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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1893
Page
2
Travelling bags crafted from common linen hand towelling trimmed with silk dress braid. A variation using extra width towelling gathers ends with braid rosettes, linen handles bound with braid, and openings closed with buttons and buttonholes. New York Journal.
The New York Post describes Angora cloth as a new handsome fabric for coats and redingotes. Garments feature silk lining at the waist, Directoire fronts, revers of black astrakhan, fur sleeves cuffs, a large astrakhan cape collar, and rovers joining the fronts.
The New York Telegram notes it is common for grooms to present bridesmaids with keepsakes, often valuable, and suggests practical options like a small brooch or bouquet. When the groom is linked to a club or hobby he may give items bearing his colors or emblem.
The New York Tribune notes knickerbockers rise in popularity for walking dresses in London. Serige knickerbockers replace heavy winter petticoats to reduce fatigue while maintaining warmth. Petticoats add weight and impede movement, especially when walking with brothers.
The London News notes a rising number of women traveling England to give cookery lectures. They are fairly paid but must endure long daily drives, often in open conveyances, five days a week. Some lectures require three lessons in one day, totaling about six hours of work and speech. Many lecturers are young girls facing village mothers skeptical of female instructors.
Rich tomato colored camel hair serge gowns feature a round waist with a yoke and large sleeves in black or dark bottle green velvet. A jet epaulet seam joins yoke and sleeves. Black moss trimming and multiple rows of cut jet gimp adorn the red skirt, with variations in violet, hunter green, or Napoleon blue fabrics. Lined in black taffeta with a flounce and deep gathering.
A fashion note critiques the curved-up brims of popular felt hats, arguing they suit few faces while straight brims flatter most. It laments those who overconfidently wear the bold styles and notes the hats are inexpensive and durable.
Engagements cups and saucers continue to be one of the caprices of fashion. Chippendale glass is in tall slender angular pieces with delicate gold tracery. Winter ostlers appear in a variety of attractive guises. Bonnets remain small with close sides and tiny old Dutch crowns. The skirts are full first gored then lightly gathered. The modiste eschews flowers in dainty decorations. Engagement rings are now more often set with diamonds. Large sidewise bows of velvet on hats are twelve inches long and red flowers appear on hats and bonnets. Lace remains fashionable in many uses. Short jackets are plain for outdoor wear. New bonnets are velvet with heavy embroidery. Wings on hats are common. Velvet rosettes and rolls surround tall crowns. A new crown for a large hat is diamondlike, edged with fur and turned up. An electric blue model features silver and steel embroidery with velvet rosettes and black quills. English hats use black satin piping and osprey brushes. Deep gold settings suit emeralds and sapphires. white gold preferred for diamonds pearls rubies. Princess dresses and short jackets dominate, mostly lace for indoors. Rose tinted velvet chrysanthemums and pink roses adorn headgear. Turbans in magenta to gray velvet are fur edged with feather tips.
The Chicago Herald notes that modern women wear items up to date without considering their hard and uncompromising nature, underscoring a paradox in contemporary dress norms.
A nostalgic survey describes beauty practices and fashion trends from earlier times. It notes gloves, berry juice, snow water, stays, high heels, and odd remedies for blemishes. It also mentions lavender lace, rosemary oil, rose paste, and perfumes, plus evolving hat shapes, bows, lace, and textiles like India mull and chiffon.
A Louisville man recalls the 1333 star shower on November 28 as panic struck the city. Witnesses described a sky blazing with meteors lasting over an hour while residents feared the end of the world and liquor flowed freely in saloons.
An English man argues that Englishwomen avoid clubbing as Americans do and that American women seek constant male admiration. He claims this difference helps English women wield greater political influence than American women in the United States.
Lord Playfair notes rats are used in Paris for industrial arts. Dead rats are dumped in a walled pound where a rat colony clears flesh from bones for phosphorus production. During quarterly battles workers bag rats, then skins are sold for gloves while bones and tendons are boiled to make gelatin and bonbons casings.
The passage counsels balancing aesthetics with practicality in house upkeep. It warns against overdone window dressings and feather dusters, favors cloth cleaning, and urges selecting a single harmonious color, proportional furnishings, and avoiding large patterns in small rooms.
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