Queen Alexandra Embraces a Lively Photography Hobby
Queen Alexandra pursues amateur photography with a darkroom at Sandringham and a vast album collection. She shoots thousands of portraits of royal family and scenes from Europe, and even prints aboard the Victoria and Albert. Her grandchildren feature prominently among the images.
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Alexandra
Europe
Sandringham
Victoria and Albert
Denmark
Atud Horsen
Wolferton
Parthenon
Princess of Wales
BuMeld
Marlborough House
China
Windsor
Egoh
Men Do Not Nag From Harper's Bazar
A discussion on male behavior contrasts men and women in marriage detailing faults and virtues. It notes men are less forgiving public shaming, less patient with pain, yet possess a virtue in not nagging. It observes men face anger over trifles and silly irritations like collar buttons, yet emphasize men forgive once, not storing offenses.
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Harper's Bazar
The Newest Pumps Fit For Footwear Fashion
The article discusses new pump designs tied to fashion, including a leather ankle strap securing pumps unseen to the eye, improving comfort. It notes various leathers and plain buckles, and mentions high boots with matching gown materials and patent leather tops gaining popularity among a broad audience.
Excellent Hair Shampoo Recipe From A Historic Page
A recipe describes boiling water and soap to make a paste. The instructions advise shaving soap, melting it, adding to water, cooling, and then applying the paste to the hair before rinsing with warm water.
Fashions In Goats To Suit All Forms
Fashion guidance echoes that there is a coat suit for every woman and figure. Long coats dominate yet vary in length to fit the wearer while lines adapt to the figure. Dressmakers push for individuality, offering hope through creative tailoring and adaptable seamstresses.
Fashion Notes From The Season In Small Talk Of Facts
Jet and cut steel novelties in buckles and buttons are popular. Double plaits relieve the ubiquitous back skirt while long wraps in old fashioned brocades appear for evening wear.
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London
Paris
The New Handbags and Animal Heads Fashion Trend
Modern handbags resemble carpet bags with double leather handles and pale gray leather. Actress Charlotte Walker popularized the look with a wolf head emblem signifying her play The Wolf, inspiring animal heads from horses to dogs and lions on bags, including tiger heads tied to Princeton orange and black.
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Charlotte Walker
Allyer
Princeton
Hatpins Grow Fancier While Costs Deter Gulfs
The piece notes the shift from simple tortoise shell and celluloid pins to ornate gold hatpins designed to appeal to women. It highlights the durability and long wear, despite high prices, and compares them to earlier, cheaper varieties.
Jewelry Revival Sparks Seed Pearl Revival In Vintage Set
A Chicago divorce suit reveals Mia Clark Black alleges she faced a morning routine of curling her husband’s long mustache. The article notes a fashion revival of seed pearl and garnet jewelry, with a granddaughter rediscovering an old family brooch and adjacent pieces.
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Mia
Clark Black
Chicago
Lydia Thompson remembered in Chicago theater history
In a new book cultural critic George P. Upton recounts Lydia Thompson’s Chicago era in 1869 70 with the British blondes. The burlesque star sparked public outcry and a famous on street confrontation with Wilbur F. Storey of the Times.
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Wilbur Story
George P. Upton
Chicago
Lydia Thompson
London
Crosby Opera House
Black Crook
Ita
Lyda Thompson
Wilbur F. Storey
the Times
Biondes
Drastic
the Tribune
Mr. Upton
Elizon Weathersby
Pauline Markham
Grant White
Sinbad the Sailor
Lydia
Storm
Chicago Times
Storey
Times
Blorides
Genere
Canree
Characer
Timea
Anld
The
Wabash Avenue
Mr. Storey
Peckcourt
Mra. Storey
Mr. Hiery
Growing corn without cob in Bloomington county fair
In Bloomington on November 23 a farmer reported a seed corn anomaly from Indiana. A freak ear with husk wrapped kernels produced identical ears and promise of larger kernels with no cob. He plans to plant more and improve the variety for next year.
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Bloomington
H. J. Sconce
Taylor Garlough
Indiana
Sconce
Sidell
Iowa Woman in a Unique Position DAR ROBA LIEBIG
Dr Rona Liebig of Marshalltown Iowa has been appointed overseer of the poor by the board of supervisors making her the sole woman to hold that post in Iowa and likely in the nation She has long been active in humane work serving as city humane officer and tru art officer Her recent government assignment involved gathering statistics on women's labor during which she visited major factories and sweatshops, informing Department of Commerce and Labor reports.
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Dar
Roba Liebig
Marshalltown
Rona Liebig
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Liebig
City Humane Cfeer
Bhe
Department ‘of Commerce and Labor
Aged 68 Sets 50 Miles In Ten Hours In Harlem
An elderly runner, John Hughes aged 68, covers 50 miles in 10 hours on a sidewalk course around Park and Lexington Avenues in Harlem. Spectators pack the route as he pauses hourly for rest and saloon visits, aiming toward a 100 mile goal.
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New York
John Hughes
Hughes
New York Athletic Club
Lepper
Lexington Ave
John Tobin
Tobin
Edward P. Weston
Park and
Lexington Avenues
John Murthy
Murtha
Werton
Ina
Harlem
Percy Nagle
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Parson
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de Raffie
Banyon
Blue Beard
Academy of Music
Harry Becket
Fatima
Robert Edeson
the Lambe
Tommy
Reddy
Wreddy
Srevanee
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