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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1902
Page
3
Pinched waists indicate a popular trend for the coming season with patches revived. Summer gowns feature full skirts, draped bodices, elbow sleeves, and elaborate lace insets. Paris reports hammer gowns with dash belts, dainty sash ribbons, and pastel Pompadour patterns. The summer girl of 1902 with flowered parasol and flowered hat remains an iconic vision.
As the season advances taste shifts toward Norfolk and other pleated waists. The lengthwise box-pleats suit slender figures and appear in spring wools, silks, and wash fabrics. Belts and yokes create varied patterns with embroidery or lace bands extending from waist to neck and shoulders.
Princess style gowns captivate with continuous lines from shoulder to hem creating length and slenderness. Fabrics favored include satin royal creped satin peau de soie crepe de chine chiffon over moire silk warp veiling lace net and brocade with silk and wool accents for affordable versions.
Hints from London suggest patches will return as a fashionable detail this year. The trend mirrors revived past customs and could align with high society attire. As salons reopen, great ladies may wear patches with intent, shifting from horse drawn coach motifs to modern symbols like motor cars and airships.
The article describes a white panne waist with wide crosswise tucks on the upper waist and sleeves, featuring gold velvet and black chenille applique. It notes a white alk plastron with decorative rows, a front belt buckle, and Neuate Blousen style for golf and tennis. It also highlights spring trends of chamois leather leggings and cautions about footwear choice with golf skirts.
It is fashionable to craft lace boleros at home using a good pattern. The guide suggests selecting lace, sewing the parts together, and finishing edges with a chiffon ruffle or lace frill. A self-made bolero can cost about a quarter of the shop price for a similar dainty garment.
The article describes an old fashioned finger shield for sewing to protect the band, noting silver varieties often engraved with monograms. It also mentions pin cushions in silver boxes with velvet pads held by silver ornaments for use on the sewing table.
Describes a waist long dress of bengaline or soft cloth with a fitted back and blouse-style front. It features strap extensions fastened with buttons and tassels. Sleeves mirror the trim, tight at the top and finished with a large post-Le Luxe at the bottom.
The newest hair ornament is the Juliet cap a revival of the netted pearl cap once worn by Italian women. A tiara shaped wreath of maidenhair fern with dewdrops, ivy leaves and small rose buds adds a delicate finishing touch to a low hairstyle.
The new stock features a foundation of heavy white pique with finer turnover quality. Turnover pieces extend far below the stock edge into two wide, rounded points embroidered with French knots in colors between curved white and black lines. The front points are deep but lie close to the collar for a tailored look.
The old fashion of piping returns in fabric design as velvet satin and even panne piping appear in colors matching their cloth. The revival suggests piping remains a persistent style element, never fully fading from the wardrobe.
A fashion note describes a bold year for neck ruffs and hats with birds nest motifs. It highlights surplice nightgowns, lingerie sashes for wash gowns, and Oriental laces as key trim. Magpie black and white skirts, Gibson shirtwaists, short tafetta jackets, large snap fastener tops, and decorative belts in silk braid or velvet are also featured.
Long description of Cecil Rhodes tomb in Matoppo Hills near Bulawayo Rhodesia. Mentions Rhodes planning burial on peak called world’s View, rail lines Cape Town to Bulawayo and Beira to Salisbury, fertile lands and mining, Bulawayo’s rapid growth since 1897, and Salisbury’s status as a chartered town. Reflects on transformation and civic monuments.
The article traces Cecil Rhodes and the British South Africa Company from 1889 onward, detailing territorial expansion into Matabeleland, Mashonaland, Lobengula’s lands, and later Nyassaland and Northern Zambesia. It notes a Bostonman’s idea to codify federal statutes and contrasts Rhodes’ empire building with federal clerk costs.
An Ottawa Kai report lists March liquor totals with whisky and beer volumes among the items, alongside a note on an Aquor proposed to treat diverse ailments. Separate item discusses young women in New York planning to form a guides and companions company charging visitors a dollar fifty for station pickup and escort, inspired by a London model in use fourteen years.
A Senate amendment defines adulterated butter as a product mixed or refined from various lots to remove rancidity, potentially favoring oleomargarine lobbyists. The discussion questions whether process butter should face federal rules, with notes on hand separator cream and dairy cow evaluation from experts.
Massachusetts enforces a law inspecting glassware used in Babcock milk testing. Pipettes bottles and testing machines checked. about 6 000 items examined. 149 items rejected from one order. Some testers and machines deemed unreliable. New York clergy oleomargarine case causes alarm as law tightens sale rules. Denmark’s Royal Veterinary Institute warns dairymen against Koch opinions on tuberculosis link between humans and animals. Prof Svensson directs experiments implying animal infection from people.
A fragment notes the ostrich weighs three pounds and is considered equal in amount to twenty four hens eggs.
Mr J L Phelps asks about worms in turkeys and the appropriate treatment. No universal powder prevents worm infection. focus on outside ground treatment if turkeys stay in yards by burning surface or spreading material and igniting it. If turkeys roam large fields, less can be done. occasional treatment may expel parasites. For roundworms thymol may help though turkey dose not established. one grain per chicken reportedly expels parasites. For tapeworms areca nut is likely best and may also expel some roundworms. D E Salmon cites authority and cautions against aréca gut stunts growth.
The article compares Golden and Silver Duckwing poultry markings, noting red faces and yellow legs in both, with differences in head color and wing bars. It highlights Mrs. Brown’s Winnetka, Illinois poultry setup including a bone grinder that recovers meat from bones for feeding hens and chicks. It praises women in poultry, their clean, bright houses, and describes Mrs. Alice Brown’s model brooder house with many chicks and flowering plants.
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