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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1902
Page
19
The article surveys summer fashion, detailing flounced and sailor waists in sheer materials, lace, and embroidery. It notes green summer trends with white hats, green plumes, and green velvet trims, plus linen, organdy, and satin gown ideas, sleeves, and decorative bodices.
The London Lancet argues that modern urban life overtaxes the nervous system, turning neuritis and neurasthenia into common complaints. It notes the strain is acquired, not natural, and predicts future generations may endure bustling technology with less distress while current systems show fragility.
Miss L. L. Dock of the Nurses' Settlement describes how Russian Jewish and Italian residents manage food costs amid beef price pressures. She notes Hebrews favor chicken and fish, buy small portions, and prepare economical stews, with meat rarely consumed daily. Italians rely on soup with macaroni and vegetables, while beef price affects them less. The piece highlights frugal eating habits as a model for Americans used to three daily meat meals.
A Maryland mother harshly shapes her young son by forcing long curls and tight clothes, leaving him ashamed. At Sunday school a lesson on Samson prompts silence as the boy speaks of oppression and endurance, revealing emotional wreckage.
An essay compares how physical self indulgence marks men’s faces more than women’s, noting a returning athlete’s altered look and reflecting on gender differences in self control. It discusses legal shifts, noting courts increasingly favor women, and traces historical changes in marital property and independence, ending with implications for marriage.
A New York advertiser offers practical steps to prevent moth damage. After thorough cleaning and inspection, bag garments in unbroken calico or muslin, seal, then store. Turpentine-dipped cloths help deter moths. avoid cheesecloth bags and reuse clean fabric scraps to make varied bag sizes.
The New York Sun argues against the notion that housework is monotonous and undervalued. It contends women in business careers face similar drudgery and that general housework offers variety and healthful activity when done properly, warning against poor posture and uneven muscle development from repetitive tasks.
An ad describes a pastel green pongee costume with black velvet trimming and white mull chemisette. It lists yardage for medium sizes, pattern numbers 3068 and 37%, bust sizes 34 to 40 inches, and prices. Readers are urged to mail 0 cents for pattern coupons to Pattern Dept The Journal and allow one week for delivery.
A discussion on how sweeping, dusting, bedmaking, and scrubbing serve as healthful exercise. Proper body positions, breathing, and movement prevent pressure from clothing, while hands and knees work aid gravity and shoulder mobility. The map is deemed no improvement over scrubbing.
The New York Evening Sun notes a fashion shift from athletic tailor made outfits with large boots to delicate feminine styles. It traces a cycle of footwear trends from “sensible heels” to pretty shoes, arguing women’s fashion reflects self expression and changing norms.
The article lists white and green, black and white, cream and pink, rose and gold, pink and green, pale blue and ecru, and violet and rose as fashionable color combos for delicate silks and millinery. It describes short silk jackets with pleated Eton shapes, adjustable circular waists, belted forms, and back girdles, plus decor tips for plate rails, wall coverings, and room color schemes to complement weathered oak furnishings. It notes wing frills on muslin and summer silks, shepherds check silks reappearing with lace and ribbons, plus box pleats in walking costumes and coordinated couch cushions using three-tint color schemes to create contrast with wood tones and rugs.
A nostalgic meditation unfolds about Mistress Standish and a cherished garden in summers long ago. Lavender blooms frame memories of fair linens, roses, corn, and box, while a tear marks the longing for England and New England. The tale blends domestic sorrow with timeless garden imagery.
Bernard Shaw objects to apostrophes in modern writing and cites his own usage changes. He argues inverted commas obscure biblical quotes. The piece notes a Biblical example where quotes nested within quotes are clearer without extra punctuation.
Huge glass bulbs in red yellow and blue once a staple in drugstore windows are vanishing from decorations, lacking a clear purpose or appeal as the traditional showpiece loses its prominent place in modern display.
A drug store display at Broad and Spruce shows a crystal green solution famed for its brilliance since 1877. The liquid faded under sunlight, unlike ammonia copper solutions, and the unknown recipe is sought by many druggists. The corked bottle remains preserved for decades, with show bottles across the city reportedly twenty five to fifty years old.
Kansas City Journal surveys Elbert Hubbard amid sharp criticism by Michael Monahan and others. The piece questions Hubbard’s ego, Roycroft socialism, and alleged fakery in limited editions while noting public fascination with his reformist image and a possible return to soapmaking.
London papers say Lady Marie Drummond, daughter of the late Earl of Perth, has taken French titles of the deceased nobleman. She is listed as inheriting the earldom of Melfort and, by abeyance, may share with her great aunt. The Brooklyn nurse would call herself Duchess Steuart amid tangled peerage claims.
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