Lingerie Dress Craze Sweeps Paris This Summer
Paris fashion reports a veritable craze for lingerie dresses made in mousseline, chiffons, laces and satins. Designers use hand drawn work on crepe de chine, organdie and voile with open patterns, embroidery, and broderie Anglaise. French houses predict strong demand as customers order multiple dresses for summer wardrobes while Paris workers supply the intricate handmade details.
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Paris
America
Broderie Anglaise
Agnes of
Callot
Lave Treertion
The Jack Nickname and Its Laborer Sense
The term Jack in English usage extends from the given name John to numerous common nouns such as boot-jack and jack-tar. This stems from Jack as a generic label for workers and servants, yielding phrases like Jack of all trades and Jack for labor. The piece notes the cultural pattern and the playful mislink to the pack of cards.
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Hile
John
Jacques
Jack
England
George
Kinave
Lyrics of Life by Douglas Malloch
A reflective verse about emotional hurt and the relief of perspective. The speaker suggests a simple plan to lessen today’s ache by imagining its impact a year from now and letting past troubles fade, ending with a hopeful note that the present pain may diminish to a smile.
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Douglas Malloch
Mothers Cook Book Dishes From a Family Menu
A vintage household guide listing apple and banana salad with head lettuce and French dressing, honey mousse with cream, tomatoes with ham and ham gravy, carrot preparation with yolk enriched sauce, beans with beurre noir, chicken jelly salad with layered chicken and celery, Deminico peach pudding with milk custard and meringue topping.
Mars canals debated by Pickering during Manchester talk
Prof W H Pickering argues Mars features seen in Jamaica photographs are runs and plots, not canals or lakes. He warns a single spark can ignite forest fires, burning young growth and scorched soil, causing vast, lasting damage.
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W. H. Pickering
Manchester
England
Jamaica
Mars
No Price Cut for Ice Cream Sodas Sparks Flapper Debate
The Baltimore Sun notes 8700 cuss words in American language while the Houston Post mocks limits. A promised price hold on ice cream sodas disappoints, yet editors remind such treats are not life essentials beyond flapper culture.
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Baltimore Sun
Houston Post
Summer drownings mar holiday joy in the region
The article laments a persistent toll of drownings and fatalities during summer holidays across the region and calls for greater safety awareness. Authorities and communities face ongoing tragedy as beaches and waterways see repeated loss of life.
Provocative Patches of Opinion on Morals and World Affairs
The column wryly notes public attitudes on morality and modern life. It ridicules overblown claims about youth and sex, comments on warships and neutrality, and mocks prospecting shifts from gold to oil while urging prudence and frugality.
Reading old volumes sparks new literary effort
The piece notes a Seattle man finding a stock certificate hidden in a faded copy of Spenser, urges care with old books, and argues for renewed intellectual culture. It cites Higginson on intellectual culture and migration fostering national genius, urging citizens to think beyond local pride and embrace a broad republic.
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Oscar Wilde
Jts
Seattle
Spenser
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Radcliffe Graduates Face Diverse Careers Says Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes about a hundred Radcliffe College graduates mostly plan varied futures with about a third choosing teaching. It observes that the new generation is not wholly indifferent to matrimony, with four preparing for early marriage and others possibly following the same path, noting no proven effect of a college education on marriage and finding the topic discouraging.
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Radcliffe College
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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