Paris Fashionable Outing Dresses and Yachting Fashions
The piece surveys Paris summer styles for outings and sports including golf tennis and yacht wear. It notes minimal changes from last year, shifts toward American shirt waists and belts, new braid designs and varied trims, plus a patriotic yachting dress trend and a rising fondness for smaller buckles and antique cameos as fashion moves with the season.
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Paris
England
Miss Hezlet
France
West African Women in Mary Kingsley View
Mary Kingsley writes in The London Telegraph that African women are not downtrodden worms and praises their cheer, temper, kindness, shrewdness, and judgment while rejecting the notion of universal misery. She argues for a calm, balanced portrayal despite potential accusations of insensitivity.
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Ka Kongo
West Africa
Mary Kingsley
The
London Telegraph
Croesus the philanthropist or robber of wealth
An amused couple aboard a Long Island train recounts Croesus, a famed benefactor with a checkered past. They claim he forged a payment to start his fortune, disowned his sisters, and now runs a House of wage-earning seamstresses while preserving a public image as a saintly benefactor.
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Curios
Wavecraft
Long Island
Old Croesus
Croesus
Crovsus
New York
Men With Green Hair From Copper Mines
In Cornwall Cuba Chile and similar mining regions workers near roasted crude ore develop green hair from arsenical fumes. Investigations show furnace emissions contain arsenic compounds causing the color change while hair texture and growth remain unaffected.
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Cornwall
Cuba
Chile
Havana Clerks Paid 35 to 65 Monthly
Havana clerks earn 35 to 65 dollars a month based on value with English speakers commanding the highest wages. A suit of clothes runs from 50 dollars and up to 100 dollars for a dress suit.
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Havana
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