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Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 February 1864
(2 inches)
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p.4, col.3
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843 - L. Feb. 5:4/3 - There is now help for poor gentlemen sitting behind
ladies with three-story hats at the opera. Latest hat designs are just
large enough to form a frame-work around the face, and are trimmed both
inside and out. (2)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 July 1864
(ed; 2 inches)
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p.3, col.2
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844 - L July 13; ed: 3/2 - The World's Health association, composed of a
"baker's dozen of old maids of both sexes," met in New York recently to
effect a change in the style of women's dress. Some wanted the bloomer
costume, others didn't; "so they adjourned without revolutionizing
society." (2)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 August 1864
(ed; 2 inches)
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p.1, col.3
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845 - L. Aug. 13; ed: 1/3 - The calculations made on the subject of crino-
lines are that 20,000,000 ladies' dresses and 40,000,000 petticoats are
made in France per year. These together with steel cages, used to make
dresses, cost a sum of 350,000,000 francs - about one-fifth of the state
budget "paid to ridiculous fashion." (2)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 December 1864
(ed; 1 inches)
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p.2, col.2
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846 - L. Dec. 15; ed:2/2 - The ladies of Paris, not content with dyeing
their hair red, now dye their lap dogs to match the color of their dresses.
Green dogs, yellow dogs, and sky blue dogs are the rage. (1)