Explorer princess meets chamois hunter in alpine hut
Virginia, posing as an explorer, shares bread with a chamois hunter and accompanies him to a hidden rock house carved from the mountain. The hunter treats her with hospitality as they discuss danger, edelweiss lore, and the emperor’s rumors, deepening their wary bond.
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Leopold
Virginia
Frankela
Virgenia
Fraulein
Rhaetia
Miss Portman
Letitia
Hiim
Baedeker
Rhaetian Alps
Fads of the Fair and Fashion Trends
Fashion notes describe versatile hat selections for women of modest means and the revival of fur trimming on garments. It highlights sister dressing in America, black and gold evening wear for older women, and a child’s square yoke dress with puffed sleeves. JUDIC CHOLLET pattern details for young children are provided with a small mail-order request.
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America
Vogue Points and Fashion Notes in Lace and Fur Trends
Fashion brief highlights lace insertions, netts, and gold net accents on bodices. three-quarter sleeves and chiffon bishop sleeves in French models. black fox and lynx furs favored for versatility. Cameo buckles and heirloom pieces add value. blouse frill and new sleeve shown adaptable to waists and gowns.
Defense of Fathers Sparks NYC Mothers Club Row
Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer advocates limited paternal roles arguing fathers should not train or care for children, while mothers mold character and nurses handle routine duties. The NYC Mothers' club erupts in support for fathers, with Mrs. James P. Cahan and others countering that many fathers are ideal and respected by children.
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Pattners
Sarah Tyson Rorer
New York City
Mothers’ Club
Mrs. Rorer
James P. Cahan
Shampoo Shield A New York Invention For Hairdressing
A New York inventor shows a shampoo shield worn like a hat to keep water from the face during shampoos. The elliptical shield fits the head with no crown and directs soapy water away, keeping the face dry while the process continues, even for those short of breath.
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New York
Hints for the New Year and Household Tricks
A compilation of domestic tips on salt management in soup, preventing boilovers in stews, preserving linoleum, cleaning and polishing floors, testing tea quality, darkening worn boards with paraffin and wax, whitening paint with warmed water and whiting, rinsing canned seafood to remove odors, and restoring rusted knives with oil, garden soil, and emery cloth for brilliance.
Notable Women and Their Long Careers Across Europe and America
Princess Marie Bomageitte, richest woman in France, hails from Monte Carlo founders family. Mrs Daniel C Morse visits a Worcester corset shop while eighty four, Dr Aletta Jacobs leads Dutch suffrage, marking twenty five years of medicine. Martine Kramer of Rotterdam speaks thirteen languages and edits Jus Suffragil. Caroline Bartlett Crane, Kalamazoo evangelist, founded a seven day church and led civic groups.
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Daniel C. Morse
Worcester
Ty Massechusetts
Dutch Woman Suffrage Association
Aletta Jacob
Amsterdam
Holland
Jacobs
Marteina Kramers
Rotterdam
Jus Suffracil
International Worst Suffrage Alliance
Caroline Bartlett Crane
Train and Track Signals and Langford Station
Signals evolved from a lazy Scotchman who operated a distant box by wired rigging. Of 206 Canadian railway charters in twenty years to 1000, only 28 built, 86 lapsed, others extended. Langford England station is manned by an elderly widow with adjacent cottage serving as ticket office and a wooden shed as the waiting room.
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Langford
England
Inventions patent across nations spark novelty push
A Michigan man patents a post hole digger with pivoted jaws resembling a miniature dredge. An Australian secures a buoy patent for bridge deck attachment to aid wreck location. A European introduces a parachute hood claim for universal aircraft use. A North Dakota inventor patents a hammer with a looped metal claw to start nails safely.
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Michigan
Royal figures noted for hobbies and health trivia
The sultan of Zanzibar pursues clock collecting as a hobby and was educated at Harrow and Oxford. Queen Margherita of Italy favors American and English novels and magazines and praises contemporary American short story writers. King Edward recently marked his sixty eighth birthday in good health after a coronation delay tied to a prior serious operation.
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Zanzibar
Harrow
Oxford
Margherita
Italy
Edward
Flower and Tree
New Zealand basioots describe a plant differing slightly from a Swiss variety. A single year of orange tree care yields roots and growth. An oak at a century averages forty one inches diameter and a large tree about forty inches. An elm about fifty inches and a few nine inches. A white pine twenty years old should be twenty five feet high and at thirty to forty years of age about sixty feet.
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New Zealand
Rochester N Yo Aero Club Limits Members
Sporting notes report a cap of fifty members for the Rochester N Yo Aero club. The Eel 202% gray wooder barred from Ottawa free for all contest and will not race the ice circuit. Purdue University to introduce Wrestling classes to develop athletic candidates and initial team trials will invite applicants to participate.
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Rochester
N. Yo Aero Club
Eel
Gray Wooder
Ottawa
Purdue University
German Cleaning and Economic Notes from Germany
The text notes no deserted farms in Germany and reports 20 000 fotes yearly slaughtered. It states Berlin spends under 1 500 000 dollars annually on street cleaning. Earthenware factories cut prices due to competition. Dental students in German universities will be matriculated to medical departments rather than the dental path as before.
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Germany
Berlin
Tiger Skin Fashions and Gold Dollar Yellow Fabrics
The piece discusses tiger skin coats with matching toques, using skins as linings when bold outside wear is impractical. It highlights a gold dollar yellow tone in fabrics like satin gauze and chiffon, noting velvet embroidery with gold lace and tulle. May Manton patterns No 6616 and No 614 suit blouses and skirts with embroidery and braid details.
Modistic matters in fashion coats and gowns
The article describes vogue gray double faced worsted travel coats, velvet contrasts, and trimmed collars with checked worsted. A pale khaki sable gown features black soutache trim and a black fox muff with a long stole. Skirts with platted panels, six gores, and a strap effect are highlighted. May Manton pattern number 19 offers sizes 22 to 23 inches waist. send 1 cent for delivery.
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Wais
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Princess Virginia
Rphaetia
Emperor
Bunty
Schapeehorn
Harper's Weekly
VOGUE
Mrs. Rover
Pnccess
Marie Bomageiite
France
Monte Carlo
North Dakota
the Royal Box
Sporting Notes
Glea Nngs
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