Perforated metal girdles lead fashion girdles in Renaissance style
The article notes new dresses in Renaissance influence and widespread use of perforated metal girdles by Lanvin and others. Girdles span day to evening wear with armor-inspired fronts, wide front panels, or apron drapery, often in steel, silvered metal, or fur, with beaded fringes, shells, and jet studs.
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Good Advice on Driving Motors
Article explains how skilled drivers focus far ahead to avoid hazards, watching roads, turns, and traffic well in advance. It contrasts cautious, smooth steering with abrupt maneuvers and stresses anticipating obstacles to keep car motion steady and safe.
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Nahead
Removing Mud Guard Dents and Fender Repair Tools
Popular Mechanics describes three simple garage tools for dent removal. A wooden mallet with leather facing works with soft pine blocks, one concave. A second block has convex radii faces. A six foot lever with a concave lower face and leather facing ends in a hook to lift buckled fenders back toward their original shape.
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Popular Mechanica Magazine
Dishes From Golden Fruit and Orange Puddings Guide
Digest of orange based recipes and health notes from 1921 Chicago style kitchen column. Tips include orange juice for babies and elderly, orange pudding with nut crust, orange whip dessert, and a John Burroughs quote on enriching life.
Automobile News Highlights And Trends
Cairo reports 3000 registered automobiles while Chicago leads with 5527 stolen vehicles last year. New York State shows one car per resident with one chauffeur to every three cars. A patent for a boat shaped automobile trailer enables water navigation. Deferred payment sales dominate 45 to 50 percent of U S auto transactions. The New York Federal Reserve notes rubber prices dropped by about 68 percent in 1920.
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New York Federal Reserve ‘Bank, Waa
Prune Based Recipes For Fruit Bread And Goose Stuffing
Home cooking tips describe using dried fruits like prunes in fruit bread and goose stuffing. Recipes include gram flour ratios and bake times, a prune whip with gelatin and lemon juice, and optional nuts, aimed at preserving health through varied fruit preparations.
Royal Marriage Act Allows Prince to Marry Without Consent
The Royal Marriage Act permits the prince of Wales to marry without the king's consent if over 25, with twelve months notice to the privy council and no parliamentary disapproval. Enacted by George III in 1772 to curb royal matches, it still stands though a defiant union would be void for succession though church recognition and legitimacy of children remain.
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Prince of Wales
Privy Council
George III
Capper's
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Safe Use and Recognition
An advertisement urges buyers to insist on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin noting safety directions on the package and the distinctive Bayer Cross. It claims aspirin relieves colds headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism and general pain and highlights its long-standing physician approval.
Wise Youngster
A boy named Bobby hides a mud stain from his mother after Willie Meigs throws a stone, hoping to come in laughing so he won’t be whipped. The exchange ends with the mother asking if the mud hurts, while noting the moment of mischief.
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Bobby
Willie Meigs
Boston Transcript
Cole's Carbonisalve Sahelly Heals Burns and Skin Ailments
Advertises Cole's Carbonisalve Sahelly claiming relief from burning itching and skin diseases with no scars. Available in 30c and 60c via druggists or by mail from The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Illinois.
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J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Il
No Wonder Insomnia Linked to Heredity
A humorous note from the Boston Transcript quips that insomnia runs in the family as the speaker jokes their father was a night editor on a Greenland newspaper.
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Dix
Greenland
Boston Transcript
Bad Habits Cling Like Good Ones, Counselor Warns
A caution emphasizes that habits pursue a person with equal persistence, noting that vice can be as tenacious as virtue, shaping daily routines and long term behavior. The analogy underscores self-discipline and mindful choices in personal growth.
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