Paris Summer Outing Frocks and Outfits Mood
Al Sil surveys Paris summer fashion with dotted dresses, lightweight gowns, and pale silk trims. features include lace belts, velvet bands, sunbonnets for garden wear, sheer fabrics, white waist trends, new collars, and braided trimmings. notes Miss Grant's Paris wardrobe, tiara rumors, and the growing demand for ready to wear skirts.
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Paris
Countess de Castellane
Newport
Miss Grant
United States
Bond Street
Trousseau
Kaiser Sets Remarkable Pace With Imperial Post Cards
The Kaiser’s European tour prompts thousands of prepaid cards sent from Vienna and other stations. Royal etiquette requires cards to each court member, with elaborate illuminated postals from his travels and coronation era. Cards highlight royal journeys, Queen Wilhelmina and Amsterdam cathedral cards, reflecting cross‑border card production.
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Germany
Holy Land
Europe
Vienna
Magesty
Wilhelmina
Amsterdam
England
America
Peculiar tale of a crook in Chicago hotel lobby
Richard W. Smith, a Boston traveler, recounted a Chicago hotel lobby encounter with a shabby, clean man emerging from the writing room. The man sought liveliness through a curious method as the story unfolds in the New York Tribune account.
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New York Tribune
Richard W. Smith
Boston
Chicago
Mr. Smith
Reflections of a Bachelor
When a man cannot blame his sins on reality he remains in error. Love may move but it keeps receiving mail at the same old address. Forgetting to congratulate an engaged girl provokes gossip about your mistake. A man apologizes after a wrong remark while a woman apologizes only if she was right.
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Chicago
Marsy
Fashions Change Newport Beach Talk Sparks Divorce Mention
On Bailey Beach Newport a group of young girls aged 12 to 14 discussed marriage and even a future divorce. A curious stranger overheard their chatter about potential spouses and the idea of divorce arising from a young girl's remark about not staying married long.
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New York Tribune
Bailey Beach
Newport
Postcards Across Europe Spur Collectors And Travel Dreams
A lively account notes how novelty postcards from Holland during coronation times sparked European interest. It details German, Italian, Swiss, and French cards, featuring landscapes, cathedrals, royal scenes, and peasants, with collectors eager to send proofs of travel back home. The piece also reflects on rising postcard trends in America and social attitudes toward marriage fashion reflected in a small dialogue.
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Holland
Wilhelmina
Europe
Germany
Rome
Colosseum
Castor
Pollux
St. Peter's
Vatican
Pope Leo
Crmany
Prm
Rhine
Switzerland
Luwuno
Vilage
France
Italy
WANTED THE MONEY in Philadelphia Inquirer
A street band leader refuses to play a tune for money and explains why crowds and some players profit less from street performances. Police are nearby. the incident highlights the coin outcomes of busking and cakewalking as a crowd watches in disbelief.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Georgia
The Little Busy Bee Revived as Fraudulent Worker
Popular impressions of the bee as diligent are challenged. It is claimed the little busy bee works only about three hours daily and spends the rest of the time as a thorough loafer, contradicting long held praise of its industry.
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Windo Tasseil's
West Park
Palais de Indy
Z.b. Yoodusite
Wilhelmina Briefkaart
Nel
Adee
the Sete
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