Berlin operetta plans draw European talent and prince rumor
The Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten reports preparations for an operetta titled Der Lieben straum to be staged in Berlin early next spring with Europe’s top talent. Rumor claims Crown Prince Frederick William wrote the score and the emperor the libretto, funded privately rather than from the imperial purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten
Berlin
Europe
Frederick William
Ride on a crocodile ends in miraculous escape in India
Pira bin Satu Kagale of Kawategoolun, Miraj State, was dragged into the Krishna river by a crocodile while drawing water. After being carried in the creature’s cave, he learned to ride the beast by gripping its nostrils as it surfaced. A dawn rescue by two field workers using a rope freed him. he survived with severe injuries and vows never to forget the two-night ordeal. The crocodile disappeared after the救 escape, likely drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangli
Wide World
Comeron
Pira bin Satu Kagale
Kawategoolun
Krishna
Miraj
Pira
Dattatray
Dhawadeshwar Nallah
Stelah
Mugeger
St Paul boy taps tapir in Panama hunt letter
Theoron Hammer, a former St Paul boy now foreman on Panama canal work near Carozal, recounts a January tapir hunt. In a six-man party he shoots the 1,100 pound creature after a long chase, detailing stalking, tracking, a final heart shot, and a war dance with the carcass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
St. Paul
Theoron Hammer
Panama Canal
Carozal
C. Z
Mr. Hammer
Roda
Chagres
Buying the Best From Youths Companion
A street merchant narrator explains that true gems require paying for quality. A young girl questions the price difference between six cent diamonds and dime rings, and the jeweler answers that the dime ring trades a better diamond, underscoring the value of paying more for genuine gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Innocence and Vision in a Silent Verse
Fragmentary poetic lines address a child and a kneeling speaker, contrasting visions and glory with a distant high viewpoint. The piece references a motherly voice or protective distance, mentions battles and purity, and includes lingering imagery of towers and visions not fully coherent due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resi
Hal
Emily Sargent Lewis
Full of Golf
Dialogue snippet shows Michel defending his golf habit versus his mother, noting Mr Potter and the frequency of conversation about golf. The exchange hints at social dynamics and possible humorous tension within a family setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel
Mr. Potter
Fashioning Workwear: Tailored Coats and Skirts Lead
The article notes a shift toward businesslike attire for women, favoring tailored coats and skirts, practical woolen fabrics, and versatile blouses. It mentions pockets inside coats, the usefulness of short skirts, and the rise of simple hats with decorative accessories. Chiffon blouses and slips over blouses offer styling variety for office wear.
Last Years Straw Hats Still Of Use
The article explains reviving winter straw hats for early spring through cleaning, shaping, and reconditioning methods. It covers methods for crinoline and black chip hats, including brushing, hot water, ink and gum arabic glaze, egg white finish, oil and ink mixtures, milk wash for stiffness, glue water pressing, and caution about fire with gasoline.
WOMANLY WISDOM Tips From March Farm Journal
Perple offers homestyle tips from a March Farm Journal column on cooking and domestic skills. Practical advice covers cornstarch in flour, avoiding kitchen gas and odors, cleaning uses, bake times, and proper storage for ham and shoulders, with emphasis on frugal, sensible household practices.
Eggs a la Suisse Recipe in a Casserole Dish
Spread the bottom of a gratin dish with butter and two ounces of grated cheese. Place four eggs over the cheese avoiding broken yolks, season with salt and paprika, and pour around them two tablespoons of rich cream. Top with grated cheese and bake ten minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve with crisp toast.
Eggs baked in creamed breadcrumb batter in shirrer
A recipe describes lining a shallow oval shirrer with buttered breadcrumb batter, adding beaten eggs with intact yolks, and cooking five to six minutes in the oven until the eggs are still wet, served in the shirrer.
Ramequins of Eggs With Tomato Sauce Ready Method
Prepare butterfly butter in a pan then fry onion parsley and green pepper until browned. Add Nour until frothy then stir in tomatoes and boil. Strain sauce then fill each ramequin with sauce, crack an egg over it and cook until set. Spoon hot tomato sauce over the egg and serve.
A Simple Lingerie Dress Becomes Evening Gown
A resourceful girl with limited funds can turn a summer lingerie frock into an up to date evening gown by adding a satin ribbon hem in a soft color, a matching sash, an elbow length ribbon at the sleeves, and a ribbon flower for a pretty, inexpensive transformation.
The Benefits of Salt in Household Use
Salt offers a wide range of practical applications from medical to cleaning uses. Gargling with salt treats throat soreness, inhaled salt solutions ease nasal congestion, and salt helps clean willow ware and matting. It can prevent scorching when baked, extinguish chimney fires, and aid stain and ink spill cleanup. Salt plus vinegar or soda tackles various stains and minor irritants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halt
Stalin
Holland Eggs Batter Instructions for Cake
Holland Eggs beat flour and baking powder with milk to form a batter. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Thin with more milk then cook in a well buttered hot pan. Cover cook until light and set, then flip and finish to a light golden cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
How to heat water with a wall lamp setup
A home trick uses a wall lantern and a long arm to hold a picture book with a small kettle. The setup keeps enough water hot for night needs without boiling, using a small burner for heat.
Cleaning Tips for Wool Garments: Linen Absorbs Spots
A practical note suggests rubbing a dark woolen garment with a piece of soft old linen to remove spots. It claims that in nine out of ten cases the linen will absorb the stain without needing any additional cleaning. The advice emphasizes a gentle approach using readily available fabric.
The French Woman and Household Attire
An article observes the French woman's care for dress during family calls at home. It notes decorum guiding home gatherings and the emphasis on presenting one’s best to satisfy a husband, who appreciates refined dress from within the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew
Girdle fashions listed in olden chiffon ivory and green
A reader notes suggestions for a girdle to define the high waist in a model featuring chiffon ivory or pea green fabrics. The design uses broad supple gold ribbon with a bold medallion pattern, implying refined luxury and ornamental detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airdle
Pears For Salad How To Mix Fruit With Canned Pears
A brief recipe notes pears for fruit salads with canned pears. Suggests mixing pears with bananas pineapples apples and other fruits and finishing with thick mayonnaise and a dollop of whipped cream on each serving. Mentions Russia cigarettes used more widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Miss Jessie Howard and the vanished hundred pounds
In a storm of worry Miss Jessie Howard accuses Robert Armstrong of taking a hundred pound note given by Mr. Tenney. Amy Howard defends him, finds the money hidden in a pocket, and learns Armstrong’s South African mine woes have ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. St. Henrat
Jessle Howard
Turmoi
Jessie
Jessie Howard
Amy
Miss Jessie
Miss Howard
Robert Armstrong
Mr. 'Enny
Tsald
Robin
Aunt Jessie
James
Amn
Mia Jesale
Mise Jessly
Mies Jessie
Jewale
Jewmle
Hubert Arinirong
Unio
Misa Howard
Robert
Bob
Armstrong
What Supreme Courts Are For
A Chicago Record Herald vignette shows a young attorney trying to call the judge’s attention to law, only to be curtly shut down. The magistrate dismisses the exchange and notes he is busy, with the defendant bound over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Courts
Chicago Record Herald
Supreme Court
Public bath ban eyed for Camberwell winter cricket
The public health committee of Camberwell London proposes stopping the public bath in the borough for cricket practice during winter months. The Camberwellians reportedly do not bathe in winter and the note hints at a humorous misheard dialogue about sleep hints and counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Committee
Camberwell
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wwter Mountain Globe
Alexander Wolford Dannenbaum
Philadelphia
Russia
Asia
Poland
Caucasus
Central Asian
Siberia
Finland
Russa
Perent
Central Asia
Snodgrass
St. Petersburg
Dickens
Castle Yard
Exeter
Lord Russell
Westmister Gazette
Richard James Jewett
Brown University
Harvard University
Brown
Jewett
University of Minnesota
University of Chicagow
Syria
Palestine
University of Chicago
Prague
Stockholm
Alfred Fried
German Peace Society
Fri
Fried
Gustav Kriegar
Queen Alexandra
Hamburg-American Line
Carnegie
Woodrow Wilson
Bis
Ashe “Alwave
Turin
Italy
Papa
Japan
Paper Nak Bag Society of
Pb Laroe
Lieut
H. W. Bell
the Wide World Magazine
Paul Boy
Youth's Companion
Society of Loafers
March Farm Journal
Mildred Hawthorne
Om Graves
Daley
Dalsy
Coure