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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
9
A drifting critique of women dancers and social propriety, contrasting strong willed women with unable dancers. It discusses manners at dances, chaperon usefulness, and a clever society hack for organizing events. References to children's fashion show shifts in consumer taste and dressmaking practicality.
Mischievous players at a country site planned a basketball match between Lnemechiré and xome Young. They conditioned the game on players wearing skirts and stays, mimicking fashionable women’s attire. The boys wore gymnasium suits while the girls outplayed them, and the outcome favored the girls by a long margin. The note cautions on using Mrs or Miss in letters except in formal parentheses.
A late Edwardian note on affordable fur alternatives for women, praising lamb skins and faux furs as stylish substitutes. It highlights mink and chinchilla collars, moire antikhan jackets, and faux options, warning some faux items still pricey and emphasizing careful discernment between real and imitation fur. It also advises referencing full names rather than initials when speaking of individuals.
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