Tag: Victorian
Tag Description:Etiquette Rules for Dinner Parties from a Victorian Magazine
Are you inviting guests to your home for a holiday feast or party? This timely advice on dinner etiquette may help prevent “vexation of the spirit”, which is, as you surely must know, to be avoided at all costs. Originally published in the July 6th, 1895 issue of Home Chat by Lady Constance Howard, who also [...]
White Window Treatments for City Windows
In some Asian and Slavic cultures, white is considered to be a color that represents death; a feeling shared by the author of this brief article which was published in the March 1896 issue of The Ladies’ World. I personally think that white makes a nice contrast against the red brick and brownstone of Victorian [...]
Ideas for Window Box Garden Arrangements
Although this diy article on window gardening is over 100 years old, the advice still holds value to anyone who would have a traditional Victorian style window garden. Originally published in the May 4th, 1895 issue of Home Chat magazine, a digest-sized publication that would have set you back a penny. But for you, it’s [...]
Shipwreck Stories for Kids: The Grace Darling Story
Here follows the original text of The Story of Grace Darling, including the illustration from the article, as it was published in The Young American Annual, 1891. The Story of Grace Darling By Mrs. Alice H. Putnam One September night long ago, a steamer was sailing off the coast of Northumberland on her way to [...]
Making Easter Eggs
Break out the bombazine and horse glue, because it’s time to decorate Easter Eggs, Victorian style! From one of my favorite antique books comes these fine examples of Victorian Easter eggs. Household Elegancies, by Mrs. C. S. Jones and Henry T. Williams was published in 1877 and is full of amazing illustrations and advice on [...]
Easter Gift Ideas to Make
For a unique Easter gift idea, take a page from what the Victorians gave as Easter gifts. Let this article from the Victorian children’s publication, Harper’s Young People, be a source of crafting inspiration. While the article title is a little misleading–I wouldn’t exactly call a flatiron a “toy” and can hardly imagine the look [...]
