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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1902
Page
8
An airy survey of shop windows and showrooms highlights summer gowns in black taffeta and Swiss lace, with a $1000 hand lace robe drawing the most notice. Silk garments, voile and etamine fabrics, parasols, hats trimmed with chiffon roses, and silk stockings dominate the offerings as shoppers seek stylish, upscale accessories and wardrobe essentials.
Pages describe summer fashion with black taffeta clothing, embroidered collars, and decorative hats. Social life updates follow, listing weddings, visits, club meetings, receptions, and upcoming events in city society circles.
Chicago dressmakers move to seize control of American fashion by forming a national dressmakers association. Aims include built in center for style, biannual exhibits, and sending delegates to Paris to bring back updated designs for Chicago shows. Key officers elected include Mme. L. Rapp president and Miss Alice Grecian secretary treasurer.
The decoration committee is led by Mr John P Frenzel with a large group of ladies assisting. The music and floor committee includes Mrs Charles Adam and many others, detailing names of participants and helpers for the event.
The Atlantic review notes the professor learns from the public as much as he teaches. The piece critiques how politics clarifies him and mocks college professors who imitate Irish MPs to obstruct parliamentary business. It references Miss Evelina Burney and Sir Philip Jennings Clerk.
New York Evening Post reports General Grosvenor defended butter as wholesome and warned against destroying one industry to aid another. He cited cases of creameries buying milk, making butter, then selling oleomargarine to farmers, and noted butter color controversy with arnotto coloring. He linked rising oleomargarine sales to debate publicity.
A Washington churchman recalls a laborer who contracted consumption and died after his wife’s care and later a friend’s hospitality. For four months the sick man lived in a three room home while donors raised funds for a modest burial. The tale highlights extraordinary charity by two local congregants.
A New York Post piece profiles Navajo blanket weaving, noting scarce pre contact styles, the aging weavers, and the trade history. It describes the primitive loom, harsh desert home life, and the meticulous craft that yields the famed fine durable textiles valued by collectors and markets in Europe and America.
The article explores Navajo yarns sold to non-Indians, noting dye changes and the shift to gaudy colors, while detailing color symbolism such as blue for sky gray for clouds green for grass and red for fire. It praises the craft, laments loss of authenticity, and highlights patterns, motifs, and the pride of the weaver in preserving tradition.
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