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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1893
Page
7
The article discusses velvet mutts and accessories to match outfits, noting milliners and dressmakers can craft hats or gowns. It mentions eight sizes and the idea of hats, dresses, and matching details like taces and ribbons, with velvet and silk linings for handkerchief cases.
The New York World notes a jeweller who sells daggers yearly to women. He says they are ornate yet functional, large enough to hide in a gown and carried for defense while traveling, preferred to revolvers that may misfire.
A fragment notes that European sovereigns influence fashion by subtle dress standards rather than overt leadership. It mentions Queen of Spain in refined dress, Margaret of Italy, Empress of Germany, and Danish, Dutch, and Belgian courts favoring simple costumes and baby attire interest.
The piece cites Mr Gladstone and Dr Beddoe noting a shift toward darker hair among English and continental populations. Of 726 women studied 359 were brunettes and 357 blondes with brunettes showing higher marriage rates, implying husbands prefer darker hair. The trend reportedly crosses Germany France Switzerland and beyond.
In the St Louis Republic note, pale tones and softening color on the face are described as becoming and supplanting grenadine as a popular cosmetic trend. The snippet hints at evolving beauty standards of the era.
The New York World notes a swift move away from tousled looks to smooth coils, waves, and netting influenced by Mrs. Langtry. Old fashioned chignons fade, fringes vanish, and the craze returns to refined, modest elegance across hairstyles.
A survey of veiling textures and patterns from the season includes wide diamond meshes with beads, Russian and grenadine veils, and dotted nets. It details new silhouettes in dresses, sleeves, hats, and wraps, highlighting velvet combinations, pale nails, and iridescent fabrics, with Paris skirt silhouettes and a bun hairstyle trend.
A young Louisville shopper asks for second hand shoes in vain until a clerk offers worn pairs as luck charms. She buys a small lot including a bronze slipper size thirteen and a No1, claiming they will be used for luck at her sister's wedding carriage. The clerk notes the family shoes range from six to eight.
The passage links toe tiptoeing to surprise and curiosity, while turned toes show preoccupation. It describes the miserly walk as stooped and quiet with nervous steps, and slow steps as reflective. Proud walking features outward toes and straight legs, while revengeful intent yields a sly, silent gait. Obsessive arguers keep feet flat and stance wide, signaling rigidity.
The U S Vice Consul at Medellin reports on Comino Crespo a wood prized for art veneering and furniture. It resists insects tolerates water and climate takes a fine polish and is orange yellow tortoiseshell in color. It can be cultivated in 60 to 70 degree Fahrenheit regions and may grow in the southern United States with department encouragement.
The note describes filling a perforated silver ball with dry tea and dipping it in boiling water to yield a smooth infusion with little tannin. It cites Harper's Bazar on tea’s mellow, stomach-stimulating qualities when steeped briefly, and warns that over steeping can make tea poisonous.
A description of terrapin hunting along the Connecticut River detailing three methods. Raking with a long steel-toothed rake, wire baskets baited with clams and fish scraps, and a push net method using an eight-foot iron rod and a twelve-foot scoop net.
At Glastonbury Somersetshire a Late Celtic settlement emerged from 60 to 70 low mounds on a moor near the British Channel. The site yielded morticed oak beams, charcoal layers, three hearths, bronze La Tene fibulae, spiral finger rings, iron rod fragments, bone and pottery, and domestic animal remains.
The piece notes that seven is a sacred number in Scripture and that the seventh son of a seventh son was once viewed as miraculously healing. It recalls superstition about healing by laying on of hands and mentions modern natural doctors who still hold such powers.
An article notes that corks washed in oil serve as effective substitutes for glass stoppers, outlining practical uses and benefits in container sealing.
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