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Southern Highlands · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1894

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Vanity Fair. an Artificial Maiden

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

'No one,' he said musingly, as he gazed her in fond admiration, ' over lind such' a proffle as yours. It is absolutely classic. She gave him a quick, scrutinizing glance…

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Vanity Fair. NOVELTIES

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 2

Among novelties at the leading dress making establishments, I find cloth dresses being made up with fur and cream lace in deep points being turned up around the edge of…

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Vanity Fair. the Style in Veils

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 7

The newest veiling has a large open mesh, the corners of which are fastened by double solid dots in square shape. They are edged with valenciennes about half an inch wide…

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Vanity Fair. Demand for Men Who Dance

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 7

The growing dislike of men for the pleasures of the dance brings sorrow to many a feminine heart. An up-to-date young woman thus voices their general plant: 'The…

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Vanity Fair. to Walk with Ease and Grace

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 7

One of the most graceful women said the other day, when asked for her secret: 'I have no secret. When i was a child my mother impressed on me more firmly that I…

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Vanity Fair. FLOUNCES

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 7

It is quite the thing now to have a dress mainly composed of flounces. The skirt is flounced to the waist the sleeves are flounced to the elbow. Then the flounces on the…

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Vanity Fair. FASHIONS

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 7

The hair in a ballroom should never be worn down. The French knot on the very top of the head, with the broad white parting leading…

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Robertson Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 2

The Robertson Show was opened on Tuesday, the weather being very wet, but cleared up at noon, with prospect of continuance, the attendance was consequently poor,…

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Vanity Fair. Girls Caged in New Britain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 March 1894 · page 2

The inhabitants, it is said by "Wallace, have a peculiar custom of confining their girls in cages until they are old enough to be married. This custom is said to be ecculiar…

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Local and District. The Lath Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 2

We are informed that the prize money amounting to £280 15s, awarded at the recent show of the Berrima district A.H, and I. Society, has…

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Vanity Fair. London Fashion Letter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 2

One of the results of the present English weather will be the shortening of our skirts, and I should not be at all surprised if it led to a pretty general adoption of under gear of a…

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Vanity Fair. a Japanese Want Ad

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 7

Another incontestable proof of the rapid advance of the Japanese in the civilization of the west is the following advertisement, which appeared in a Tokio paper recently:…

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The Agricultural show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 5

The financial results of the Agricultural Show were made up on Tuesday, and it is found that the Royal Agricultural Society are left with a substantial balance to their…

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Vanity Fair. a Rose-jar Recipe

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 7

I do not refer to the' dry,'soapy-smelling article of commerce labelled ' Tea Rose Potpourri from Japan;' but to the old-fashioned 'rose-jar,'made from your own…

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Vanity Fair. French Letter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 2

In France there has never been any concerted movement towards a change in feminine dress. The women who are banded into various societies for the advancement of…

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Vanity Fair. American Letter'

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

A radical departure in handling the 'business of demestio service is being expounded in New York drawing-rooms. Later it will probably be heard of in other cities,…

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Vanity Fair. FACES

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 7

"I have more than once remarked that the women who seem to keep their faces in a natural state of repose, especially when they are on the street, are in the minority," said…

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Chrysanthemum Show at Mittagong

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

THIS show was opened by the Mayor, Mr. W. Richards, on Friday afternoon last, and continued on Saturday. The president, Mr. J. Mealing, called…

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Vanity Fair. Beautiful Girls

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 7

Every girl, no matter what station in life she occupies, possesses mental and physical attractions that are worth cultivating While feeding the mind with the best material she…

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Vanity Fair. French and English Notes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 7

A Parisian fantaisie is the 'San-geno" bow, called after the popular play of'Mine. Sans-geno.' This consists of a collar band of any colored satio or velvet, which hides…

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