On the Trail of the American Missionary
A 1910s era piece outlines a new laymen driven movement to fund and staff foreign missions. Business leaders across North America form a central group to reorganize missionary finances and outreach, aiming to double missionary staff and boost global evangelization within a generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
New York
American Board of Foreign Missions
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
Harry Wade Hicks
Edward H. Haskell
W. N. Hartshorn
William Shay
H. P. Andersen
Seymour M. Ballard
S. W. Bowne
William L. Brower
New
Robert E. Speer
James M. Speers
F. P. Turner
Lucien C. Warner
Mornay Williams
John W. Wood
A. T. Mahan
Silas McBee
William Dulles
James G. Cannon
K. M. Bulkley
Luther D. Wishard
Robert C. Ogden
J. Campbell White
Chester A. Holcombe
Rochester
D. W. McWilliams
Brooklyn
W. W. Keen
John Wanamaker
Philadephia
John H. Converse
William C. Stoever
C. G. Truwnbull
Chicago
Toronto
Washington
Christendom
England
Scotland
Great Britain
High Church
Church of England
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
High Church Missionary Organization
North American
Wall Street
Joseph B. Bowles
Light Material Coats Defined for Spring Fashion
Separate coats lighter than winter styles appear with southern models. Highlights include loose three quarter and seven eighth coats in crepe de chine with embroidery or lace, a white serge coat and skirt, and a lingerie dress as a decorative gown option, with Princess dress rumors predicting strong rivalries in spring ensembles.
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Batiste
Valenciennes
Purple Turbans With Black Wings For Stylish Men
Stiff purple turbans with large black wings are described as stylish for men, with navy suits and changing hat fashions. The piece notes the shift away from suit hats, encourages expressive headgear, and highlights purple velvet options trimmed with jet or purple pansies including a pansied toque with a velvet bow.
Gold Muff Chains Elbowed Then Worn From The Wrist
The article notes a shift from neck muffs to wrist hanging muff chains. Silk cord loops enable slipping over the arm while keeping the hand free. Some muffs feature gold links jeweled or attached by rings or patent clasps for quick use when handling purses or other tasks.
Women More Honest Than Men Says Statistics From Guarantee Firms
Statistics compiled by American guarantee companies claim women are more honest than men. The data show men commit most embezzlement and defalcation, with women widely employed in business and cash handling yet far fewer cases of theft by women.
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Christian Endeavor
Protestant Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal Brotherhood of
St. Andrew's Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
Reformed Church
United States
Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Presbyterian Brotherhood
William J. Bryan
Southern Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
J. Campbell White
Calcutta
Young Men's Christian Association
White
Funny Papers
America
Fashion’s fickle faith endures velvet’s reign
A dressmaker laments fashion’s constancy noting that after many seasons velvet remains the favored fabric. She questions how long blouses boleros and stripes have cycled through trends while fashion’s faithfulness feels tedious and unyielding.
Saline Remedies and Health Tips From Old Text
The passage extols salt for digestion and nervous spasms with salt in the mouth. It advocates salt water baths for skin tone, warm water for bruises to ease pain, and warns against entering sick rooms while perspiring. It notes rhubarb as medicinal and a complexion enhancer, claimed to aid rheumatic troubles.
Three Piece Suits in One Tone Feature Fine Gowns
A recent display shows three piece suits combining brown satin skirts chiffon waists and velvet coats in the same tone. Trimmings include sable at the throat cuffs and along coat bands. Coats are half fitting to protect the bodices.
Fashion Notes on Linen Blouses and Turnover Collars
For Smart Women. Blouses of linen and batiste striped in blue lilac pink or yellow with full jabot frills embroidered and scalloped. Worn with linen turnover collars either white linen or dark shade embroidered in white. Fine linen collars suitable for silk or linen waists. Prized if garnitures include Irish love and color contrasts.
Fashion notes on hat color schemes and trims from Vogue
Vogue describes a latest color pairing of a dark mouse brown with royal blue. Hats feature moose velvet shapes rolled to one side, feathery blue trims, and velvet or satin faces with unwired ribbon loops cascading in four or five layers from crown to brim.
Late eighteenth century wooden trenchers used at Lord Multon's feast
A Country Life excerpt recalls a 1733 dinner at Woodhouse for Lord Multon's tenants where guests dined on wooden trenchers and drank from horns. The menu included roast pork, turkey, venison paste, and punch, with a warning that excessive punch led to at least one death.
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Lord Multon
Woodhouse
Lord Strafford
Lord Malton
Wentworth Castle
Boughton Fair
Trees Planted by Insects and Worms in Forestry
G A Andrews reports that earthworms contribute to forestry by planting seeds. Squirrels bury nuts aiding foresters, while dry maple fruits plugged by worms sometimes sprout in holes. Under favorable conditions some seedlings might survive drought, suggesting worms help mitigate seedling loss.
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G. A. Andrews
Darwin
Mr. Andrews
Ender
Extermination Campaign Against Formosan Head Hunters
A colonial force enacts a harsh suppression plan against Formosa head hunters. Encircled by electrified wires, surrounding troops aim to deter and kill. An estimated 100,000 head hunters inhabit the island’s eastern coast and efforts to civilize or integrate them have failed. A recent ambush killed 297 of a 300 Japanese and Chinese party for sport.
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Formosa
Talented German Empress Augusta Victoria Portraits Her Arts
Empress Augusta Victoria is described as artistic and capable beyond wife duties. She sculpted and painted, with a bronze bust of the emperor and marble likenesses of her sons in Potsdam. She collects fans, including a grouse feather fan gifted by the emperor, and others signed by notable artists.
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Empress Augusta Victoria
Potsdam
Russian Woman Novelist Brings Russian Life to West
The writer uses the pen name Ivan Strannik and is married to a Kiev University professor Mm Anitchkoff. She writes entirely in French to express ideas barred in Russia this year and introduced Gorky to the West by translating his tales. Her six books portray life of Russia's upper middle class and Russians abroad.
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Ivan Strannik
Mm . Anitchkoff
University of Kiev
Russia
Mme. Anitchkof
Gorky
West
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KE. P. Peabody
Waycross
Robert H. Gardiner
Gardiner
David Percy Jones
Minneapolis
J. B. Pease
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Ont
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H. H. Fudger
J. Moore
J. N. Shenstone
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C. Mc Hay
George R. Crowe
Innipeg
N. W. Rowells
W. M. Birks
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Norfolk
Conn
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Hartford
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William Carey
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United Presbyterians
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General Assembly
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