Milwaukee Subways Carve Tunnels For Central Steam Heating
Milwaukee advances a tunnel and trench system beneath downtown streets for central station steam heating. Two miles of tunnels extend on the west and east sides, with drainage wells and electric pumps maintaining dry passages.
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Milwaukee
New York
Chicago
Public Service
Third and Sycamore Streets
Second Street
West Water
Clybourn Streets
Oneida Street
Market
East Water
Biddle
Michigan Streets
Central Station
Milwaukee Central Heating Company
Hudson River
Milwaukee River
Paris Model Market and the Place Pigalle Tales
A vivid portrait of the Paris model market at Place Pigalle near Montmartre. The piece recalls Asti the painter’s rise sparked by a red haired model and Henner’s studio life known as Papa Providence. It highlights the culture of models and artists in late 19th century Paris.
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Pigalle
Paris
Salis
Montmartre
Asti
Place Pigalle
Henner
Papa Providence
Maitre
Hefner
V. DE Paris
County Fair Faker Sells Zigzag Map as Skirt Pattern
A county fair scene features a city man observing a sly vendor who claims to sell a zigzag pattern sold to women as a skirt pattern and to men as a guaranteed Mars map. The faker admits ignorance of the item while touting its dubious sale.
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Mars
Chicagso News
Modern needlework favors durable colors and personal design
A guide urges practical, lasting cross stitch in varied materials for curtains towels and spreads. It encourages choosing coarse linens or canvases, using number 25 cotton on railroad canvas, and drawing small square grids from cross stitch books to craft individual motifs, monograms, and borders with traditional tones.
Velvet AfternoonWear Trends for 19th Century Fashion
Fashion notes from Vogue praise velvet for afternoon wear with rich textures and varied figured outputs. Two piece costumes with skirts and coats suit different figures with short outfits preferred for petite women, while Velveteens in English make and tailored cuts remain highly admired.
Umbrella Handbag Promises Convenience and Style
A new umbrella doubles as a handbag with the bag fixed to the handle. The salesman touts ease of shopping and the impossibility of misplacing a purse. Handles feature tortoise shell ivory and bird motifs with ruby and diamond eyes.
Features of the New Hats Fashion Notes in Velvet and Felt
The article surveys hat styles with dark felt bases and white facings, wide brims rolled at the front or arced at the edge. It notes smaller felts resembling Panama hats, and French hats trimmed with soft scarfs or large silk velvet choux. Velvet choux should be soft and finest, with designers pairing colors for harmony.
Place For Prized Recipes In A Handy Reference Book
A sketch shows a compact recipe book idea built to hold valuable little recipes for quick reference. The format emphasizes easy turning and accessible organization for future use.
How to Make a Cookery Book with Cardboard Cover
Instructions describe a large cover using stout scored cardboard and a pen knife, covered with art linen. The front bears the title cookery book with a design, plus pockets inside for loose recipes. Leaves are bound with silk cord, allowing future pages and pasted recipes while extra leaves can be added.
What the Mouth Tells
The passage links mouth shape to character noting a large shapely mouth signals breadth of mind and tolerance while thin lips imply greed and power hunger. Curved lips indicate yieldingness while straight lips show severity and self control. A perfect mouth is large shapely with corners straight, lips balanced, and firmly closed yet flexible.
Exit Women Angels at St John the Divine Anger Over Sex of Borglum Statues
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum reveals his angels at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York were recut to look not male nor female but angelic. He says critics demanded masculine traits and altered hair and contours to emphasize strength while preserving an otherworldly ideal.
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Borglum
St. John the Divine
Gutzon Borglum
Cathedral of
New York City
Mr. Borglum
Autocrats of Banks and the Clearing House Power
A study of the New York clearing house committee during the recent financial crisis. It details drastic conditions for Mercantile National Bank and affiliated institutions, naming key committee members led by James T. Woodward and others, and notes their conservative, veteran stance on banking policy.
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Clearing House Committee
Affairs Financial
New York Clearing House
Clearing
Mercantile National Bank
Mercantile
New York City
Clearing House
James T. Woodward
Hanover National Bank
William A. Nash
Corn Exchange Bank
Dumont Clarke
The
American Exchange
Edward Townsend
A. B. Hepburn
Chase National
Alexander Gilbert
Market and Fulton Bank
New York
Wall Street
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Bes
Bacgium
Powers OF
NEW York Clearing House Committee
CAS
Twoodeard
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