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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1886
Page
3
A long, lively excerpt of mythic and folkish tales adapted for a 19th or early 20th century reader. It includes episodes of Cupid and Psyche, the Brown Bear of Norway, and assorted mock dialogues, with florid narration, dialogue, and episodic moral reflections.
A dense, OCR heavy collage of poems, jokes, and fragmentary notices. The long page mixture includes an unclear address for correspondence, mock anagrams, stray lines of verse, and assorted historical chatter with scattered names and street references.
Gossip of fashions notes the traveling dress as the current focus with refined simplicity. The tailor jacket forms the corsage of the wall and trims use large macaroons and cord braids on the skirt and overskirt, with smaller macaroons on the jacket and collar. A long cloak or duster of the dress material often completes the ensemble with matching trimming.
Seashore and Gountay dresses feature white canvas bases with blue or scarlet cross bars, thick wools, and pleated bodices. Fabrics include clairette, feather cloth, anowlake, and convent gowns in white shades. Wool dresses may be finished at home, seaside wear favors easy care.
Describes Paris bodices and polonaises with high passementerie details and waistcoat influences. Notes on bodice shapes, back basques, laced corslets for young girls, and masculine looking Louis XV styles. Mentions shops, drugstores, and a whisky moment in fashion and culture with vivid, period tone.
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