Gilded Age Fancies and News of 1892

 

Parasol sachets, or cases, are long bags, made up of silk or linen, with rolls of scented wadding inside; lay into the perfumed depths, a shirr string drawn up, and the article hung up in a closet or laid up on a shelf till need it again.

A London periodical, suggesting some ideas for entertainment at garden parties, advises as a novelty a “bar of American drinks,” and includes ice cream sodas as the sine qua non of such feature. Fancy not knowing the delights of ice cream soda! England has a match before her.

Ivory with silver monograms studded with rhinestones are new and gorgeous backing for dressing table brushes.

Lady Somerset, in her zeal for the temperance cause, has descended into mines to address the toilers in the sunless depths.

Parasol sachets, or cases, are long bags, made up of silk or linen, with rolls of scented wadding inside; lay into the perfumed depths, a shirr string drawn up, and the article hung up in a closet or laid up on a shelf till need it again.– New York Times, 1892

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