Illustrated Fashions Show Delicate Summer Bodices
New York May 2. The season’s summer bodices trend toward extreme delicacy and fineness with white and black and white combinations dominant. Embroidered laces, tucks, and velvet ribbons decorate waists and boleros, bishop sleeves feature, and many gowns pair skirts with matching bodices. Princess lines appear, trims vary from lace to soutache, and new lightweight fabrics dominate waists and petticoats in tasteful, intricate styles.
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Ecru
New York
Death of Gen Sir John Donnelly and law on deceased wife's sister
The article notes the death in London of Gen Sir John Donnelly and critiques the English ban on marrying a deceased wife’s sister. It recounts his marriage to his late wife’s sister, the social stigma, and how law varies by country. Sir John leaves no issue by his second marriage, which would be illegitimate under English law.
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Baltimore
John Donnelly
London
Edward
Duke of Connaught
John
Kister
Switzerland
Lady Donnelly
Illittle
Sir John
May
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Australia
Europe
England
Sun bath craze moves men to go bareheaded this summer
New Orleans Times-Democrat notes fashion at summer resorts now favors hats off and sun exposure for ventilation and hair growth. It cites the trend among the jeunesse doree and mentions Washington figures Hugh Legare and Jerome Bonaparte in Delaware leading the sunshine cure, with Prince Pierre Troubetsky and Amelia Rives’ husband also going hatless in public.
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New Orleans
Jeunesse-Doree
Washington
Hugh Legare
Jerome Bonaparte
Deldiy
Pierre Troubetsky
Amelia Rives
Familiar Phenomes Detroit Free Press Dem
A dramatic weather remark from the Detroit Free Press notes a drastic temperature swing in Nebraska described as a political mood shift ahead of an election, referencing Mr. Bryan and a brisk fall of fifty degrees in twenty four hours.
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Detroit Free Press
Dem
Nebraska
Bryan
Line on a martyr’s faith and quiet endurance
A reflective passage questions how someone lived for their faith, noting witness in death and the challenge of living daily in line with a dream. It considers doubt from friends and contempt from the world, asking whether steadfast conduct defined the person’s path and legacy.
Sage Advice On Treatment Of Husbands At Wellesley Vassar Debate
Saturday evening at Wellesley College and Vassar College hosted a joint debate on whether the United States should subsidize its merchant marine. The event, highlighting women’s intellectual prowess, was praised as a milestone for intercollegiate female discourse. The piece contrasts new women’s interests with traditional roles and offers a long list of marital guidance, while noting broader shifts in women’s clubs and social life in Brooklyn Life’s editorial voice.
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Wellesley College
Vassar College
Boston Transcript
Farbelows
United States
New York College
Wellesley
Vassar
Atalanta
Hippomenes
Boadicea
Joan of Arc
Brenhilda
Molly
Neeer
Carrie Nation
Brooklyn
Paris
Daniel
Los Angeles
Christian Endeavor World Fashion Note
A quaint old lady rebukes a maiden for her new attire in a reflective social note about taste and modesty, contrasting generations and clothing standards in a World section item.
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Christian Endeavor World
A Stylish Walking Costume Pattern in Journal Ad
A smart street costume for Misses Norfolk waist and Beven-Gored skirt in mixed brocaded cheviot. Details list fabric yardage for medium waist sizes, pattern numbers 5 and 2414, and sizes twelve to sixteen. Pattern coupon asks for cents and a stamped envelope to Pattern Dept of The Journal.
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Norfolk
Ind
Spring greens rise from rhubarb and asparagus in home menus
Delicate early spring vegetables lift household budgets as rhubarb and asparagus become centerpiece ingredients. The article offers practical uses including baked rhubarb sauce, rhubarb tapioca, rhubarb sherbet, and rhubarb cobbler, emphasizing affordability and versatility for limited gardens and meatless meals.
Early Spring Produce Recipes From Rhubarb To Asparagus
A collection of kitchen instructions detailing rhubarb and asparagus dishes. Includes rhubarb pie with custard and meringue, cream of asparagus soup, asparagus with eggs in custard, and hollandaise sauce. Provides step by step methods, ingredient quantities, and cooking times.
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J. B. Pinkham
Fashion and pride in dress across society
A dialogue on fashion critique contrasts aristocratic pride with practical dress, noting how eccentricity in great things can be genius while in small matters it is folly. It mocks addiction to garments, laments curbed lunatic fashion in asylums, and questions the kindness of dressing finely to visit the poor.
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Adeitha
Dieting for Weight Loss by Salad and Self-Control
A Philadelphia Press excerpt recounts a woman who shed about 30 pounds by a strict diet of lettuce and tomato salads twice daily, toast with salad, tea, minimal cooked vegetables and soup, and no desserts. She avoids sweetened drinks at meals and substitutes fruit like oranges to curb cravings, noting a famous singer who used oranges to quit bon bons and regain a slender figure.
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Philadelphia
Madam
Women and men clash over memory and dress trimmings
In a New York Evening Sun note, women say men forgetful about dress trimmings, while businessmen dispute the claim. The piece mentions magazine offices preserving letters from women who request summer issues, yet many provide unclear addresses or none at all.
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New York
Private schools seek Julia Smith for catalog order
The article notes Julia Smith pressing for a hurry in receiving a catalogue from private school proprietors. They hope to obtain her home address to oblige her and avoid losing a prospective patron. It discusses color symbolism with gems and meanings, tying to the period’s Sentimental symbolism.
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Julia Smith
Ping-Pong Wrist Tops New York Social Scene
New York Mail and Express reports a ping-pong wrist craze spreading from the Battery to the Harlem River. Dealers sold 101,000 sets, fans buy ornate bats, and clubs plan Hog Pone tournaments led by Yale and Harvard members. Clarence H. Mackay and Henry Mason install multiple tables at home.
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New York Mail and Express
New York
Battery
Harlem River
Nassau Street
Lorna Peone
Yale
Harvard
Clarence H. Mackay
Henry Mason
Family Cake Puzzle Sparks Friendly Quarrel in Harlem Flat
In a Harlem home Frank and John, two pretenders, argued over cake pieces after their mother served three on a plate. The two large pieces went to a visiting friend and to John, leaving Frank with the small portion. Frank asked which piece he would have chosen, and John replied that he would have taken the small piece, prompting their playful exchange.
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Frank
John
Harlem
Weill
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Women and Their Clubs
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New York Evening Sun
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