New York Faces Problem With Rival Gangsters
A long analysis argues public indifference to crime and the gangster threat in New York. It links political protection, rising youth involvement, and the cycle of gang activity to social forces, urging Boy Scouts as a constructive outlet for at risk youths and detailing gang dynamics, recruitment, and code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Automoon
Fifth Street
Broadway
Amn
Ing
Henry N. Hall
Sun New York World
Noa
York
Congress of the
Unit
New Jersey
Monk” Baxley
Boy Scouts
Lower East Side
Crhme
Cangdom
Horse Outruns a Kangaroo in Australian Bush
Norman Duncan recounts a bush sport where a horse easily outruns a kangaroo within half a mile while a skilled kangaroo dog bays the animal. In close quarters, riders risk severe injury, as a lumberjack who rode the kangaroo learned when a club broke and the boomer struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booner
Norman Duncan
Harper's Magazine
Not the Same Robert W Chambers at Garden City luncheon
Robert W. Chambers replied to a young writer's attack on publishers saying there is demand that makes publishers fair. He cited an exception, Blanks publisher, who he said would raise royalties. He recounted a Fifth Avenue conversation where the author misunderstood a publisher aiming to raise back royalties from last year’s sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Chambers
Garden City
Mr. Chambers
Blanks
Fifth Avenue
Blank
Chic mourning hat trims with homemade daisies
Instructions for creating an elegant trimming using padded crepe de chine petals. Two petals form a single piece, stuffed with cotton, and arranged around a central padded circle to mimic daisies. A Georgette sailor with 12 to 15 flowers on the brim yields a smart, fashionable mourning hat.
Gown for the debutante is a shadow lace frock
A youthful afternoon dress features shadow lace with a plain bodice and skirt worn over a white slip. Sleeves are transparent, center front is edged with a val lace trim and pearls, elbow sleeves have a narrow lace ruffle, and a lace edged collar finishes the neck. The skirt shows a triple lace flounce, with a satin girdle and neck bow.
Useful Card Players Bag Sketches for Bazaar Items
Bridge players and card enthusiasts may use a small circular bag in pale blue watered silk. Lined with white silk and edged in dark blue cord, it features a central club motif with hearts diamonds and spades. Bags come in two sizes for cash and counters or for cards markers and a handkerchief.
Colored stockings as a fad across social attire
The article notes colored stockings as a rising fad among women, pairing hues with outfits from sundae colors to Cubist gowns. It highlights popularity of silver gray, smoke gray, deep red, and selective blue or green shades, with flesh tones for dressy boots and constancy of some extreme hues.
Smiles as an Aid to Beauty in Daily Life
The piece extols a smile as the best beautifier not bought from markets but provided by nature. It explains facial muscles sink during sleep, causing lines, and that daytime smiling counteracts this. It urges women to try smiling as a simple, inexpensive home remedy over professional facial massages.
Tango Petticoat Sparks New Two-Wide Design
The Tango Petticoat introduces a fresh trend with two widths and side seams slit to the knee, offering a novel silhouette for the latest fashion. This new design emphasizes movement and flare while maintaining a structured shape.
Baptist Missionaries Gather for Judson Centenary in Rangoon
Baptists from New York Boston Chicago Minneapolis Norwich Providence Rochester and others join in observance of the Judson centennial in Rangoon India now Rangoon Burma highlighting the early American Baptist mission founders Adoniram Judson and Ann Hasseltine Judson. A permanent memorial replica of Salem Tabernacle church tower was donated by Dr J Ackerman Coles of New York.
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New York
Baptists
Washington
India
Rangoon
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Henry M. Sanders
F. M. Goodchild
G. H. Safford
A. B. Upham
Boston
S. A. Scribner
J. S
Charles W. Gale
Norwich
Conn
Lena
Fenner
Providence
Louise N. Robinson
Rochester
American Board
Adoniram Judson
Ann Hasseltine Judson
Luther Rice
Mr. Rice
America
J. Ackerman Coles
Old Tabernacle Church
Salem
Mass
Judson
Son Arrests Father In New York Vagrancy Case
An elderly man at Lenox avenue and 130th street offered a dime for a drink when a younger man named Richard Hawkins seized the coin and had his father arrested for vagrancy after claiming the elder had begged for money in the street. The confrontation ended with the father taken to the station.
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New York
Lenox Avenue
130Th Street
Richard Hawkins
Women Decline Election Clerkships in Chicago
Women applicants for election clerk jobs in Chicago refuse night work duties after learning precinct checks would require nighttime hours. They informed Judge Owens they did not want the positions, impacting staffing for the upcoming municipal election.
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Chicago
Owens
Thinks Murphy Is a Big Man in Ithaca
John D. Solomon, a Syrian applicant for citizenship in Ithaca New York, claims Charles F Murphy is either the governor of New York or the president of the United States, reflecting a mistaken identity concern in the citizenship process.
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Murphy
Ithaca, N. Y
Charles F. Murphy
New York
United States
John D. Solomon
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Underworld
Gagedou
Treant
Ihane
Monk” Eastman
Bazar
Francis the First
Baptists of Washington
Judson Memorial
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