Buffet Luncheon Makes Informal Entertaining Easy
The article describes hosting a buffet luncheon for seventy five guests with a central table, sweet peas, and a variety of dishes served from the kitchen by ample waiters. It notes the benefits of informality and quick service and suggests home preparation with a caterer as an option. It also gives tips on arranging seating and facilitating social mingling. Fern care tips follow, detailing watering, soil checks, and signs of under or overwatering.
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Paris
Chicago News
How to Preserve an Umbrella Jar
A housekeeper describes a method to stop umbrella jars from breaking. She cuts two circles from an old rubber mat to fit the jar bottom and stacks them for a soft surface. If no mat is available, sheet rubber used by plumbers provides a cheap protective alternative.
How to Piece Lace Correctly
This guide explains piecing lace by tracing the figure at the lace end, cutting around its outline without severing the thread, joining to a matching figure, and sewing with fine thread to form an almost invisible seam. The method emphasizes precise alignment and careful trimming.
How to Make Bedroom Coverings from Muslin and Cre tamine
Instructions describe making bedroom coverings from heavy unbleached muslin with double width cloth to avoid a seam. Hem by hand, cut wreaths of colored cre tamine or oranteen flowers, and apply them to the woven doorway or curtain. Materials are cheap and the effect is pretty.
How to Make Oatmeal Cakes
Three cups boiling water over one cup oatmeal. Add salt and cook three hours in a double boiler. Stir in butter and sugar while warm. When cool add yeast and flour to form stiff dough. Rise overnight. Bake in gem pans twenty minutes until brown.
RACE WAGERS IN INDIA AND NATIVE BETTING PATTERNS
Indians increasingly gamble on horse races by colors and rings backing every horse. Wealthy natives form rings to back favorites, while authorities worry over large losses and rise in petty theft tied to betting. The piece notes significant seasons with police busy over property crime.
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India
Unin
Rink
Lts
Notable Bribery Plot Involving Harris and 50 to 100 Guineas
London Scraps reports a railway station refreshment license bribe scheme where Mr. Reader Harris faced a 50 guinea offer and later 100 guineas demand. Harris refused on principle, later explained, and a director revealed a betting motive tied to big brewer on the board.
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Ao Railway Company
Harris
London
Curious Hanover receipt from Seven Years War surfaces
A Hanover registrar found a rare 18th century document. The receipt records fifty blows with a stick given as punishment by a lieutenant of Captain B.'s regiment for disparaging the chasseurs. The bearer lies on straw, two men hold him, and he signs to attest truth. The note claims the blows were as vigorous as possible.
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Hanover
Duisburg
Chasseurs
Hard to Kill Crocodile’s Tenacity Surprises Travelers
A traveler recounts a six foot crocodile captured near the Ganges during an Indian shooting party. Natives tried to sell the creature, but no buyer appeared. The croc resisted bullets and a spear, was tied to a tree, and finally dispatched with axes as its tail continued thrashing afterward.
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India
Ganges
Beacher Questions Where Is the Gea in Bible Lesson
A Sunday school teacher recalls repeating the Bible verse Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt The lesson used a bright picture to engage children They studied eagerly but many frowned A Gittie girl asked Where is the Gea leading to a moment of confusion.
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Egypt
Beacher
Where to Sing
A witty exchange between a wife and her morose husband ends with a quip about singing to avoid apologizing to the neighbors. The humorous line hints at domestic frictions and social expectations in a lighthearted moment.
How Theee Girls Love One Another
Three girls discuss affection with Maud and Mabel reacting to Henry’s kiss. The exchange ends with playful, teasing remarks about their feelings and propriety.
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Maud
Henry
Mabel
Household Hints on Cleaning and Storage Practices
Household hints discuss removing candle grease with alcohol and keeping tacks in bottles to save opening boxes. Wooden tubs reduce breakage when washing glass and delicate china. Upside down wooden chopping bowls prevent splitting. A worn iron pot can avoid burning food by placing a flat tin lid under it to insulate from the hot iron.
Tales of Cities and City Policies
New York is a liberal paymaster paying workers for minutes of the day, while Chicago imposes a physician reporting regime with fines for nondisclosure. Manchester’s inland location is offset by a costly ship canal boosting its port status. A Stoop’s Pink Pain Tablet ad promotes quick head and body relief with a 25e box prescription claim.
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New York City
Stoop
Animals do not reason say McClure's quote by Brewster
A quotation from E. T. Brewster in McClure's argues that animals do not possess reasoning. It states that only humans cross the border between reasoning and other mental processes, while even the wisest animals stay on the near side.
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E. T. Brewster
McClure
Young would-be conquerors liken selves to Alexander
Puck quip notes many youths overestimate their stature claiming genius while merely sounding like a sharp Alec.
Dr Shoop Health Coffee as a Genuine Substitute
An advertised coffee substitute claims Dr Shoop Health Coffee is made from toasted grains malt pots and other ingredients with a convincing coffee taste. It boasts a minute preparation and no long boiling time and is sold by grocers everywhere.
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Pew Coffee
Dr. Shoop
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