Sports Dress in a Fashion Picture and Its Silhouette
An article surveys the evolution of sports dress from utilitarian outfits to Vogue era silhouettes. It notes curved waists, fitted skirts, and riding breeches as styles, with Parisian and American designers shaping modern outdoor wear for tennis, polo, and country club life.
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Aome
Paris
Eton
Rhe
Polo Grounds
Ywiilel
Jewstoa
Mishawath
Empire
Stan
Forestete
Wisturia
Goela
Exotic styles in negligees for the younger set
Julia Bottomley surveys what she calls exotic negligees and camp outfits for girls and young women. The piece discusses printed silks, plain silks, and silk blends, plus practical outing suits, knickers and blouses, and simple home sewing designs for summer camps and country outings.
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Vetton
Julia Bottomley
Heatarn
Talon
The Snowy Egret tale about cruelty to birds
Mother Snowy Egret tells her young about beauty as a sorrow and warns against hat fashion cruelty. She urges kindness to keep birds safe in the zoo and appeals for children to learn animal empathy and stop harming birds for vanity. The story invites readers to write and share animal stories.
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Snowy Egret
Snowy Heron
Mother Snowy Egret
Snowy
Nick
Maney
Mary Grahan Banner
Mwyndred
Thirty- Seventh Street
New York City
Nancy
Mek
Mother Egret
Paradise
Ruth Discovers Crockeyjoy Library Fantasy
Ruth birthday party gifts spark a trip with Crockeyjoy to a colossal library. A talking cat, magical doors, and a green dragon unfold a fairy tale world before Ruth wakes to her brother Bob presenting a new book of fairy stories.
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Ruth
Old Crockeyjoy
Crockey Town
Crockeydoy Library
Ruth S
Herbrary
Crockeyjoy
Crockerjoy
Ile
Chen Ituth
Crockexjoy
Amnor
Vwbrary
Grockeyjoy
Bob
Origins of the phrase mending his fences in politics
An 1880 scene links the expression to John Sherman withdrawing to his Ohio farm. A reporter heard Colonel Morton say, Why, can't you see for yourself she’s implying, while he replaced rails in a fence, that Sherman was maturing plans to seek the nomination.
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John Sherman
Washington
Ohio
Irian
Moulton
Sherman
Morton
Mr. Sherman
ePialye
Fansoe
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