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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1897
Page
3
The article outlines DALY development to strengthen muscles circulation and respiration while improving agility and grace. It covers Swedish educational gymnastics with free standing running jumping vaulting and rope work plus clubs wands dumbbells and other apparatus. A physician signed clearance is required and gymnasium attire is specified.
A New York writer argues for technical training for girls in home arts as essential. Abroad, hundreds of institutions teach housekeeping, cooking, sewing, budgeting, and meal planning. Germany and other Europe nations host thriving schools for workers' children. in the United States only a few kitchen garden schools exist so far.
American women abroad such as Miss Alice Luce from Maine and Miss Ida J. Hyde from Cincinnati have earned Ph D degrees from Heidelberg and gain attention for their work. The piece contrasts women's treatment at Oxford Cambridge Zurich and German universities noting restrictions then gradual equalization in degrees and honors.
Panniers known from Dolly Varden and Dresden china make a return to fashion as pr prairies, described as delightful and useful in recalling nostalgic rural decor.
The Philadelphia Times reports Lavir place 13 silhouettes in evening gowns while new designs echo Worth with side draperies and Dolly Varden inspired panels. Skirts grow lighter and plainer, with frock fronts quilted and panels fluffy, signaling a return to overskirt influence in a refreshed style.
A Tennessee hog keeper details methods to prevent disease by clean housing and ample pasture. He describes sow management before farrowing, milk feeding, gradual switch to mixed feed, and pig rearing with penned pigs and paddock access. He emphasizes pasture with mast timber, water, and careful weaning and housing through 6 to 10 months.
The article discusses a Tennessee farmer H. D. Nichol describing a traditional hog management method, using corn and linseed meal with milk, confinement before kill, and differing care for brood sows. It also reports on zinc wall paper, a marble-like wall treatment that imitates stone, is washable, permanent, cheaper than marble, and can cover any surface with embossed designs.
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