Promenade Gowns and Indoor Costumes Spark Early Winter Fashion
The column highlights prom dress trends for late October through early December including a fawn cloak gown with olive trim and grose-grain silk lining, a brown cloth cloak with cream crepe de Chine, and a striped cheviot indoor frock with gray peau de soie bodice. It notes accessories, hats, and detailing like beads, bias-cut fronts, and embroidery, plus a girls’ dance dress with lace and ribbon velvet trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Starr
Promemaire
Herper
Bretelles
oes —_ Maison Viret
OrLn
Costumes for Little Folks Then Fashion’s Tiny Modes
The piece surveys children’s wear including trimmed mantles for girls and frock coats for boys, noting broader adoption among wealthier families. It highlights novelties from London jewelers such as a seven-wire gold ring set with diamonds and emeralds, a pearl-strung gold chain, a jeweled pansy timepiece, and small gold brooches for bonnet strings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qoviet Gowen, Inc
Lopdou Jewelers
Newest Brooches Highlight Sentimental Jewelry Trends
The article notes popular sentimental pieces like a Dearest inscribed brooch and a coaching horn in gold. Sporting jewelry remains in favor with designs such as a diamond horseshoe and nail, a fox's head on a hunting crop, and a diamond horse. For gentlemen the scarf brooch is rising in popularity.
Hats and brooches show nautical motifs and feather trims
The piece describes sporting brooches shaped as anchors and yachts, and elaborate hats for girls with pointed crowns, wide brims, and quills. It notes reductions in plumes from last winter and details trims in velvet ribbons, quills, and rosettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bacar
Mother Hubbard
Velvet and wool winter dresses showcased with velvet basques
The article describes tasteful winter dresses for ladies combining velvet and wool. It highlights models such as a chinchilla gown with camel hair, bias velvet trim, and a Henry V. basque in black velvet. Designs feature bell skirts, striped wool, and slim velvet ribbons with steel accents, plus versatile basques and modest sleeve detailing.
Food for Children and the Debate on Bread and Sweets
Shirley Dane argues for a reform of childhood diet focusing on nutritious bread and meat. She warns against flour, lard rich pastries, and excess sweets while promoting toasted brown crackers, lean meat, vegetables, and warm drinks to build strong bones and healthy digestion in American children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Boston
Paraguay
Shirley Dane
A Money Maker and Household Goods Scam
A reader touts a home plating business promising $25 weekly. The pitch claims a $3 ms outfit can plate gold silver and nickel with quick, attractive results and urges readers to request circulars from H F Delno & Co Columbus. Also mentions packing household goods for shipment by Haves An at 33 Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Delno & Co
Columbus
K. Janmert
Haves & An
Water Street
Sheridan Explains Nero Kiss Scene in Nero
Emma VY Sheridan discusses Mansfield's interpretation of Nero and Charis in the tragedy Nero admitting only that Nero kisses Charis while Mansfield’s performance conveys passion. She notes the kissing episode seems genuine to audiences and has helped contribute to the play’s poor reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma VY. Sheridan
Mansfield
Chicago Herald
Miss Sheridan
Nero
Mr. Mansfield
Charis
Chronic catarrh cured by Peruna letters from Wisconsin
A testimonial from Peter Hattenberger of Porterfield Wisconsin describes long standing chronic catarrh improved by Peruna. The letters detail cough relief appetite restoration skin pallor fading and eventual complete remission with ongoing use. The ad claims Peruna cures catarrhal affections of head throat and lungs and offers free literature from the Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hattenberzer
Porterfield
Wis
Porterfield, Wis
B. Hartman
Peter Hattenberger
Pe-ru-na
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Reunion of Pittsburg musicians recalls vanished Cantata era
A historical reflection on Pittsburg music societies, from the Cantata to the Mozart, notes the failed early attempts, the romantic memories of concerts, and the need for continued support by patrons like Carnegie Frick and Phipps. It recalls Patti, Miss Page, and other soloists, and urges future prudence to avoid past faults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart Society
H. ©. Frick
Auta
Pittsburg
Cream of
Comas
Handel
Mendelssohn
Gounod
Bohr
Schuman
Rossini
Broch
Carnegie
Frick
Phipps
Christy
Genevieve
Campbells
Max Bruch
Preeis
Tts
Sims Reeves
Patti
Albani
Annie Louise Cary
Kellogg
Castle
Myron Whitney
Miss Page
Reimhart
A Paradise for Serpents on Link River
Forest and Stream describes Linkville areas swarming with harmless snakes from six inches to six feet. Farmers protect them to curb pests, frogs and vermin, while biblical frogs plague homes yearly, driving families to fortify doors. The scene ends with snakes’ seasonal feast and nature’s supply and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linkville
Egypt
Leave Taking And Gentle Fashion Of Social Departures
A Victorian etiquette column discusses graceful leave taking, avoiding prolonged farewells, and not following guests out. It notes risks of cold air on steps and praises discreet goodbyes. The piece also surveys home etiquette tips from cushions to wrapping paper storage and two contrasting maternal approaches to child discipline.
Billy Florence and the Restigouche Canoe Tale
Billy Florence recounts a Restigouche fishing trip with his guide Macarac a full blooded Indian. The piece centers on a brick bark canoe named Bucky Hunter bearing the reversed letters on its bow and the legend of Pocahontas as explained to Florence around campfires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Restigouche
New York
Billy Florence
Samon
Billy
Macarac
Restigench
Florence
Bucky Hunter
Macarae
Squaw
Bu Hunter
Macrac
Doctor Endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in Missouri
Dr RL St John of Howland Putnam County Missouri recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He has used it in practice for years and finds it reliable for colds and as a preventive and cure for croup. The medicine is suitable for use by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RL. St. John
Howland
Putnam County
Chamberlain
Fragmentary Tips and Goods Note From A Social Page
Bits of household hints mix with fashion and shop talk as a social column snippet mentions sealing wax uses for Berers, wart removal by castor oil, scented sachets, and per fumed goods. It notes brown paper for draining fried foods, luncheon favors like broad ribbons, and hints at lavender flowers and chiffonier enchets with a shopping aside for reliable Greneses and imported varieties.
Remarkable Postal Card Word Feats
Walter S. McPhail of Holyoke Mass claims to have written 10 283 words on the back of a postal card. His scope covers John chapters nine through twenty inclusive written with a pen so legible a magnifying glass is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Young P’eople
Joseph English
Boston
Mass
William A. Bowers
W. Frank Hunter
Topeka
Kan
St. John
Walter S. McPhail
Holyoke
St John
Price Flavoring Extract Co Buys Vanilla Beans Big Sum
Over $100000 has been paid by Price Flavoring Extract Co for vanilla beans in six months. The company claims this is the largest purchase by any manufacturer in the world in the same period. It argues that pure vanilla must come from Mexican beans cured aged and rested before sale and touts Dr. Price's Extract of Vanilla as superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Flavoring Extract Co
Dr. Price
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Ala
London
Food For Children
Tam
McMahon Bros
Fourth Avenue
Organization OF the Cantata
Sweet Home
Annie Laurie
Bonnie Doon
Spohr
Elijah
Thaniel
Bruch
Wagner
Jean Wallace
The
Gounods
Inez Kennedy
Josie Smith
Old City Hall
Mra. Blank
Sims Reeves and
Johnny
Tetedoux
Mr. Mellor
Klamath Lake District
Ontario
Vail
Mme Svers Ig
Billy Florence’s
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