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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1900
Page
3
An extended discussion on women lingerie, dresses, and underwear trends. focus on white and colored garments, sheer fabrics, and styles from chemises to gowns. Observations include perceptions of fashion, social role shifts, and a narrator’s critique of household labor and economic power dynamics.
A detailed description of an evening gown in pink muslin and pink taffet, with plaited bodice and decorative tulle, followed by a meditation on labor, skill, and value in domestic service. The narrator contrasts fashion complexity with the cost of incapacity and praises a pioneering woman doctor as an example.
A writer shares impressions of Mrs. Dewey based on a winter reception with Admiral George Dewey. The piece highlights her refined taste in dress, noting a white brocade and chiffon gown with pearls and diamonds at a notable event, and reflects on her public fascination and influence among prominent figures of the era.
A narrative contrasts a servant Jane and her employer who seeks a routine where work is limited to half the day. The piece notes Jane’s five years in service at a flat near Central Park, her bicycle, violin lessons, and future plans while the employer promises money and freedom in exchange for duties. It mentions Mrs Emmons Hisine and an eight hour law applied to household economics, hinting at broader reform ideas.
A feature on women pharmacists in Russia and the role of Mrs. Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, noting her wit, elegance, and social charm. The piece describes her appearance, manner, and appreciation by Admiral Dewey, and sketches their daily routine during a hotel stay with detailed observations of attire, jewels, and courtesy.
A portrait of Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Dewey as models of understated American virtue. He is described as calm, magnetic, and gentle with a love of books and art, while she appears content to support him, modestly avoiding public attention and exuding grace. The piece also offers practical fashion tips for ink, grease, and mourning attire, highlighting elegant mourning bonnets.
The text describes embroidery ideas using jewels and sequins on white satin for belts or ribbons. It notes that white satin with jewels can create attractive decoration, warns cheap imitations ruin the look, and mentions securing jewels with pins or rings and using matching thread.
A New York article promotes a waist shaping routine for grace and slender figure. It claims exercise builds abdominal strength and a line of beauty, detailing a kneeling twist with arm extension and weight shifts, noting many women lack pliability in waist and abdomen and citing Spanish dancing as influencing waistlines.
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