Prohibition Debate and Roosevelts Trip Highlight Busy Era
In a sweeping dispatch, officials clash over a public service reshuffle while temperance leaders argue for restraint. Prohibitionists claim abstinence, opponents call for realism. Russia presses China with naval moves and fortifications in Manchuria as Southern Baptists meet in Savannah with Eagle reelected. Roosevelt visits Los Angeles for Fiesta de las Flores and Pasadena festivities alongside Mrs. Garfield.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
California
Pasadena
J. A. Garfield
Minety Stories From Authors and Their Doings in Chicago May 12
Special correspondence from Chicago notes the charm of letters readers send to authors. Mrs Myrta Lockett Avary, author of A Virginia Girl In the Civil War, receives varied notes from across the nation. Soldiers and women reminisce, sending keepsakes and asking about figures mentioned in the book. Northern women express high regard for the volume.
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Minety
Chicago
Myrta Lockett Avary
Virginia
Creation
Handwritten Letters Praise Nell Grey and Odd Poke Rubatya
The piece notes tributes from Mary Lene Dickingen and Margaret B. Sangster among northern Indians, praising Nell Nellie Grey and her husband as portrayed in the pages. It mentions Father Benjamin Kelley, Bishop of Savannah, and Father Tabb the poet. Also discusses a quirky book "Toker Rubnatyet" published by Bandar Log Presa with woodblock illustrations by F. Holme, blending poker quatrains with Robaiyat-inspired philosophy. Includes a quatrain about luck at big stakes and a remark on humorists' weights from English papers.
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John Ward Wowe
Mary Lene Dickingen
Margaret B. Sangster
Indies
Nellie Grey
Benjamin Kelley
Savannah
Nell Grey
Father Tabb
Leopie
Bandar Log Presa
Kirke Ga Shelle
Stogerola
Omar
Ba Shelle
Ofeht
F. Holme
Lake Success enclave seeks private road access for Vanderbilt estate
Great Neck May 11. Long Island headlines center on W K Vanderbilt Jr as he presses to buy three short public roads serving Lake Success to secure lake shore access for his vast estate. Townsfolk resist, citing public rights and use for ice, boating, picnics, while Vanderbilt amasses land, plans a grand mansion, and lays out grounds amid growing holdings. Neighbors include Whitney Mackay Paget. Lake Success spans a quarter mile by an eighth, with a deep center and grassy, fenced shores.
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Great Neck
Lake Success
Long Island
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bre Beer
Whrt
Brooklyn
W. ©. Whitney
Clarence H. Mackay
B. St. Chapman
Pagets
New York State
Lakeville
Ronkonkoma
Benry Bayley
New Street Costumes and Skirt Designs in May Show
In a fashion column from New York dated May 11, a critic analyzes the latest street costume trends. The piece notes the tall, flyaway skirt style with a wide back train, heavy fabrics, featherbone piping, and front yoke shaping. It covers jaunty Monte Carlo coats, summer wear fabrics, and the ongoing use of wraps and capes to complete street attire.
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Coates
Drewsing Goowna
New York
Prettres
England
Japanese influenced morning and night wear described by Oliva Harper
Oliva Harper describes early morning and night wear inspired by the Japanese kimono. Garments feature bishop sleeves, neck and front wrap, half fitting backs, and plain fronts, with soft wool delaine or silks and ribbon borders. Simpler cuts are favored for comfort, with lace trimmed sacks also popular.
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New York
Oliva Harper
Seventeen to Thirty-Five: A Woman’s Varying Demands
The text traces a woman's changing ideals for a mate from seventeen to thirty five. At seventeen she seeks ardor and devotion, at twenty emphasizes tenderness and bravery, at twenty five valuing worldly knowledge and trust, at thirty desires money, and at thirty five simply a man with money.
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