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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
3
Poem fragment presents romantic praise of feminine beauty and virtue. The text blends fashion prose with a quotation about beauty and goodness. It references lavender fabrics, summer wear, and a poetic description of a woman’s grace.
A 19th century fashion column notes sleeves as a key focus, describing eight imported gown sleeves from apricot satin to black satin with guipure, and discusses the growing influence of tight skirts that reveal the figure. It laments improper country dressmaking and the risk of unfashionable creases in garments.
Describes the latest fashionable petticoats with circular yokes and smooth fit around the hips. Notes coral pink taffeta skirts with black square patterns, deep circular ruffe, ruffle trimming, and elaborate finishes with ribbon lace and chiffon. Emphasizes ribbon as an elegant, common feature.
For tired feet a salt bath strengthens and soothes. Dissolve a tablespoonful of salt in a quart of warm water in a basin. Soak the feet, then dry thoroughly and massage as needed to relieve fatigue.
An extremely pretty lavender foulard dress features a black printed design. The corsage is slightly open at the neck with guipure lapels and a front closure option. A high guipure collar frames the bust, with two guipure panels over the hips and bands of guipure at the knee and hem. Lavender satin waistband. Lower sleeves in guipure.
The text describes washing feet with warm water and soap, soaking in a salt bath for fifteen to twenty minutes, then drying. Regular weekly treatment over months is claimed to rest and strengthen the feet, with color harmonizing devices and regiment shades on paper, envelopes dye-stamped to match the design.
The Countess of Castellane formerly Anna Gould of New York unveils a smart traveling costume in mignonette-green satin with narrow tuck trims and stitched folds. A green golf cape with welted points, liberty satin collar, pale gray sailor hat, and gray gloves complete the ensemble.
A note on demand for novel stationery items mentions high–class paper adorned with bow knots fleur-de lis or four leaf clover motifs appealing to buyers seeking fresh designs.
Instructions for a pickle recipe using one pound of fruit with half a pound of sugar, vinegar for boiling, spices added, then fruit jarred and later boiled liquid poured back over the fruit before sealing.
Cut lamb from bone and chop. Layer lamb tomatoes and stale bread crumbs in a two inch dish. Season, dot with butter, moisten with milk and bake about 20 minutes. Prepare orange tarragon salad with vinegar and brandy. Make Cream Salad Dressing with salt mustard sugar egg butter cream and vinegar. Prepare Meat Balls from beef pork crackers onion eggs milk and fry. Mix Cabbage Celery Salad served in a cabbage bowl.
The Hague peace congress decorated Hugo Grotius's tomb at Delft with laurel on July 4 to honor the father of international law. Andrew D. White laid a wreath bearing the inscription from the United States, with King Oscar of Sweden telegraphing homage. Grotius, born in Holland, died 1645 in Rostock, was renowned as jurist, theologian, statesman, poet, and founder of international law.
Jacob A. Riis recalls Seven Dials in New York and compares it with London in a reflective Atlantic essay. He notes a procession aiding a church charity and recalls officers and residents evolving from danger to decency through moral suasion and improved tenements.
Authorities note that rear tenements, built densely behind main houses, trap mortality and decay. Narrow open gaps serve as garbage pits, making windows on these walls a greater health danger than absent structures.
A woman narrates an incident of mistakenly bearing a magazine with a dealer’s analine stamp. At a department store she is accused of stealing, the floorwalker and staff claim she took the magazine from a top pile. The stamp exposes the truth, shaming the store staff and sparing her reputation. She later buys peanuts from the depot news dealer.
His highness Maharajah Bhan wa Pal Deo Bahadur Yaduka Chan dra Bhai, a distinguished nobleman, is described as superior to Queen Victoria in pedigree. At thirty five, he spends time in India hunting tigers and researching his ancient royal lineage.
A Russian minister announces a 33 day global itinerary using the Trans Siberian line from Bremen to St Petersburg, Windivistock by rail, then to San Francisco and New York by steam and rail. The current shortest route from Southampton via Paris Brindisi Yokohama San Francisco to New York takes 66 days.
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