Ladies Luncheons Postwar Social Convocation of Club Women
A detailed portrait of ladies luncheon gatherings as springtime social convocation events. It notes attire, etiquette, temperance, and the role of club women in home life, with table rituals, speeches, and the shift from tea parties to daytime meals. The piece highlights engagements, farewells, and reunions among mothers, daughters, and alumnae, praising these gatherings as enriching and reforming.
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Margaret FE
Dangbter
Iself
Sorosia
New England
Embroidered Collar Embellishment Advice from Plain Guide
A Victorian style instruction describes sewing linen collars with two spray design, six flowers in a connected cluster. It explains tracing the pattern onto fabric, cutting dark parts, finishing edges, and filling with satin and long stitches. French knots center flowers using white embroidery cotton for a refined finish.
Queen Margherita’s playful public greeting
Queen Margherita, a beloved grandmother, delighted a public function by warmly accepting kisses from a line of schoolchildren. King Humbert watched before she smiled and bade the crowd await their turn as the children pressed forward one by one to kiss her hands.
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Margherita
Humbert
Old Fashioned Spring Remedy For General Renovation
For the Red Nose. Get five cents' worth of sulphur precipitate. Put two teaspoonfuls in the bottom of a glass. See that there are no lumps in it. Pour six teaspoonfuls of sirup or molasses on the sulphur. Stir. Take one teaspoonful of the mixture before breakfast and one just before going to bed, for three days omit for three days. Repeat and omit for three days until you have taken the preparation for nine ways. This is an old-fashioned spring remedy and is an excellent general renovator.
Red Nose Causes and Home Remedies Advice
The article advises that a red nose results from obstruction in circulation and suggests exercise deep breathing and careful diet. It warns against daubing with lotion and notes redness may worsen after meals when overindulging or ingesting indigestibles.
The Fashions of the Day in 1906 Spring Garments
The article surveys 1906 spring styles with yokes and blouse cuts, lace textures, and sleeves above the elbow. It notes white serges, biscuit tones, bouffant waists, and trimmed gowns, plus velvet usage and long silk gloves as stylish accessories.
Mourning Fashion at Southern Resorts and In England
The article contrasts mourning norms between England and southern resorts with all white outfits during early spring. It describes a black veiling gown with crape trimmings, a modified princess robe, and a net crepe chemisette. It notes plain morning dresses, minimal trims, and accessories like dull black bead necklaces.
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England
China
Mourning Dress and Hat Styles in Silk and Pongee
Mourning wear features silk and pongee gowns in white crepe de chine with plain belts and trim of wash salts. Black pongee offers cool utility dresses for summer. hats trend toward soft tulle malize and simple trims, favoring marine tones and draped crape rosettes.
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Ellen Osmond
Woman Who Finds Flats Hunter Sifts NYC Suburbs For Winter Rooms
A busy city woman known as a professional flat hunter explains her role in locating winter quarters for women seeking residences in suburbs or even as far as Chicago. She warns that agent descriptions often mislead, noting bright rooms may be dark, and stylish furniture shabby. She offers to secure charming quarters for modest commissions.
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Saga
New York Sun
Chicago
New York
Fat Hunter
May Day Decorations and Hostess Tips from 19th Century Guide
A domestic guide outlines April to May party prep including centerpieces with Japanese umbrellas and pastel ribbons, light fixtures, fruit salads, sweetbreads, and a formal luncheon sequence. It advocates May baskets of wild flowers, partner games with tulip stub boxes, and crown tokens, urging mothers to embrace traditional May Day rites for family cheer and virtue.
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Tennyson
Popular Hat Colors Drive Spring Fashion Demand
Colors in demand include green, mauve, violet, ash gray, red, corinth and burnt straw. Hats in deep red, pink, violet and blue are noted for their beauty, with shoppers seeking shade variety and bold statements this season.
The Corselet Skirt Described in Fashion Notes
The corset style skirt is praised for its graceful hang in fabrics like faced cloth. Long sweeping lines define its elegance, while short corselet skirts are regarded as less flattering.
Town fashions favor elbow sleeves in daily dress
The town dresses almost universally feature elbow sleeves. While seen as reckless extravagance by some, the sleeve is deemed fashionable and pretty, likely to fade from popularity in time.
A Season of Lace Highlights in Fashion
A fashion feature describes lace dominated outfits for the season. It covers lace jackets in French and Irish laces with batistes and embroidery, baby Irish crochet, and ensemble vests with cuffs. Also noted are Point d’Averges fabrics, accordion plaited chiffon, net, and china silk waists with various insertions and trims. Hosiery trends favor gray and white with lace and embroidered designs.
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Batiste
Simon
Handsome fern stand adds charm to rooms
The article describes a decorative fern stand that enhances living rooms and libraries. It notes the note of living green foliage adds attractiveness to bright or ornate rooms and highlights a pictured stand with a lower shelf ideal for books or magazines.
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Lernery
Hats and Coiffures Elevate Paris Millinery Styles
Paris milliners receive praise for seasonal efforts as new hat shapes grow prettier and more generally becoming, though the hat must harmonize with the coiffure. The tour ensemble relies on this coordinated look for success.
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Paris
Harmless Freckle Remedy Promoted with Lemon Sugar Mix
Advertisement notes that many freckle removers are poisonous and unsafe. It recommends a lemon and sugar solution as a safe alternative. Apply with a camel-hair brush several times daily for best results.
Reducing Waist Measure Through Bending Exercises
The text promotes bending exercises as effective for reducing waist size and abdominal and hip measurements. It advises daily practice morning and night, continuing until fatigue and performing movements at a moderately slow pace.
Cider for Wages Stirs Somerset Meeting
At a Somerset meeting it was stated that the custom of giving cider as wages to workers persists. The report notes the long standing practice and discusses its social implications, with reference to local workers and observers.
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Somerset
England
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