Society notes from Lexington and surrounding towns
Miss Margaret Burke visited in Mt Ete. Miss Martha Rye spent Sunday in Lexington. Mrs William McCarner spent Sunday in Lexington. Miss Rose Burke of Lexington visited her mother in this city. Miss Christine Milam returned from Lexington. Miss Mary White visited in Lexington last week. Dallas Powell and John Nunn spent Sunday in Lexington. Miss Minnie Adams of Lexington visiting here. Mrs Abraham Renick will visit Chicago this week. Miss Julia Beach of Beattyville guest of Miss Elizabeth Crawford. Mr W J Cone attended the Lexington dance. Miss Elizabeth Mae Madagan returned from Frankfort. Miss Grace Davie spent Sunday with her parents in Mt Sterling. Miss Jessie Spencer visiting Mt Sterling. Mr D B Seebee and Robert Hughes returned from a visit.
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Margaret Burke
Weel
Martha Rye
Lexinton
William McCarner
Lexington
Rose Burke
Annie Burke
Christine Milam
Mary White
Dallas Powell
John Nunn
Minnie Adams
Abraham Renick
W. J. Cone
Elizabeth Mae Madagan
Frankfort
Grace Davie
Mt. Sterling
Jessie Spencer
Mt Sterling
D.B. Seebee
Robert Hughes Hve
Mrs Roosevelt Sets Fashion for Washington Society
Colonial glass decorates the White House tea scene on the southern veranda. Mrs Roosevelt’s table features glass pieces with E R initials, yellow lace, and cake plates reminiscent of Martha Washington’s era, a birth anniversary gift used often in Oyster Bay and now in Washington society.
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National
Mount Vernon
Mrs. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Washington
White House
Narrow fashion skirts dominate 19th century style notes
Harper's Bazar describes skirts as narrow and sheath fitting, with many appearances of lengthwise trimming. Details include rows of buttons, braiding panels, and soutached silk decorations along hips or center back. Plaited skirts return with wide spaced box plaits reaching near the knees, often embellished with buttons in rows.
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Robespierre
Harper’s Bazar
Little girl's season coats and sailor hat fashion
An eight to ten year old girl will wear direc toire coats this season. New coats are high waisted, plaited cloth, sloping shoulders, high collars with a wide satin bow. Revers and cuffs feature triple points in black satin. She pairs it with a flat sailor hat and a satin rosette. If affordable, she adds a round fur muff.
Vests Complement Directoire Coats In Colorful Harmony
Vogue notes directoire coats pair well with contrasting vests such as lime satin or copper suede and a jacket in dull green. Soft Chantilly lace trims collar jabot and deep lace cuffs, while the coat reverses must be flawless to preserve proper lines and avoid caricature of the style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Directoire
Lorg Jabot
Riots Burn Negro Church and Teens Escape in San Francisco
In Alabama a migrant riders attack a church near Tuscaloosa burning it. San Francisco detains twenty one Chinese immigrants with four recaptured. New York arrests a man believed to be G B Stancliffe for hotel theft of three thousand dollars after beating the proprietor. The piece notes Rudowitz extradition protests in Cicicago with former Mayor Dunne among speakers. Seth Dakota reports seven dollars forty cents gold production last year, a state record. Carnegie donates thirty thousand dollars to Upper Iowa University as part of a larger endowment plan.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
San Francisco
New York
G. B. Stancliffe
Cicicago
Christian Rudowitz
Dunne
Seth Dakota
Andrew Carnegie
Upper Iowa University
Carnegie
William Hull Duty and Quisenberry Tour Texas Land Near San Antonio
Wm Hull W D Duty and Robt L Quisenberry travel to Texas to inspect land near San Antonio in the Burmada Colony with a view of settling in the region.
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Wm. Hull
W. D. Duty
Robt. L. Quisenberry
Texas
San Antonio
Satin fashion in the new season brightens gowns
Paris shows enthusiasm for satin gilets a slim black satin vest with Persian embroidery. The piece, single breasted with a front button, pairs with a cutaway coat or can replace an overblouse with filet net guimpe, offering a versatile wardrobe upgrade.
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Paris
Walking Costume with Stripe Skirt and Velvet Collar
A fashion description presents a walking costume featuring a gray and dull green stripe skirt cut to form pointed stripes, a tight-fitting jacket with side seams and shoulder joining, button closures, velvet collar, and a gray straw hat with green ribbon. Materials listed include 4 yards of 46 inch fabric for the skirt and 2.5 yards for the jacket plus 4.5 yards lining and 0.75 yard velvet.
Federation Council Meets in Philadelphia for Major Church Assembly
Philadelphia hosts one of America's largest religious gatherings this week as the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America brings 366 delegates from 28 Protestant churches. Governor Hughes of New York will address topics on federation with the theme Civic Righteousness. Other notable delegates include Governors Ansel, Hoch, and Judge Grosscup.
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Philadelphia
America
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Protestant Episcopalian
Hughes
New York
Baptist Church
Ansel
South Carolina
Hoch
Kansas
Grosscup
Chicago
Census Taxis Expensive Director North Estimates Cost of Next Enumeration
Washington Nov 30 The director North estimates the next census will cost 12930000 dollars. He notes this is only 410000 more than the 1900 census despite population growth driven largely by foreign born non English speakers, adding enumeration is very costly and difficult.
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North
Washington
Word from Br'er Williams on shared thanks
Br'er Williams speaks of many troubles endured in life beyond rheumatism broken bones fever and other ills, expressing gratitude for simple blessings despite hardship.
Tempest and Sunshine Delight Opera House Audiences
Two large crowds enjoyed the matinee and evening performances of Tempest and Sunshine at the opera house. The play, inspired by Mary J. Nolmes old love story, follows an aristocratic Southern plantation family and centers on sisters Julia and Fanni Teranest and Sunshine. The fair Julia contrasts with her olive-skinned sister, shaping the dramatic core.
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Everry
Mary J. Nolmes
Piv
Abe Joshua Middleton
Julia
Fanni
Teranest
Sunshine
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Directoire Coats
Howard & Humphries
Aetown
SATIN
Church Federation
Creed
Ent
Rooxr
Winchester Drug Co
A. Feld
Madame Howe
Consuelle Foulde de Grasse
Margaine la Croix
Ossarad WU
Dorset
Brown Proctoria
Winchester
Opera House
H. H. Phillips
Mary of the Lamb
Mamye
Cound
Bowen
Artis & Turnbull
Baldwin Bros
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