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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1897
Page
3
The article describes a bride in a satin gown trimmed with Duchesse lace and pearls, bridesmaids in white gowns with silk and ecru lace, and a Renaissance sash. A notable bustle and jet velvet hats complement the ensemble. Separate meal notes follow, then remarks on fashion trends favoring fitted waists over full skirts and a stylish evening dress example.
Describes a mid Victorian style bodice with trimmed yoke, tight silk sleeves, and lace caps. Notes features include a right front cut for a close fit, faluted edge with kiatrin, tucked sleeves, lace trim, velvet waterband, and a small point front.
Practical cleaning tips emphasize gentle soaps for linoleum and fabrics, with seasonal care and polish routines. The piece then wanders through dining fare, china and silver display, candlesticks, and a tour of tableware, followed by fashion notes on Attic girl frocks, suggesting belts, yokes, and decorative trims for young dresses. It closes with tea gowns, home dress details, and stylish hats, plus a breakfast menu and light wardrobe notes.
Wake six potatoes and Spanish onion, peel and dice. Boil in three pints milk and water equal parts until tender. Mash and stir in grated nutmeg, onion, cayenne, and salt. Fold in cream and add toasted bread dice just before serving.
A described selection shows a grayish blue woolen dress with beaded trim and seal skin accents, plus a white silk tail vest, beaded embroidery, and velvet sash. Another fancy woolen suit features a embroidered border, diamond front pattern, Besque bodice, velvet sash, and embroidered cape with white revers. The outfits emphasize warmth for street wear and accessorizing with a martin tal bem as a final touch.
The article describes varied infant cradles used by Lapps and Bushmen, contrasting materials and methods. It then surveys fashion items: a Veronese-green song cloak or pelisse, black velvet walking dress, a sable-trimmed yoke coat, and an aubergine velvet bonnet with velvet pansies, detailing fabrics, trims, and colors.
The article describes fashionable hair arrangements for women, highlighting the use of a small pad to lift and shape hair into a centered, erect pompadour. It notes that waves around the head and a neat, soft coil achieve the look, with an accompanying illustration.
A home remedy describes rubbing hands with a paste of honey oatmeal yolk lard or lanolin. The menu lists Thursday breakfast with mutton chops potatoes buckwheat cakes coffee chicken omelet cracker toast graham bread peaches cotlets tomato sauce stewed carrots with cheese Neapolitan cream cake.
Embroidery on huckaback uses ordinary toweling as the base and bold transfer patterns. The example shows jong and short stitch in old-gold thread and garnet silk with multiple filoselle strands, highlighting direction of Garnig lines and rope stitch for stems. The Lapp cradle tale notes mothers placing infants in snow creches during churchgoing.
Unclear text notes a tomato preservation method with quantities and spices, mentions Siam and a betrothal in another country, and references a crop. The passage is fragmentary with nonsensical phrases and garbled units, offering no coherent report or event.
A miscellaneous old school-page collage describes handmade Christmas gifts with embroidery and fabrics. It lists frugal supper menus for Friday and Saturday, including fried oysters, cornbread, and gingerbread, plus a note about a child misbehaving in a Sunday School class. It also sketches several children’s dresses in green cashmere and pale yellow silks, with description of hats and trims.
A long excerpt blends velvet fashion trends with household tips and a science note. It highlights velvet garments including gowns, jackets, and brocaded pieces, mentions a Russian blouse in martin velvet with intricate trim, and notes finishes like lace jabots and steel buttons. It also quotes advice on childrearing traits, a Sunday menu, silver cleaning methods, and an illustrated adjustable desk for scholastic use.
The piece argues mothers foster vanity in daughters through excessive dress and doll play. It urges simple, practical dress for children, criticizes fashion fixation, and warns that dress-obsessed play dulls activity, spontaneity, and character development. It links doll play to future mothering and advocates dolls without fashion trappings.
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