Social notes highlight Miss Celeste Nellis and Topeka gatherings
A Chicago Music Times portrait lauds seventeen year old pianist Miss Celeste Nellis, praising her discipline and refined touch. The column also covers Topeka society events, including Mrs Neely and Miss Neely hosting a Leavenworth party, and various social tidbits from local residents and guests visiting from neighboring cities.
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Topeka
Chicago Musical Times
Mlle
Celeste B. Nellis
Celeste KB Nellis
Nellie Ja
Mra
C. D. Walker
Keokuk
Iowa
W. H. Simpson
A Simpson
Lawrence
J. M. Langston
Re. O. W. McAllister
W. A. Morgan
Cottonwood Falls
Mra Morgan
Woman's Republican Association
E D. Small
Atchison
Saint
Odd Fellows’ Hall
F Neely
Lou Neely
Arthur Mills
Topeks
Humphrey Rose
Mra Neely
Marie Atchison
Gertrude Wilson
Mise Daisy Smith
Govanade Smith
A. D. Thomas
North Dakota
WJ. Berry
Arthur Millar
W. J. Black
Frank Bennett
Cael Foulke
Theresa Rossington
Eleanor Wilson
Nellie Clow
Lucia Connelly
Rock Island
Henribette Thompson
Mattie Jones
Soldiers’ Home
Leo Asiiton
Nuumber
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Misa Kate Adame
Mina Myra Williams
Helen Scott
Neely
Lou Taylor
Leavenworth
Nellie Clough
Zola Ashton
Nora
Charm Den for a Girl Opens a Private Little World
A Brooklyn girl creates a private hall den from an unused second story room. Pink cream and blue color scheme, Moorish fretwork, sheer curtains, a box lounge with brocade, book shelves, bric a brac, and a bamboo tea table craft a cozy sanctuary for private confidences and dreams.
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Aminta
Brooklyn
Mardemoiselle
Training the English ivy as an elegant indoor climber
An article from Vick’s Magazine extols the English ivy for indoor use noting its hardiness, ornamental leathery leaves, and ability to train along walls or over pictures with proper support. It advises regular watering, insect control, and gingerly guarding against scale and green fly with sulpho-tobaccoae as a recommended treatment. A short trade insert promotes Beggs’ Little Giant Pills and Gypsy Queen baking powder promotions, plus a wall paper sale tease.
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Vick's
W. R Kennady
Pretty Microbe Expert Miss Williams In New York Lab
Anna Williams of New York works with Dr Briggs at a city health laboratory to study tuberculosis cholera and diphtheria microbes. The 25 year old, shy bacteriologist passed medical exams at the women’s medical college and earns 1200 dollars a year as an assistant to the bacteriology team.
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Anna Williams
New York
Anna Wiliams
Dr. Briggs
Bacteriological
Board of Heaith
Miss Williams
Bacilli
Woman's Medical College
Eighteenth Street
Craze for Violets Shapes New Floral Garniture Trend
Special correspondence from New York notes violet decorations dominating spring fashion. Women assemble collars, capes, and corsages with massed violets, lace or ribbon straps, and moire ribbons, creating rosettes and festoons. Sets are costly yet widely sold, with self-made arrangements encouraged.
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New York
Indies
Tina
The Bicycle Crank and Husband’s Exercise Device
A humorous, period advertisement describes suspending a bicycle from the ceiling to drive a sewing machine with a strap. When the wife calls go, the husband rides the air wheel at speed until she shouts whoa, combining fitness with domestic service. Also noted is a pretty laundry bag sewn with linen and decorative daisies.
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