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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1904
Page
24
A motherly guide outlines schoolgirl wardrobe trends with simple, practical garments. Descriptions cover lightweight coats, frocks, blouse waists, sailor styles, and accordeon plaiting in cashmere, serge, and melton cloth. Emphasis on modesty, movement, and durability for growing girls.
A playful verse by Puck mocks a weather man who maps East and West, reads instruments, and forecasts a dry morrow. Despite his sums and charts, a heavy rainstorm arrives the next day, soaking townsfolk who had trusted his precision.
A fragment describes a light tan Directoire style outfit with a one piece vest and coat, button rows on each side, a capelet with wrists, long skirts nearly knee length, lace tabot on the vest, lace wrist frills, and a touch of Oriental embroidery on the neck cutout. The piece highlights the best features of the Directoire style in a smart presentation.
Mary Fowler Sulder presents pear based desserts including Pear Trifles Pear Mousse Pere Parfait Pear Custard and simple stews with custard and lemon sauce. The guide outlines ingredient notes preparation steps and serving ideas using ripe pears and common pantry items.
Living artists draw on nature for jewels to define the era with leaves vines and flowers as models. Coronets replace tiaras. single stones appear on springs. Egyptian inspired fan shapes and large floral brilliants feature. Necklaces show three-stone clusters with jeweled drops while dog collars adopt slim bands with floral sprays. A diamond shoulder strap completes the fashionable set with a trailing gem tassel.
A fashion item describes 11 soft silk fabrics and taffeta messaline frocks with velvet design touches. It notes a bourlaine yoke velvet collar revers, edges bound, and an escalier cravat. The skirt is in three sewn sections with shirring, velvet coin appliques, and a drop skirt with a princess haircloth flounce for swing.
A satirical piece from a historical column describes desperate shoppers using department stores as free dining rooms. Demonstrators gauge purchases by breakfast cues while shoppers sample coffee, cereals, and breads, then linger for lunch and dinner at various counters.
A pearl-gray mohair dress features numerous tiny ruffles forming bertha sleeves and yoked details. The shallow round collar and belt echo the lace and medalions dyed to a deeper shade, with circular flounces and featherbone hem for a refined, tall and slender silhouette.
A costume described for early autumn wear features a light brown silline with burnt orange velvet trimming. Medallion details in white cloth line the bodice, broad shoulder line and tucked yoke create a refined silhouette, with a corsage blouse over a boned fitted belt and a loose puff sleeve. The skirt uses stitched plaits at knee length, with a circular bounce under a velvet bordered band.
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