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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1904

Page

2

Winter Lingerie Blouses Highlight Cold Weather Style

Grins notes Pasmon Lingerie blouses to be worn with tailored coats and skirts throughout winter. They remain indispensable, compact, and easily refreshed by a hot iron. Elaborate silk and crepe bodices are pricey, but these blouses stay fresh and are favored by affluent women. Laces and embroideries vary, with crepon lace and chrysanthemum motifs. Materials listed include 27.7 yards of fabric and 11.5 yards of silk for bands, plus 34 yards of ribbon for the sash. white hats remain popular though ostrich plumes add color accents.

Fashion notes from a winter wardrobe column

The piece describes trend items: tardenias as hat trim, crepes with color and sheen as innovations, bracelets in chain and bangle styles, white ruffled aprons over school frocks, pink velvet poppies on a crepe de chine blouse, and sable accessories with brown tones. It mentions capes, beaver hats with chrysanthemums and copper tones, and copper broadcloth finishes.

Dressing Gown Trends in Tasteful Color Choices

A dainty dressing gown elevates a woman’s style without sacrificing practicality. The piece notes the shift from gaudy or plain fabrics to beautiful, inexpensive materials, urging color harmony with the bedroom. A simple seam of fine sari or similar cloth with a balloon border is suggested as charming and easy to make.

Jewelry fashions and fake Venetian bead trade noted

The piece remarks on old jewelry trends with turquoise, pearl, jade, and glass beads. It notes high prices for class beads, claims many are Venetian fakes, and cites Providence factories producing imitation coral beads amid growing demand.

Brilliant Red and White Negligees Inspire Oriental Allure

The description highlights brilliant red and white negligees with Oriental suggestion. The piece markets a smart, novel style likely reflecting fashion trends and textile cues of the period.

Veils of the Moment The Melba Veil Debuts

The Melba veil appears as a wide circular Chantilly lace piece resembling an Inco flounce. Chiffon veils with scalloped edges carry velvet daisies and a snug crown tie. Automobiles veils feature double shades with top stitching and changing colors for a shimmer effect.

Daylight Wear Trends Highlight Skirt Lengths and Comfort

Daylight wear notes emphasize skirts without trains, with top makers showcasing gowns in expensive materials and full comfortable skirts that skim ground. With skirts six to ten yards around the hem, wearers prefer eliminating the need to lift or hold up the shirt, a solution common in comments from fashion observers.

Fashions for the wee ones feature dramatic hoods

The piece describes child hood fashions with bold styles in white faille. A hood formed from suk joins a back to create a pointed top. heavy lace trims a plaited silk ruffle. a deep cape bordered with silk ruffles attaches to the hood. White feta ribbon ties bow under the chin.

Round or Tateh neck fashions for shirtwaists

The article describes neck styles for shirtwaists and shirt waist suits, favoring round or Tateh necks with cording or lace frills. Day wear shows little throat with a pearl back button. evening allows slight exposure but necks should remain modest with lace, fur, or chiffon trimmings. Lingering advice favors simple finishes like a narrow muslin or Valen ciennes lace frill and warns against fall or winter exposure.

Wraps and Hats Define Fashionable Outerwear

The article discusses wraps as the favorite cape style with varied forms from military capes to quilted satin lined draped shawls. It notes how capes slip on easily and rest softly on sleeves, making them a top choice for many occasions, while hats and wraps command substantial fashionable attention as English hat trends are not yet fully adopted.

Uncle Sam

Pleasing styles in coats and fashionable basques

Short basque coats and hip length jackets gain favor over red Ingotes. The basques are fitted snugly at the waist, often belted, with styles tending to a close fit at back and front. Sack coats remain in fashion with numerous loose, long models available.

Coffee steeped cold overnight yields richer flavor for breakfast

Ground coffee steeped in cold water overnight saves and improves flavor for the morning drink. Use about one tablespoon per cup plus extra for the pot. Store sugar in small quantities, raisins currants and candied peel spoil quickly. vinegar and queen oil lose flavor when kept. macaroni spices and roasted coffee deteriorate. dry place slows candy spoilage. soap lasts longer when dried and cut into small pieces with space to air.

Hoopskirts On Trend As Walking Skirts Stay Short

Fashion notes describe long standing styles with short walking skirts and hints of buckram lining and steel at the hem. Kull skirts return for smart wear with simpler pleats and fewer frills, while soft fabrics create long straight draped folds from waist to feet and simple bodices with bold shoulder folds and a satin belt.

Pretty Fancy in Gilousas Fashion Description

Pretty Fancy in Gilousas describes new Paris blouses made from agitermate ribbons and Russian lace with mixed colorings. The ribbons are half the width of the lace, and outfits pair these with skirts in matching hues. Worn over fitted silk under bodices or corset covers without yokes or sleeves.

Gilousas Paris

Charming new collar for a Hehtsik blouse described

A detailed description of a delicate new collar designed for a Hehtsik blouse. The piece is small, two to three inches deep, and encircles the throat with frills, roses, and sheer faces creating fairylike, intricate work.

Ladies Waist with ivory crepe de chine and lace trim

Describes a ladies waist made from ivory white crepe de chine with lace cuffs and collar, back closing, and a deep-point yoke over the gleeve. Sleeves gather to two pulfs with deep lace cuffs. suggests pale green bouisine or taffeta as suitable mates. Medium size requires three and seven-eighths yards of thirty-six inch material.

Russia and Japan Clash A War of Civilizations

Special Correspondence portrays Russia as docile yet fiercely loyal to the czar, a people living in squalor with harsh fires and poverty. It contrasts Russia with Japan, highlighting a vivid cultural and military mismatch and the peasant diet, living conditions, and endurance under oppression. The piece notes frequent village fires, crowded huts, and women workers, illustrating a society struggling under traditional constraints.

Russia Siberia

Village laborers find work in cities and fields

Broadening ideas in the country show village workers now seen as more capable than town workers. Gangs of peasant women weed market gardens near major cities and undertake field labor, a practice that is too common and continues.

Native Bolivian Runners Show Historic Messenger Skills

An English writer praises Bolivian native runners for rapid message delivery. He recalls a station telegram exchange over forty miles with replies returned by the same courier within eighteen hours, earning forty to fifty Bolivian dollars for long routes. The description notes self-sustaining messengers, often traveling up to eighty miles.

Enelshman Bolivia

No. Indeed. Quotes Reveal Hidden Faults Among Neighbors

A reflective exchange notes that everyone has faults yet people resist acknowledging the faults seen in others. The dialogue suggests mutual recognition of flaws but avoids self-accusation, revealing social nuance in everyday judgment.

Pancake Flour Recipe Ad Highlights Falcon Self Rising Mix

A vintage pancake guide suggests two cups Falcon Self Rising Pancake Flour with milk or water to form a thin batter, or use two cups Pancake Flour two cups milk one egg and sugar. It promotes Falcon Self Rising Pancake Flour as a mixed flour of wheat corn and rye and urges buying from top grocers.

Falcon

Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Time and Money Savings

Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry as each 16 oz package costs 10 cents while competitors offer 12 or 8 oz. Defiance is claimed to not stick to iron and be free of injurious chemicals. If a grocer offers 12 oz, it signals stock clearance before Defiance.

Defiance

Mother Grays Sweet Powders For Children

Advertisement proclaims Mother Gray nurse at New York Children's Home uses powder to cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and to move regulate bowels destroy worms with over 0,000 testimonials. Free sample offer by A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y hoax joke about sultan and hareem noted.

Mother Gray New York S.olmsted Leroy,n

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