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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1898
Page
23
An article describes a royal artistic floral screen for bay windows, with wooden or bamboo frames, flower boxes and vines to create a bright, framed display. It outlines growing flowering plants like morning glory and petunias in sunny spots, plus decorative tape or brackets to direct light and arrange pots for an aesthetic effect.
The note suggests choosing glowish plants like pangivs or delicate ferns for shaded spots. It presents a flexible idea: any flower desired can grow there if given proper shading and care.
The piece describes seasonal dress trends with bright colors for muslins and bareges, jeweled cottons in emeralds and topazes, embroidered handkerchiefs, plain dresses trimmed with cloth tackings, and mousseline de soie gowns in various outfits, highlighting opulent fabrics and accessories.
The era’s tea gowns feature blousy effects with soft materiel and full Mussia fronts. Gowns are belted or ribbon secured at the waist, with long sleeves, lace trims, and ruchings across the body. Shoulder ribbons or bows hold decorative features while sashes and chiffon layers create graceful drape and movement.
Governor Adank of Colorado faced few inquiries about equal suffrage, with a circular issued in Gnawer following the event. The report notes sparse public engagement and outlines the prepared message.
The passage argues for enfranchisement as a matter of right and justice. It acknowledges opposition but asserts that even strong adversaries cannot prove harm from the experiment. Proponents cite a moral and political uplift as suffrage gains momentum in Colorado and beyond.
A New York Sun report reveals a clever maneuver used by women’s club conventions to install a vaunted program speaker and vice president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. The piece notes adept clubwomen spot the title’s appeal despite its modest scope.
A correspondent notes the Sherborn prison head Ellen Johnson earns three times a man in Concord and nearly twice a man in Charlestown. The article attributes this wage disparity to superior administrative ability at Sherborn.
Prine Wiever and Miss Belle Moshier of Mastenwan New York performed charity events at the Dibble Opera House driving 20 tonpenny wire to a heavy joist in four minutes and received a silverware prize. Earlier she won a wood sawing contest prize. A women’s office building is planned in St. Louis to rent to business women and those dealing with women professionals including brassmakers milliners hairdressers pedicurists newspaper women and typewriters as well as women doctors and lawyers.
A fragment outlines etiquette for accepting and declining invitations and sending cards. It discusses returning announcements, accompanying donor cards, leaving eight cards for a mother, and proper addressing with a doctor’s prefix. It mentions engraved visiting cards and the thin pasteboard used in social exchanges.
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