27 May 1905
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
1
Fashion notes advise styles for larger figures with jacket fronts and basque backs to keep a waist line. Hat trims use shaded flowers like hyacinths for lavender effects. Skirt designs feature circular tops, ruffles, and princess gowns in fine fabrics. Also includes homey supper recipe for veal cutlets with tomatoes.
The shirt waist costume now largely supersedes the tailor suit for general wear. An illustration shows a neat box-pleated waist with a slim plaited skirt in round length. Wool materials like serge, cherlot, or shepherd plaid suit frocks for cold weather and mercerized cottons resembling silk suit summer wear.
A new ruffle technique adds fullness to the skirt at the hem. Embroidered fabric forms half circle shapes meeting at the tips, with an additional pleated layer beneath. The pleating is visible only between ruffle sections, enhancing volume.
Fashion notes say skirts remain largely unchanged despite trends. The six gored circular cut appears artistic yet costly for general seamstresses. A popular style features thirteen panels into a broad box pint, with side plaits meeting at the hips and an inverted box plait. For daily washtub gowns the new fire is noted.
The piece discusses season trends in hats and fabrics with emphasis on floral hats, lace, filmy laces, and envelope handbags in scarlet or green. It also offers style guidance for gray haired women, outlining two main classes and recommended colors such as black with white or black ornamentation, and dark greens, blues, purples, and browns as suitable accents.
A recipe suggests one part chopped almonds and two parts shredded celery moistened with mayonnaise to fill thin bread slices. It also notes a folding molding board for kitchens, and adds carpet freshening with water ammonia plus kerosene, plus lunch cloths for rustic home furnishings.
A blouse of silk or plain tight weave features fronts that drape and cross, bordered with silk braid. The plated chemisette is white mustin with plaited trim, lace, and narrow ruffles. Collar and sleeves include lace and muslin frills.
The newest table decorations are ribbon flowers shaped to imitate a la France rose using soft louisine and green velvet ribbon for stems. Violets are formed with narrow violet ribbon and natural leaves heighten the effect, requiring only soft ribbon for prettiness.
A description extols a secure watch carried in a bracelet, usually made of gold or silver bars interlaced diagonally to fit the wrist. The bracelet can open wide or close lightly to snugly hold the watch, and another option is a bracelet that buckles around the wrist.
A Morning Republican editor in Chester, Charles K. Melville, described a spectral visit just before learning of Victor H. Klett's death. The tale follows Melville's shift duties and a hospital death of a young man who spoke of seeing his deceased mother, twelve years after her passing.
A London Daily Mail report notes Consul I, a chimpanzee taught English by a parrot, will travel to England with a £50,000 insurance policy set during seven months of the year. Owner Mr. Bostock faced insurer reluctance before Lloyds agreed to cover him. A Manitoba feed cooker article follows.
In Augusta Georgia a lost engagement ring found on a turtle after forty years brings John Martin from Germany and Freda Olmstead back together. They had planned to marry in 1865 before Martin’s departure. The recovered ring leads to their marriage in the Georgia city, with Martin now a successful Heidelberg builder.
A trainer describes the extraordinary effort required to make a fox terrier complete a circular loop. The dog climbs cheerfully halfway, then hesitates at the top before finishing after months of practice. Speed is key, and this terrier remains uniquely able to complete the loop.
To Guide the Blind describes London’s large group of intelligent guide dogs and their training. Half the dogs are taught by a half-blind trainer while other dogs are guided by the blind owners. The dogs lead, locate stands, and navigate crowded streets and cross streets. The piece notes how these dogs earn a wing through service and the education methods used by both blind men and instructors.
On All Saints Day in Cazco Peru pigs goats cattle and poultry were brought to a church service by their owners. The seats were removed allowing the animals to trot or rest while priests blessed them. Afterward the livestock was turned over to the monks who received little other payment for their services.
Snuff receptacles have flourished since snuff taking faded, with museums displaying rare groups of these trinkets crafted from varied materials. The collection shows how a once common habit became a curio in modern eras.
The British Museum houses a small English French and Chinese gem studded collection. The French boxts are delicately decorated and jeweled, while Scottish boxes shown here are cruder in form and workmanship.
The Star Tower on Arcet hill above Florence, a Galileo era pilgrimage site, has been largely destroyed by commercial development. Scaffolding and expansion have replaced the historic castellated tower with a taller, windowed loggia and two new tiers, soon to host a cafe and restaurant in a barren garden.
A Germantown graveyard stone reads Sacred to the memory of William Oxley Died December 23 1822 aged 949 years. The age was a clerical error. the mason cut a 9 and altered the first to 94 then filled the rest to yield 49, misread by time but now reveals the truth of 49 years.
An old Japanese print reprinted in Douglas Sinden’s book More Queer Things About Japan shows Napoleon at St Helena bound in chains, surrounded by armored British soldiers jeering. The image conveys a Japanese view of Great Britain and European affairs from about thirty years prior.
The rector of a small South Norfolk parish used a hand bell to visit distant households after a sparse Sunday gathering of two. He rang and warned of pains and penalties for church apathy, sparking a complete response from the remaining flock.
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