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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1894
Page
12
A narrative blends feminine mystique and high society style with notes of romance, poetry, and interior fantasies. The piece sketches a cultured woman at ease in a sunlit veranda and a reader’s yearning, weaving Shakespearean echoes with fashion trends and a wedding gown’s train.
A fragmented guide on delicate fashion items and household advice. Mentions white fur decor, fur rugs, piano covers, and a New York dresser Miss Rita Barbour. Includes care for china, cloth, and fabrics, plus tips on shelving, ironing, and stain removal with ammonia and turpentine.
A discouraged woman recalls many small delays daily and, per Homner's Weekly, shows how “odd minutes” can be used to produce work or study. Stories include a lace project during breakfast, hair-table reading, room-to-room novels, and crocheting during drawing class, proving minutes add up.
A mixed page offers home cooking notes with recipes for Sunday desserts, sauces, and stews, plus short anecdotes and classroom dialogue jokes. It includes kitchen tips, oyster frying steps, and a candy making method, followed by several light anecdotes and a language teacher's enterprise story.
A clothier firm with branch stores in several cities has hired women as saleswomen in the boys department. The move earns praise from mothers weary of sympathetic smiles when challenging fashion standards. Other women excel in related trades including microscopy specimen mounting and color tinting photographs, showcasing diverse employments for women.
The article extols minimalism in interior decor recommending one well chosen piece per year, avoiding clutter, and prioritizing utility over showy ornament. It condemns crowded rooms, advises matching wall and floor coverings to highlight furniture, and favors solid wood, simple beds, and unobtrusive tables. It includes antique furniture cautions and fashion notes for drapery and color tones.
Ehrich Jos and a trio group presented a private preview of magnific ent costumes from Theo of Suzette at the New York theatre starting September 23. The display featured 550 costumes valued around 20000, with Migs Satie Martinet assigned to the lead role and owning eight dresses worth about 2000 each.
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