New Silk Blouses Stand Out with Wide Collars and Embroidery
The article notes silk blouses with rare detailing including oversized collars and cuffs, smocked sleeves, and prominent embroidery. It highlights a fashionable shift from last year with matching detachable elements gone, and describes a white black color predominance and a new silk foundation for better fit. It also discusses Japanese marriage customs and the role of go-betweens in arranging matches, alongside a brief remark on women’s earnings and roles in the workforce.
No True Love in Japanese Marriages and Modern Women Jobs
A fragment outlines arranged marriage customs in Japan with the bride shyly bowing as the groom chooses, then provides for the couple's home. It notes women workers across American cities and railways, praising female efficiency. It also describes a blue crepe de chine waist with Irish lace, velvet bands, steel buttons, and spring fashion trends.
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Japan
Queen of Chinatown Elopes With Dollars
The San Francisco Celestials mourn the loss of Que Qui the belle of Chinatown who has eloped with thirty one hundred dollars and the most unpopular oriental. She ruled hearts of the male population for seven summers since her uncle Loo Soo brought her here. She was once a girl of seven dollars and four dainty femininity.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Que Qui
Loo Soo
Jim Wong
Quong Hing
Chin Wing
Chin
China
A Luxurious Couch Promotes Calm In Home Life
A familiar house furnishing authority extols broad low couches as essential for relief from daily cares and hysteria. The piece describes fashionable couch designs, laundering, and color options, plus a literary vignette about Que Qui and San Francisco Chinatown adventures.
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United States
New York
Philadelphia
Young Women’s Christian Association
Atlantic City
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