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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1890
Page
13
The article discusses ladies fashion as winter approaches, noting fur cuffs and warm borders for chest protection and the risks of cold. It describes velvet and embroidered garments including a plain velvet skirt, cross over waist, and Bulgarian openwork detailing, plus two outdoor outfits and a hybrid vest-jacket style for practical warmth.
The passage contrasts leaf patterns and coarse weeds as border ideas with humane surroundings. It argues that nothing disagreeable should be pictured and that such inflictions result from rude growth, asserting a simple law of tasteful decor.
The article extols refined taste in fabrics and patterns avoiding Gothic or debased motifs. It praises dainty dresses, precises outfits for Dena and Greta, critiques fashions like military coats, and suggests economical yet stylish wraps and jackets. It highlights new Christmas gifts in tinted kid and velvet cases, embroidered crash blankets, and durable velveteen for curtains and upholstery.
The article contrasts practical homewear and durable fabrics with showy stage gowns. It notes scarves, linings, and knit vests as versatile, while criticizing elaborate silks and novelty patterns as dull. Emphasis falls on sensible materials, thrift, and lasting designs over fleeting trends.
A compact note urges choosing wrapping for style, declaring one word to guide electing wrappings and bags for quality presentation. It emphasizes consistency and good taste in apparel accessories and urges mindful selection.
A London medical writer warns that fashionable English women overindulge in stimulants to cope with strain and late hours. She cites repeated wine at meals plus exjuvenated drinks, Cologne, carbolic scents, coca wine, and even opiate use, noting smoking is widespread. A patient asks if six to eight cigarettes are too many for a cousin.
Miss Margaret Waterman a 22 year old country school mistress in Sullivan county Pennsylvania cares for a tame buck named Byron a deer she raised from a fawn Byron accompanies her to the schoolhouse and defends her dignity and home area from dogs he loyally follows her everywhere and bleats with joy upon return from village visits, a steadfast pet and companion.
A Petaluma wedding ends in comedy as the groom cannot find the ring in his pocket. The ring had fallen into his boot, leaving a hole in the stocking. The parson asks him to remove the boot while the organ plays a voluntary, and the ring is recovered.
The Boston Traveller reports the arrest of General Butler in Pueblo Colorado on a Wednesday to enforce a $7204 old claim. The piece recalls Butler's device to a Lowell political friend over forty years ago urging him to keep his name before the people and keep them talking about him.
Washington society braces for a bustling season as Mrs. Harrison leads White House renovations and Cabinet families plan receptions. The social scene features new rooms, attire, and entertainers with prominent figures like the Blaine and Morton households shaping a festive capital winter.
Three kinds of chewing gum are now manufactured flavored tofu spruce gum and white sticks once popular with school children a quarter century ago. Spruce gum is costly the white gum the cheapest. The genuine spruce gum is scarce and often adulterated with glucose licorice. White gum uses paraffin and glucose with cheap gum. Most gums use toluor gum ebicle or catechu with licorice and glucose and flavor extracts. Manufacturers cut costs by substituting ingredients. this may lower quality though not necessarily harmful.
James G. Blaine, questioned by the Washington Post, denounced the idea of women entering political battles. He stated that a woman's power should be for love, not contest, and argued women are often the source of virtue and devotion unlike men whose actions stem from calculation.
Ouida snubs a request from Yates of the London World to write appropriately for a British matron. Surrounded by her dogs and smoking, she declares she writes for the British man, not the matron, reshaping the tale to suit male readers.
Berlin enjoys a dancing saloon where Princesses Pignattelli and Dolgorouki preside each at the dance and at the band. Their grand appearance is noted as a rare spectacle in reduced circumstances.
In New York on October 25 Clara Belles column describes flirtatious theatergoers and the witty social scene. Two young men court two pretty girls with champagne and a mock telegram leading to comic mischief and a near romance.
The article lists multiple potato based recipes from fried potatoes to baked and creamed forms. It includes instructions for boiled, baked, scalloped, creamed, broiled, fried with eggs, croquettes, Saratoga fries, fritters, and potato soup with ingredients and steps. It ends with notes on Lyonnaise potatoes mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and a cultural aside about southern mammies and sweet potato lore.
Mrs Rosa Holub wife of explorer Emil Holub joined his African expedition from the Zambesi to Mashhuku lumbes. She aided in science and specimen work while shooting game and enduring a four year trek marked by fights and a poisoned milk incident.
Veterinary surgeon Sattler reports a horse shocked on Spring Field Avenue showed persistent twitching. A compass held to the horse’s skin after the jolt vibrated and the needle deflected about six degrees, suggesting a stored energy effect in the animal.
To sweeten new iron vessels boil potato parings in them. To keep potatoes from sprouting scald with boiling water. A excellent starch for fine linens and laces is made from grated potatoes. Potato flour is used in French cookery for bread and pastry. Potatoes should be pared very thin and eyes examined for quality. Spotted potatoes should be rejected. Water used to boil potatoes cleans delicate woolens and calicoes. Potato water can renovate silks by sponging and rinsing. Chopped pearings and vinegar brighten carafes and crusts. fermenting mixture may be used after standing a day or two.
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