Elopes By Harold McGrath
The American consul in Barscheit encounters intrigue as Princess Hildegarde plans a forged marriage to a rascal cashiered officer. Aided by the Honorable Betty Moore, he must witness a mock ceremony and guard a dangerous secret in a dim castle at night. The plot thickens as Steinbeck arrives to seal the ruse.
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Barscheit
Europe
Hildegarde
Prince of
Betty Moore
England
Betty
Old Doorikinn
Heaven
Barachell
Hermann Steinbeck
Steinbeck
Rascal
Warrington
Arthur Warrington
Steinbock
Bighnasa
Paquin skirt sparks Paris vogue and American doubt
Mrs Osborn discusses the Paquin skirt debut in Paris, noting French enthusiasm contrasted with American hesitation. She argues the garment revives elegant drape and line, traces its Directoire roots, and urges readers to judge by style rather than trend.
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Satay
Paquin
Paris
Durand's
Salon
Madame Paquin
Parisiennes
Madam Paquin
Heraclt
Mme. Paquin
America
Americas
Lake
Madame
Velvet medallion trimming for broadcloth dresses
A reading discusses velvet medallions for dressmaking. The medallion is oval on a circle, worked in colored silk, used as a skirt trimming, with half a dozen placed around the skirt and connected by velvet bands. It is presented as a stylish finish for broadcloth gowns.
Character in the Making and the Refining Hammer
A meditation on choosing to endure affliction as preparation for sacred use. The author likens refined metalwork to spiritual shaping by trials, arguing only the best steel endures the hammering to become a precise instrument for high and delicate purposes.
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the Ephesians
Horrors Endured by Russians in Peter and Paul Prison
Nikaleiff Petrovich Starodvorsky, jailed in April 1884 at age 21, recounts years in the St. Peter and St. Paul prison. He describes flooded rat-infested cells, an imprisoned mother guarding her child, meager foul food, cockroaches, and a mix of sane and insane inmates. He notes 5 of 48 prisoners died by self harm, 3 were shot, 3 died of madness, and 9 died of illness.
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Nikaleiff Petrovich Starodvorsky
St. Peter and St. Paul
St. Petersburg
M. Starodvorsky
College clubs help Yale and Harvard match grads with work
The Yale Club of New York and Yale University’s self help bureau report rising demand for Yale men. Harvard shows the same trend as well. A wealthy Harvard graduate in Cambridge connected a western Harvard graduate to his law studies, illustrating the university as a matchmaker.
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Wonderul
Yale Club
New York
Bureau of Self-Help
University
New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge
A Season in Etiquette Reveals Childs Dress Dishonor
Priscilla visits a small friend unknown to her mother. On return Mrs Parsons notes a soiled dress on her child. She asks Priscilla what Mrs Blakeslee would think, and Priscilla replies Mrs Blakeslee would be too polite to mention it.
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Priscilla
Harper's Weekly
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Beauty
Indorses
Dorf
Cuter
Dtrry
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Apple&s
Aed
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