Women Debate Family Budgets in Good Homekeeping Seven July
Three hundred women share views on the family pocketbook in Good Housekeeping July, most favoring the allowance plan. Accounts from wives across states reveal money struggles, education gaps at home, and varied coping methods. A sample of confessions shows husbands frugal or extravagant, with some couples practicing fixed weekly allowances and joint budget reviews.
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Massachusetts
Cleran
Michigan
Iowa
Olse
Reever
Memory Training Advice for Modern Girls
An article urges daily practice to strengthen memory using games and real life cues. It cites activities like recalling last sentences, memorizing ads, and noting eye color and features to sharpen mental recall and general temper.
Paris coiffure trends offer lighter hair masses and jeweled bands
The article outlines Paris fashion notes on hairstyles with a lighter mass, aigrette or plum decorations, jeweled ribbons, and rose or leaf accents. It suggests wreaths for young girls, black velvet winged ends with tulle bands for older women, and simple gold or silver fillets with large cloth roses for youth, highlighting evolving elaborate styles.
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Paris
Latent Hosiery Showcases Elaborate High End Designs
The latent hosiery features elaborate high priced patterns with beaded instep and ankle motifs, vinelike embroidery, and circle accents above the instep. Drop stitch weaves offer new sale appeal with unusually varied color ranges matching many gowns.
Getting Acquainted Period Linked to Divorce Trends
A discussion of how early married life and the so called getting acquainted period relate to rising divorce rates. Data show most separations occur in the first years, with many divorces granted years after separation rather to marriage, challenging the idea that couples simply fail to get acquainted.
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Herolam
United States
Fashion Notes on Hosiery and Silk Gousing
The text notes the beauty of changeable noas and the rarity of plain lisle silk hose. It suggests women favor simple stockings for refined taste except on elaborate occasions or at home with a dainty house gown or lounging robe.
Faults In Girls Reflect On Growing Up
Fragment describes common habits in girls as they grow, noting irritation with pale lips, brow lines, ear touching, and fidgeting that may affect facial appearance. It suggests self awareness and the impact of manners on personal impression.
Colonial Recipes from Old Virginia and Maryland Manors
Maude A Bomberger presents selections from a cherished manuscript collection titled Colonial Recipes from Old Virginia and Maryland Manors. The book showcases generations of manor cooking and favors friends with copies bearing the manor’s name.
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Maude A. Bomberger
Virginia
Maryland
Thin Southern Biscuits Recipe Reveals Simple Grid
A plain recipe lists one pint flour one egg one spoonful lard and a pinch of salt mixed with milk to form a moderately stiff dough. Roll thin cut with a biscuit cutter roll thin again fork prick bake light brown for genuine old southern Thin Biscuits.
Sally Lunn Cake Recipe Steps
A historic baking note describes Sally Lunn cake making with one egg one cup sugar creamed, then butter milk and flour with baking powder and salt. The batter is mixed well and baked in a leaf cake, tested by a broom straw.
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Sally Lunn
Old Maryland Baked Ham from Colonial Easter Dinner
The recipe describes preparing an Old Maryland Baked Ham by boiling then skinning, carving a central cavity filled with old Maryland stuffing, clove studding, pepper, crumbs, and brown sugar, followed by baking until brown. It notes the dish was served for Easter Sunday dinner in colonial times.
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Maryland
Fashion Hints From A Bygone Era On Accessories And Fabrics
Fashion hints describe parasols of pongee with silk borders and vivid cravats with Persian influences. Notes on red collars, white sailor suits for children, miscellany of lace chemisettes, fringe knotted scarves on Panama hats, and pockets of Irish crochet on hats. Fine details include eyelet embroidery, baby Irish lace with cluny, and tuck accents on tailored shirtwaists.
A Dreamer Marries a Practical Groom in a European Romance
In a dim room at 11 p.m. a young bride-to-be, poised between two loves, reveals to Otto that she once corresponded with a mysterious man she imagined as her ideal. Otto confesses he was the correspondent, and though shaken, the couple chooses to marry, hoping truth can renew their bond as wedding bells start to ring.
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Otto
Man at 300 Feet Stands on Park Row Derrick Mast
Gus Johnson, a skilled rigger, climbs a ninety foot mast on a Park Row project, balancing 300 feet above ground on an eighteen inch square perch. Crowds gather as he secures the guy rope and poses for a World photographer while the mast sways and he remains calm.
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New York World
Gus Johnson
Johnson
Tract Society
How to Wear Pajamas From the New York Sun
A traveler notes Americans wear pajamas loosely while the Japanese roll them up to keep cool and comfortable. He argues Englishmen know little about pajama styles and that the oriental method would suit Americans better.
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New York Sun
Japan
Chicago Way Wedding Break Draws City Gossip
A Philadelphia Record snippet notes a Chicago woman causing a notable scene at a wedding. The tabloid tone questions what she did and whether the bride and groom wish her well as the day shifts in mood.
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Chicago Way
Philadelphia
Chicago
Marie You Call Her A Saleslady But She Never Sailed
A witty exchange notes Marie defies a sales role while Morton jokes about her sailing a yacht. The dialogue hints at gender and career expectations in playful banter.
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Marie
Morton
Mysterious Knowledge from a Solar Eclipse Tale
An old University of Pennsylvania expedition observed a solar eclipse in a southern state. A local worker learns chickens roost at 11 o clock by cosmic chance, and the professor reveals he had known it about a year ago, though the birds were not yet hatched.
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Ladies' Home Journal
University of Pennsylvania
Tom
The Crucial Test In A North Town Council
An adjourned London Chronicle town council test reveals a blindfolded member cannot distinguish arene by taste. A ballot challenged the claim with a bet that he could name any drink. he named drinks until a counselor whispered for water. The test ends with the councilor recalling a childhood memory of the drink.
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London Chronicle
Ballie
Keille
Senator Clay Recalls Hiawassee College Wit at Marietta Dinner
At a Marietta dinner Senator Clay praised a Georgia writer and shared a jocular reminiscence about his youth at Hiawassee College. He recalled a wife’s remark about spring, trees in new clothes, and his quip that they made them all themselves.
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Mr. B
Buffalo Express
Senator Clay
Marietta
Georgia Wyer
Hiawassee College
Mrs. Jackson and Gabberla Busy in Local Ties
A terse note reports Mrs. Jackson and Gabberla as active in community matters. Mrs. Johnson remarks on her neighborly actions, noting she balances expenses while aiding neighbors.
The Dentist's Joke
A London Authors club dinner recalls an English dentist who pulled a tooth from a man in pain and laughed, claiming the tooth was the joke. The man, Jie, groaned asking what the joke was, while the dentist declared it was the wrong tooth.
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Authors Club
London
Owen Beaman
Punch
Walter Emanuel
Stam
Jie
The Perfect Man Riddle From Everybody's
A Sunday-school lesson poses a riddle about a perfect man. Little Mary Jane answers that he was manina's first husband, prompting a quiet classroom moment in a clipped, humorous snippet from the era.
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Mary Jane
Manina
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