dissette at Zuni Pueblo. The piece notes her English progress, her father’s views on civilization, Zuni customs, and the mission school’s attempts to civilize while facing strong tradition and superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Glenville
Daisy
Mary E. Dissette
J. K. Dissette
Presbyterian Mission
Zuni Pueblo
Cissette
Miss Disselle
Zuni
Ple
Miss Cissette
Burr
Patent Pocket Guard Against Pickpockets
An improved pocket for ladies has been patented and is suggested for a fair trial. The mouth is closed by an elastic band around the edge, preventing contents from falling out and deterring a theft attempt without the owner's notice.
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Palaise Royal
Gli Generalitie
Mary Stuart
Lamber Room
Cambine
Silesia
Eton
Sometines
Marcarer H. Weice
Ritten Pon
Mra
Lew Wallace
General Wallace
Soraroll
Erie
Washington
Maida
Leas
Pittabarg
the Fashions OF
Astoria
Queen Victoria
Edinboro
Italy
Humbert
Zunis
Tunis
Price Flavoring Extract CO
Warren Street
New York City
Wood ST
Sixth Ave
Duquesne, Central
Transverse
Pleasant Valley
Wall
Win. Trinkle & Co
Ee Pa
Selésu
Wolsey
Murphy
Odel House Furnishers
Seventh ST
Penna
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