Fashion Notes on Vagaries of Dress and Embellishment
A long, ornate piece describes evolving fashion with pronounced outlines, embroidery, and harmonized trims. It highlights gowns with lace, chenille, and feathered hats, reviews two striking suits, and includes an anecdote about studio photography posing quirks and vanity.
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Perhope
Floating Aid For Drowning Victims In Water Rescue
A guide explains buoyant methods to stay afloat using a chair or board to keep the head above water. It notes many drown when crowding the top of overturned craft and urges trusting the water to support most of the body weight to improve survival chances.
Managing a Husband in the Home Balance of Roles
A dated guide argues marriage rests with the wife who should manage the home and support her husband’s business. It urges tactful, early-stage wife leadership to prevent petty quarrels, soothe his temper after a stressful day, and foster a happy household through disciplined home duties.
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Jack
Ornamental and Useful Items in Chinese Ceramic Dishware
Describes pretty enameled china ware with a curved dish shape and a green rim. Notes drainage hole at the bottom of the pottery and mentions metal watch guards, indicating a blend of decorative and practical features.
What Women Can Do In Pittsburg Tenement Improvement Co
A group of Pittsburg women formed the Tenement Improvement Company to build model tenement houses in slum areas. The incorporated no stock firm values capital at 20900 with charter hopes for growth. Directors include Alice Holdship Ann S Philips and Mary E Bakewell along with other interested women.
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Pittsburg
Altima
Tenement Improvement Company
Lkely
Alice Holdship
Ann S. Philips
Mary E. Bakewell
Curious fashion note on waistcoats and external pockets
A fragment notes that well dressed men will wear waistcoats and carry the satchel in an outside breast pocket. It also remarks that this season there is no prevailing color rule and fashion remains unsettled.
Yachting Fashion and Women Yacht Owners in America
A vivid survey of women who live, sail, and manage yachts from the Mediterranean to Atlantic waters. It profiles notable owners like Mrs Carnegie, Mrs Iselin, Mrs Gould, and Miss Susan de Forest Day, noting lavish yachts, sailing roles, and the social yacht culture among Philadelphia and New York elites.
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Mediterranean
Tropics
Samoa
Ferjee
Bering Sea
Reassey
Sir Thomas
Lucy Carnegie
Thomas Carnegie
Walstee
Andrew
Cumberland Island
Fernandina Bay
Florida
the Faily
Carnegie
Mion Nancy
Susan de Forest Day
New York Harbor
Miss Day
Jone
Arkit
America
Oliver
Iselin
Ogden Gewiet
George J. Gould
Ftrigielt
Albert Faward
Prince of Wales
Goulds
George Gould
B.C. Benedict
Cleveland
A. von Renskelaer
L. Brewse
Elsa
G. Lo Thompson
Denone
Howard Gould
Sarah Drexel Fells
Philadelphia
Dreael Fells
Sedgley Club
Patrmount Park
Fasdiets Tadie
Turtle Rock
Sehuylill River
Katherine Blades
The Professor And the Lady Least Likely Tea Time Muddle
The eminent sociologist Professor Grindout plans a back route escape during an afternoon tea but is intercepted by his wife who introduces him to Mrs Buxawuse. Mrs Huzewune sits with the professor and begins a refined, even sly, conversation as the scene unfolds in a genteel drawing room.
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Waltrome
Anne Ballywhark
Ty Drewes
Nike
Viri
Anne
Doe
Anne Hallywhack
Cousin Anne
Mitle
Tabitha Sourghapes
Timotheus Grindout
Buxawuse
Professor
Professor Grindout
Buzzwues
Huzewune
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