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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1894
Page
12
The article surveys evolving dress and millinery styles with a focus on grenadine crepe, mauve and red palettes, heavy laces, and new sleeve lengths. It details cuts, embroidery, and fabric textures, naming designers and specific lace types while noting overall trends for spring and summer.
Practical kitchen hints cover buckwheat cakes without overnight soaking, batter ratios, and adding bicarbonate to milk. Tips warn against sticking griddles with coarse salt, sugar or molasses for brown patties, baking butter cakes instead of frying, using warmed lard carefully, and preparing coffee grounds the night before to save time.
Spring fashion notes emphasize brown as a leading color with golden, russet and fawn shades. Mutton leg sleeves narrow at the wrist. many garments feature godets below the waist and full draped silhouettes. Low cut bronze kid house shoes with gold polka dots and hats of cap and crown shapes coordinate with outfits. Coporos are flat with low crowns. Tonkinshi is peaked. Soft, draped forms use net and velvet textures for varied effects.
The New York and Chicago service introduces bedroom sleeping cars with upper and lower berths, running water, and private rooms. They promise greater comfort, ventilation, and privacy, unlike open saloon sleepers, with potential safety benefits for travelers. Additional notes blend in satire on household attire and brief comic exchanges.
An interview with Joseph Arch, famed farm laborer advocate, discusses the Parish Councils Bill and its promise to empower agricultural laborers. He argues local control will lift destitution, boost home ownership on allotments, and shift power from squire and parson to workers, predicting a brighter rural future.
In Eastern cities working men worry about influxes from Europe. Debates center on protecting American labor by restricting immigration of impoverished workers. New York currents push for stricter entry limits as unions push for enforcement of laws and taxation of foreign labor.
A guest chamber is described as needing practical comforts over ornate accoutrements. The narrator recounts a country house where even lavish rooms lack welcoming ease, and details a traveler couple noting the value of accessible writing desks, ice water, convenient sewing kits, slippers, a clock, a portable bathtub, and ready tea or baths to ensure genuine guest comfort.
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