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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
9
Parisians and visitors fill the Madeleine district for Christmas week. Couture chatter centers on gowns for evenings and church ceremonies with emphasis on black crêpe de chine, lace and taffeta ensembles, including furbelowed gowns, tea gowns, and Empire styles.
Catherine Talbot reports on Paris society during Christmas season noting avant garde costumes including a royal bie gown with chenille and silver fringe, blouses with bertha, and elaborate blue plume sleeves. The piece recalls a controversial reception where a chimpanzee dressed as a consul mingled with guests, reflecting society’s taste and expense in fur, hats, and fashion.
A winter dressing gown sketched as a useful Christmas gift in soft turquoise blue flannel. It features a Paisley border in pink, green, and blue, wide bell sleeves, a stole neck, and a thick underarm cord with a gathered full skirt. The fronts are wide enough to allow closure.
A vintage household tip advises cleaning jewelry with a toothbrush dipped in eau de cologne for rings and brooches. Open settings should be brushed from the back, then laid in heated boxwood sawdust for about thirty minutes. Gold chains can be washed in soap suds and dried carefully, with sawdust used to absorb moisture.
A dainty Paris novelty hides a fine opera glass in a small chatelaine bag. Fashionable leathers and mother-of-pearl mounting conceal the viewing device. it opens with finger pressure and auto adjusts, a charming Christmas gift for theater lovers.
An Appropriate Christus Gift outlines a small leather bound register for notes on books. It features spaces for title author reader impressions and is described as inexpensive and neatly bound in colored leather. Fans of literary gifts will find it a charming keepsake.
In shops a Christmas novelty features dainty ribbon wreaths and flower sprays for hair. Simple daisies in blue ribbon with yellow centers add color. Chiffon rosebuds, made by folding narrow strips and rolling to form petals, create realistic accents with artificial foliage.
The White House underwent a half million dollar renovation before Christmas with Mrs Roosevelt supervising plans to preserve colonial style. The executive dining room, kitchens, and private dining coven receive lavish furnishings including a 100 seat table, a 25000 dollar Wedgwood set, and a carved oak sideboard. Diplomats and guests will enter via the south front basement while social events use the west grounds entrance.
A vintage list details fruit cakes and confections for Christmas including Fruit Pound Cake English Walnut Cake Sugar Cakes and Crisp Ginger Cake. It lists ingredients such as brown sugar flour butter currants citron and nuts with methods like baking times and icing, plus notes on decorative touches using holly ribbon and bows.
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