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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
6
A handwritten catalog notes poppy shade lampshades in red or yellow with silk petals around bulbs, plus pink muslin roses and price points of 7 percent cent and $1. It describes Handy pins in silver, gilt, and emerald settings, cretonnes with all over poppy patterns, stole effect fabrics, and white linen stock. Also mentions candleholders, ornamental laundry bags, and a dramatic hatpin anecdote from New York Sun.
The passage depicts a female outfit with a skimming skirt that clears the pavement and a close-fitting Eton coat ending at the waist. The coat features a military collar and is braided in black silk braid about three-fourths of an inch wide, forming deep graduated loops down the belt toward the hem.
David Baxter, distinguished Scotch basso, gave a varied recital at the Propylaeum under Matinee Musicale. The program blended German, English, Italian, and Scottish settings, highlighted by Baxter’s vocal power and refined interpretation. Carrie Hyatt accompanied loyally, and the encore featured All Through the Night. The next Matinee Musicale recital is planned for January with a pianist yet to be decided.
The William N Jackson Memorial Institute at Alabama and Twenty third streets opens tomorrow afternoon and evening and Saturday afternoon for a Christmas fair. Classes run booths with candy doll art and other items, water colors for sale, and a children’s party. Admission is 5 cents to aid the institution fund.
Fashion note on front panel construction for skirts using full length panels with shirted sides and backs. Panels may be material or lace, plain or trimmed, creating unbroken lines to elongate silhouette. Champagne voile panel overlaid design discussed.
Garment pattern details describe a skirt with front gore and circular flounces, shirred for a deep graduated effect, supported by a foundation yoke and a width-adjustable strap. Material requirements vary by width. pattern 4591 covers waist sizes 22 through 90 inches. Pattern coupon offers 18 cents and a return period of one week.
In Kokomo Indiana on December 2 a charity card party organized by the Elks club raised funds for the Board of Charities to aid a public hospital’s equipment and maintenance. About two hundred attended the event with many more paying admission.
English's hosts Mrs Langtry in Mrs Deering's Divorce with a Savoy run noted. Cast includes Frederick Truesdell and Harold Mead. The program features vaudeville at 2:15 and 8:15 p m with Shadows of a Great City at Park and burlesque at Empire.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Olive Street Presbyterian Church reports strong earnings from the annual fair held at the Oliver P Morton Club. Booths host Curtis Publishing Company pictures, doll fairyland, fancy work, candy and a fish pond. Proceeds fund aid to the southeastern city’s needy.
Wm T Stead announces a new newspaper to begin January 4 in New York styled Daily Paper. It will be sociological in character with female paper carriers delivering to homes after men go to work. Orders collected for trades via telephoned depots and goods delivered later. News aimed at home life with no sports or markets. Four editions for city sections. Editorials to be intensely political but not partisan.
New York reports Mrs. Rafael Lopez, a Cuban heiress, arrived to greet her husband whom she wed by proxy on November 19. Lopez, a Paterson, New Jersey engineer, met his bride in Cuba. The marriage was postponed due to a death in the family, then performed in Cuba with Lopez's father as proxy.
London December 2 The House of Lords rules women are debarred by sex from becoming qualified lawyers in this country. The appeal of Miss Bertha Cave against Grays Inn benchers' decision to admit her as a student was dismissed as no precedent existed for a woman at the Inn. Benchers claim Grays Inn statutes exclude women entirely.
The first business session of the Christian Endeavor Leaders Institute convened in Philadelphia on December 2 with 3% delegates from United States and Canada. Topics included Local and District Unions, The Union Mass Meeting, and Other Union Meetings led by noted leaders.
London December 22. The wedding of Prince Alexander of Al has been set for the first week of January at St George's Chapel Windsor.
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