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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1903
Page
19
New York August 21 fashion notes describe autumn dresses blending summer lightness with heavy textures. Velvet revives with rich weaves and fringe trims, while velvet gowns, taffeta trims, and bold silks appear. Skirts shift to varied pleats, yokes, and flounces, with deep belts and new sleeve fullness shaping coats and jackets.
An old letter from the New York Tribune discusses spinster life and the advantages and burdens of being an unmarried woman. It covers fashion notes for an independent era, social perceptions, and the joys and sorrows of a life without marriage. The piece also offers practical advice for the thin woman about diet, exercise, and self care.
This August Housekeeper piece argues that mature women, even widowed ones in their forties or beyond, can thrive financially and personally. It cites examples of widows who rebuilt lives as an insurance agent, a fashion dressmaker, a convent companion, hotel managers, and a retiree who studied German abroad, illustrating independence and renewed purpose after loss or age.
The New York Sun notes that contemporary women's hands show aging sooner than their faces. The change is gradual and subtle as the flesh shrinks, unlike the rest of the appearance which often remains youthful.
The article advises women to care for hands by nightly use of nail emollients cream and hand oil to restore moisture. If hands look tired or dry, wear gloves overnight and apply a fatty cream or catlime paste to plump and whiten the skin, aiming to keep hands youthful.
Philadelphia Telegraph describes methods for pickled produce including tomatoes grapes peaches pears and plums with detailed sugar spice and vinegar ratios. It covers quantities weighing seven pounds of fruit and cooking steps to create jars with syrup poured over the fruit and cautions on final canning and reuse of syrup for apples.
Olive oil and glycerine cream for the face. sliced green peppers with soft-shell crabs. ankle-length walking suits returning to a lined stiffened skirt. Rose slips grown in sunlit sand. nursing sheets pinned tight for patient comfort. Kentucky cold cream recipe. veils and umbrellas in matching colors. new gun-metal handles and crayonnetted truffetas touted as waterproof.
Cream white chiffon veiling is a fashionable summer fabric. The gown features a yoke of lace and cream silk with narrow tucks, a gathered belt, a belted waist, and a skirt with a tucked upper portion and two founces over a foundation. Material needs for the sample size include sizes four and one fourth yards of fabric and seven yards of lace.
The notice offers patterns 4454 and 424 for skirts and waist sizes from thirty-two to forty inches bust and twenty-two to thirty inch waist. It instructs sending five or six cents pattern coupon with coin or stamp, including name, address, and state. Allow one week for return of pattern.
A club woman notes how children imitate speech and fear, while parents argue over play, schooling, and socializing. The piece highlights statements from various adults about child development, imagination, and the importance of outdoor space and peer interaction for learning and nerves. It stresses enabling play, shared neighborhoods, and practical activities over seclusion.
Philadelphia Press notes three pioneering sisters in the mid 19th century who helped advance women in medicine and ministry. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first formally ordained American female clergyperson, became a beacon for reform. Her sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children and the London School of Medicine for Women, shaping early women’s medical leadership.
Mr Higgins vents about summer boarders losing profit and daily chores as Mandy, Mrs Smith, and Dutch women impose strict duties. He recalls a breakage by the Boy Inventor and notes borders leaving after the incident while his new mowing machine is damaged by a curious child.
A discussion of how name spellings and pronunciations reflect aristocratic lineage and family history. It notes Enrough ty versus Darby, opposed distortions like umple for the tenth Earl of Stair, and mentions Roosevelt and the Dutch origins. It concludes with the public’s role in settling pronunciation.
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