Abstract:
Demorest's Family Magazine. April 1881. Vol. 17, no. 4. -- Victoria: A Woman's Statue -- Star of Bethlehem -- A Vagary of Fashion -- Kith and Kin -- His St. Cecelia -- The Kiss of Pease: A Russian Easter Idyl -- Literary Pseudonyms -- The Taj Mahal -- A Noble Memorial -- The Matterhorn -- The Cottage Home -- Anna Murphy Jameson -- A Terra Incognita -- Talks with Women: The Art of Talking -- An Acquisition to the White House -- Useful Girls’ School -- Higher Education in France -- Reformatory School for Girls -- Women as Medical Missionaries -- Glass Clothing -- Ambergris -- Two Ways of Doing -- Emancipation vs. Slavery -- Correspondents’ Class -- Beautiful Carving -- A City or Village Residence -- Home Art and Home Comfort -- It Does Pay -- Fever Breeders -- Letters for Europe - No. 2 -- Practical Hints for the Toilet -- A Provident Dispensary for Working Women -- Why We Eat Oysters Raw -- Current Topics: Notes and Comments Events of the Day -- Miss Helen Potter -- Do You Want a Story? -- The Secret of National Prosperity -- Spring Walk -- Kitchen: Spring Breakfasts -- Young America: Prunes and Prisms -- Knitted Jacket for Wearing Under Cloak, etc.-- Footstool -- Book Marker -- Parlor Door Mat -- Towel Border -- Mirror of Fashions -- Review of Fashions -- Illustrated Models -- Fashionable Bonnets -- Dinner Dress -- Out-Door Wraps, and Street Garments -- Street or Traveling Costumes and House Dress -- "What to Wear" -- Paletot-Visite -- Spring Colors -- Scarborough Ulster -- Spring Bonnets -- Washing Materials -- Our “Portfolio” for the Spring and Summer of 1881 -- Cash’s Cambric Trimmings -- Gold Color and Gold Thread -- Daffodil Dresses -- Novelties in Dress Materials -- Easter Toilets -- Misses' Street Costumes -- Woolen Walking Dresses -- Our Purchasing Bureau -- “Our Portfolio of Fashions." -- Misses’ House Dresses -- Our “Illustrated Journal.” -- Spring Fashions for Children -- “ What to Wear ” for the Spring and Summer of 1881 -- Ladies' Club -- Scientific -- Diamonds of Thought -- Spice Box -- Literature -- Good Words -- Take Care of the Coin