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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1897
Page
4
A chaotic description reports new American fashions with velvet bodices and satin skirts. It highlights black velvet trims, burnt orange velvet collars, and girdles with buckles or strass. The piece notes seamless waists, taffeta satin skirts, and paste buttons gaining popularity while maidens with blue eyes model the styles.
Members of the Superstitions Club spar over time value and new engagement rules. The president jokes about extending rules to souvenir spoons while noting an exception for thirteenth engagement rings, then the group sings a whimsical ode before adjournment. A separate poem laments a child’s death with religious imagery and mourning.
In Paris a New York heiress turned flower seller draws attention on Rue de la Paix as guides note her wealth and status. The piece surveys ladies earning money abroad, from Consuelo of Marlborough to Mrs Gould, and comments on fashionable women taking up small ventures for purse benefits amid luxury markets.
The fragment recounts a veiled Dickensian scene with the Duke of Wellington, royal figures, and American observers. It weaves jokes about hounds at Windsor, Lady Blackwood, and jokes on charity meals. It also touches on American thrift and French aristocrats, ending with scattered social vignettes and rumors.
Fragmentary exchange references trust and confidence within a marriage. The dialogue mentions a fur saree and a Times-Herald, but specifics are unclear. The text suggests interpersonal doubt and social perception affecting partners.
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