Long Corners Banker's Rise and Fall
The story follows a bank clerk narrator in Long Corners who clashes with Anthony Barrett a brutal banker and secretive ex-convict. Barrett mentors his secretary Charlie Meadows who is fired after exposure of a five year prison term for misappropriation. Luella Mason marries Barrett after public scandal and the narrator remains employed, vowing not to stoop to Barretts level.
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Frank Gilmore
Anthony Barrett
Charlie Meadows
Charlie
Long Corners
Barrett
Luella
Mr. Meadows
Luella Mason
Mr. Coolidge
National
Wayne City
Anthony
W. G. Chapman
New Lines of Attraction Move Stored Power
William Walker Atkinson explains in Nautilus that stored electricity follows lines of attraction or resistance. By erecting a system of wires directing power, the current will abandon old paths and jump to the new, easier route, crafted by the observer.
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William Walker Atkinson
Porto Rican Children Studious Say Missionary Leader
Grace E. Josselyn of the Porto Rican Missionary society asserts Porto Rican children are as apt or more apt than American children in studies. She notes rapid growth since U S governance began, with about two thousand schools now, including one thousand public schools.
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Grace E. Josselyn
Porto Rican Missionary Society
United States
Island
Porto Rico
Silence Under the Sultan’s Gaze
A tale from Court Fools shows Selim son of Bajazet the Great ordering a trusted official executed for asking when he would reach Cairo. Selim replies he will arrive when God pleases and orders the questioner slain on the sultan’s sign. Pathfinder recounted the incident.
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Selim
Bajazet
Cairo
Pathfinder
Breaking the Lines of the Figure with Belts and Girdles
A fashion column discusses the shift from strict silhouette rules to contrasting belts and sashes. It notes the revival of leather belts in colors and widths from one to six inches, recommends buckles matching the belt, and cautions against tightness to preserve a supple look.
Afternoon Tea Apron Fashion Detail from Lace Trimmed Design
A dainty afternoon tea apron is described as half yard by half width in finest batiste or organdie. It features cotton lace picot edging, a gathered waistband with ribbon bow ends, multiple ribbon tails, and two filet lace insets including a square and a small oblong. White net or soutache are alternatives.
Numbers Don’t Count Says Two Good Horses Worth More
A saying argues quality over quantity in horse selection, claiming two strong animals surpass four weaker ones. The text emphasizes value without relying on numerical measures.
Frock Design in Cotton Voile for Elderly Woman
The illustration shows a cotton voile dress with a white dotted ground. It features a plain shoulder yoke, long fitted sleeves, and a side-fastening bodice edged with lace insertion, beading, and velvet ribbon. The tunic hem, collar, and cuffs mirror the lace and bead trim.
Fact of the Season Stockings Trend Hits Runway
The season’s fact centers on gray silk stockings paired with black pumps. Taupe and smoke gray stock patterns offer an airy, diaphanous look as flesh shows through, making gray silk stockings more fashionable than gray suede with black pumps.
Dress fabrics of the hour feature light weight pile and velvet looks
Dress fabrics trend toward light weight pile materials with checks and stripes in velvets for full suits or trims. Broadtail imitations are used for handsome suits. Velvet-like duvetine finishes and diagonals gain popularity in woolens. Checks and plaids appear mainly for skirts paired with dark coats.
Robe Slips Aid Filmy Frocks Trend
Entire slips of transparent material to wear under thin dresses follow a vogue for ribbon and silk lace underwaists. The gauze slip, white China silk, features a floor-skimming skirt and a cut-in-one waist with a puffing net veil, no shoulder straps to stay in place.
Corselet Skirt Declared Out This Season
Fashion notes say the waistline will descend and separate waist belts return as a new toilet accessory. The corselet skirt, once convenient and adjustable, is condemned for now as the season opens.
Footwear fashions highlight patent leather pumps and oxford
The season features patent leather pumps with a sparkling cut steel buckle rising over the instep. A popular dainty buttoned oxford trims the foot, offered in patent leather with a dull kid or black satin buttoned top for dressy wear.
To Make Dainty Corset Cover From Lace
This guide explains sewing a corset cover using Valenciennes lace two to five inches wide. Three rows of wider lace form the garment depth while two-inch lace straps hold the shoulders. a ribbon band may finish the underwaist, replacing lace bands if desired.
Tulle Popular in Hats Scarves and Gowns This Season
Tulle is in high favor this season adorning hats gowns and even scarves. The favorite scarf is a straight length of tulle. Tam o Shanter designs pair the tulle with frocks while gowns feature exquisite lace flounces.
Parasol fashions feature black and white taffeta designs
Wide black and white taffeta parasols with floral effects and tucked satin borders rise in popularity. Linen embroidered parasols with button holed scallop finish also gain favor among shoppers.
Locking Up London Tower Ancient Custom Observed
The Tower of London maintains a nightly ritual where a beefeater and the chief yeoman porter receive the keys from the governor, march to the Lions Gate, perform the challenges, and salute with God bless King George before returning the keys to the governor's house.
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Tower of London
London
Tower
Lions
King George
HOUSES FOR LITTLE BIRDS
A Farmers' Man and Breeze article advises boys and girls to build simple bird houses and provide water and bathing spots. Even weathered boxes attract tenants, saving pests as birds eat insects and protect crops.
Weighing Puzzle Solved with Two Weights in Ten Steps
A grocer with 20 pounds of sugar and only two weights, five and nine pounds, seeks the fastest way to package into ten two pound bags. He weighs four pounds by balancing nine against five, then uses combined weights to separate two pounds from the bag. In eight more steps he splits the 16 pounds into ten two pound portions.
Riddle Quiz Puzzles in a Witty Exchange
A playful set of brain teasers and wordplay lines. The speaker offers humorous Q and A exchanges about timber for castles in the air a sunbeam a doorbell silence chessmen pretentiousness weeks in a year Lent quills and authors and a pun about credit and hard up conditions.
Pop, Is an Abyss Anything Sleepy?
A brief dialogue where a child asks if the abyss can be sleepy and a reader responds that it cannot, noting the abyss is always yawning. The exchange contrasts curiosity with caution through a simple, enigmatic line of questioning.
Palmistry in the Far East Traditions and finger symbolism
The article explains thumb and finger symbolism in Chinese and Japanese palmistry, linking each digit to family relations from ancestors to descendants. It notes the ink fingerprint practice by servants signing documents and the focus on pore patterns on finger tips in addition to hand lines.
Hints for Campers Out Ventilation Opening
A simple plan for better air circulation suggests placing a 15 to 18 inch stick horizontally between closed flaps to spread them and create an opening. The device can be sized as desired, and multiple units may be used to improve ventilation.
Respite for Towser Diagnosed by Vet Next Door
An old gent questions a boy about taking Towser to the neighbor vet. The boy confirms the dog was examined and the vet says Towser is suffering from nerves, prompting the suggestion that the planner should be given up.
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Sonny
Towser
Sis
Desert riddle answer sparks classroom laughter
A mother defines a desert as a place where nothing grows. In class the boy humorously replies that a desert is "Papa's head" prompting amused reaction in Tit-Bits.
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