Mardi Gras in New Orleans Opens A Season Of Pageantry
New Orleans prepares for Mardi Gras as Creole prosperity grows with Governor Leche’s program. The 1938 carnival runs 53 days from January 6 to Fat Tuesday March 1, featuring secret krewes, costly costumes, and spectacular Rex parades. Street floats, mask balls, and a children's parade expand the grand spectacle in the carnival capital.
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Mardi Gras Origins and Early Krewe History in New Orleans
A historical overview traces Mardi Gras origins to ancient spring and pagan rites, notes the 1827 arrival in New Orleans by Parisian students, and outlines the rise of early krewes such as Comus in 1837 Rex in 1872 and Twelfth Night Revelers. It highlights the Grand Duke Alexis influence and the annual royal parade tradition.
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Old Rag Rug Craft with New England Flair
Ruth Wyeth Spears describes a braided rag rug with a center 32 by 16 inch oval, 6 inch scroll border, and braided strips 23% yards long. She details sewing, color schemes, and offers a book SEWING with 48 pages of home craft instructions priced at 25 cents, to be sent to Mrs. Spears in Chicago.
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Your Home Magnify the Place You Call Home
A compact exhortation by Charles Dickens urging readers to cherish their homes. It promotes maximal personal effort, love, and cooperation to make homes lovely, happy, and pure, acting as centers of beneficent power for all.
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