Door of a Million Bibles Opens to Worldwide Circulation
A New York City door in a Fourth Avenue building serves as the Door of a Million Bibles, through which yearly a million Bibles pass for global distribution. The American Bible Society plans a potential $500,000 gift from Mrs. Russell Sage to bolster a $1,000,000 fundraising effort, with ongoing translations and revisions across languages, presses in Yokohama Shanghai Beirut and New York, and extensive field distribution including hotel, steamer, and railroad lines.
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York
Fourth Avenue
Shipping Department
Russell Sage
Bible Society
Walter Scott
American Bible Society
Nassau Street
China
Yangtse-kiang
Society
Lenox Library
Oxford
Schrescherowsky
Calmuck
Cardinal Mazarin
American Society
Douay
English College At
Reims
Dr. Dwight
Africa
Mexico
South America
Beirut
Syria
New York
Manhattan
Ellis Island
Far East
Yokohama
The
Philippines
Korea
Shanghai
Chen Tu
Bangkok
Siam
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Northwest
Indianapolis
Haughville
Dwight
Pretty Paper Mat for Bazaar Sale and Home Use
Decorative and useful home craft item shows how to cut fold and assemble cream and pink paper mats. A central cream design with spaces cut through and pink backing creates delicate patterns suitable for placing under pots or lamps. Variations include square or circular folds and matching pink frill edging for attractive finished mats.
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Sale Ina Bazar
Costly Metal Buttons Add Elegance to Wardrobe
Jewelers showcase buttons in silver and gold carved by hand, with sliver filigrees and semi precious stone insets. These costly pieces, while not flashy, offer lasting value and can match a costume color scheme. They are promoted as durable investments passed to future generations.
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Vatan
John Henry Way
Homemade iron-holder and blouse model for a ready at home craft
The article describes at home craft ideas including an iron-holder stitched from remnant check material with flannel layers and ribbon, sized to six inches across the center and 18 inches around. It also details an illustration of a blouse model using silk crepe and black satin with Valenciennes lace, featuring a wide girdle over the bust.
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Valenciennes
Bowls for Flowers in Textured Vases and Bowls
Selecting bowls and vases for flowers, the expert prefers plain glass vases with heavy bases for sweet peas, Spanish pottery for nasturtiums and geraniums, cylindrical dull-colored vases for hollyhocks, and Mexican bowls in full colors to showcase chrysanthemums in autumn.
Darning and Mending and Pretty Waist for Child
The article offers posture and seating guidance to ease drudgery of darning and mending, promoting a swaying carriage and erect posture for fatigue-free sewing. It also describes a child’s waist design with five box plaits, belts, cords, and a gathered skirt with contrasting sleeves and decorative corded trim.
Couture description of crepe bodice with lace collar and bolero trim
The description notes a bodice with a tapered front and back, crepe trimming forming a bolero with two deep points, flat shoulder mounts, and two covered buttons. Sleeves feature crepe with a tight lace-insert cuff, while the collar band and the deep round collar are made of lace.
Theater Fashion Notes on Muff and Scarf Trends
The theater muff and scarf have become enduring fashion, with scarves proving especially handy in theaters. New wraps feature folded chiffon in two tones, edged with fur or feathers, designed to wind around the neck and drape over the shoulder.
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Stream OF Bibles
Circle Globe
Henry Dwight
Turkey
Guages
South Pacific
Marine Committee
Coney Island
Heaven
Hell
Satan
Brooklyn
Ible Society
Coney 1$Land
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