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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1901
Page
2
A fashion writer details a fortnight in New York with Bre Fam. She describes the city’s shops, outfits, and trends. The piece covers hats, veils, and fabrics, noting skirt lengths, patent leather shoes, and decorative trims.
A fragment discusses flower trimmed hats and boas in white foulard with velvet detailing, rhinestone dew drops, and mentions roses, yellow chrysanthemums, pine imagery, and moonlit porch wear. It references gowns, mowers, and garlands as seasonable adornments, urging decorative floral styling for a Chesuthema look.
A dated discussion on how suitors reveal intent before a marriage proposal. It notes that revealing manners, steady visits, social appeal, and small gifts signal affection, while indifference ends advances. It emphasizes that persistence hinges on the woman's receptiveness and mutual interest.
A feminist essay urges women with daughters to maintain physical vigor and mental vitality. It contrasts aging women in public with Sarah Bernhardt and Ernst Haeckel as examples of sustained youth through activity, arguing laziness leads to decrepitude and lost dignity.
RS Pineens runs a fashionable boarding house with several eligible men as guests. Jorsens, the star boarder, wins attention with charm and luxury, but a plan by landlady Miss Pinkins to modernize ends with the women leaving. Miss Mitty exposes Jorsens as a married man with a country wife, prompting an exodus and a sharp verdict on deception.
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