Persian Corset Fashion Sparks Summer Fashion Debate
A brisk column by Blanche Beac on Persian fashion ideals contrasts slender beauty with Western corsetry. It details a hypothetical scene where a Persian style elastic corset is worn, then critiques American norms, including a playful fountain cooling moment and a young girl named Nellie aiding birds, illustrating cultural contrasts and social expectations for women and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fats
Dirda
Vis
Frederick W. Faber and a Life in Religion
Frederick W. Faber long served in the priesthood before joining the Church of Rome and openly changing allegiance. He died in the oratory at Brompton in 1863 after composing sacred songs noted for their sweetness and spiritual depth. JORN RECK & SON, vases and window boxes filled.
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Wicen
Church of
Ronin
Faber
Brompton
Jorn Reck & Son
Pittsbuiren
cockAght
T. Ccraebe
Asia
Sohn Reck & Son
Serrons Costume Guide for Various Materials
Practical dress making notes describe a Serrons costume guiding fabric use from percale to silk, detailing yardage like 414 yards of 86 inch or 3 1/2 yards of 44 inch material, lace, webbing, and complex stitching. It outlines cutting, waist fitting, collar construction, sleeve and ruffle assembly, and skirt pleating with perforation guides and seam placements for a cohesive finished dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jahacheriae
Laura Libbey Answers Readers on Heart Topics and Summer
Laura Libbey offers advice on romantic choices and proper courting, urges patience with parental guidance, and explains what makes a girl attractive. The column discusses young love, independence, and the value of duty to family, noting summer temptations and the season’s impact on single women and mothers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Libbey
Miss Libter
Mies Libbey
Mather J
Little Benny's and overheard chats on heat and manners
A fragmented local column recounts overheard summer heat talk at Mary Watkins and Sid Hunt gatherings, with punchy dialect about ice cream and clothing. It also notes Michael A. Rofrano’s appointment as deputy street cleaning commissioner of New York at 35 000, and relays social advice on gifts between married men and single women at a summer home gathering in Loretto Pennsylvania.
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Mary
Mary Watkins
Mersey
Kuntry
Reddy Merty
Michael A. Rofrano
New York
Charlies M. Schwieh
Loretto
Schwab
Connecticut Suffrage News reports windham campaign gains and plan
The Windham county automobile suffrage drive advances with colored cars bearing Votes for Women signs. Campaigners tour Pomfret Abington Dayville Danielson Sterling and Moosup with strong local help. Miss Jane Addams to speak in Greenwitt and charity garden party raises funds, while Greenwich leaders bolster efforts. Public service to build Newark trolley terminal at 2 500 000.
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A. G. Porritt
Windham County
Benners
Putnam House
Brooklyn
Pomfret
Abington
Dayville
Danielson
Sterling
Danielson Equal Franchise League
Putnam
Miss
Alyse Gregory
Acare
Plainfield
Canterbury
Hartford
Warrenville
Pierson
Jane Addams
Greenwiett
Naher
Ernest Thompson Seton
Greenwich Equal Franchise League
Emily Pierson
Abington and
Miss Pierson
Wyeck
Tnam
Greenwich
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
The
Public Service
Newark, M.J
Grandmother Goose and President Wilson Kiss Incident Tales
A fragmentary page blends nursery rhymes with a presidential anecdote. A young Los Angeles girl, seven, asks Mr. Wilson for a kiss, and the president briefly complies before noting her age, then the report shifts to wartime hospital and food details involving prisoners and scarce broth.
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Washington
Wilson
California
Reilly
Charles Thomas Reilly
Los Angeles
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Blanche Beacon
Aes
Turkey
Virginia Vito
Yauch
Abe
Armen
Mattie
Dee
Cmt
Nash
Teefa
Nellie
Pei
Frederick W. Faber
Serrons
Pictorial Review
Prica
Bess
Pictoria
Laura Jean Libby
Little Benny
Lee Pape
John Beck & Son
Thomas Kilkenny
Connecticut
Suffrage News
Dept. 3S
Resinol
Baltimore
David M. Cory
Little Boy Blue
Bave
Laborde-Gelman Co
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