Uncle Sam's Scale of Tips Used in Travel Expenses
The federal treasury department has issued an order detailing tip allowances for traveling public servants. Allowances include 50 cents a day for meals in major cities, 20 cents for sleeping car porters, 15 cents for chair car porters, and specific amounts for stewards on ships or travel to regions like Hawaii, Panama, or Porto Rico. Baggage porters are limited to 25 cents at hotels or stations. The piece notes tipping is a common burden for many Americans and that the treasury aims for prudence in distributing these tips.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Federal
Treasury Department
New York
Chicago
Atlantic Ocean
Hawaii
Panama
Porto Rico
Chicago Daily News
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Doctor compares women to monkeys over curiosity claim
An eastern doctor notes women show more curiosity than men, stirring a risky debate echoing a woman's view that both sexes descended from monkeys with women diverging farther. A witty remark adds that men are more logical and more zoological.
A Judge Upholds Corporal Punishment in School
The Pittsburg judge rules that a teacher may whip an unruly pupil as a necessary educational tool, aligning with Solomonian wisdom. An eastern professor’s study on red hair and marriage proves futile, while a Washington seismograph custodian could confirm the fact. An Atlantic flight may win prominent newspaper play, regardless of success.
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Pittsburg
Solomon
Eastern College
Washington
Law professor urges courts to heed justice as law
A college law professor declares the time has come when courts must care as much about justice as about law. It is encouraging to find experts support the idea that justice was the original purpose and meaning of law.
Billionaire rovers and oddities stalk late 19th century thoughts
A collage of society notes portrays American millionaires in London scams and Wall Street fortunes built on others’ losses. It jokes about a Venetian arrest, fashion pranks, Harvard waiters earning riches, a cure for red noses, and a servantless Paris hotel with guests tipping themselves.
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London
Wall Street
Peter
Paul
Three Simple Tricks For The Boy Magician
A concise 1912 guide for young conjurers detailing three tricks. It explains coin multiplication using a secret pocket in a plate, breaking and restoring a match via a hemmed handkerchief, and transforming a glass contents illusion with a rubber sleeve and silk thread. It stresses practice, concealment, and careful handling.
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A. Neely Pall
Interrupted Message Sparks Rural Town Reverie
A Chicago millinery drummer recalls meeting an angel in a Kansas shop and a comic misadventure in a grocery where a farmer attacker is hushed by the grocer. The gag line reveals the man who hurt him is the father of his beloved, Sodtown’s angel.
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Kansas
Sid
Chicago
Angel
Sodtown
Critics of Women in Civics in American City
In a woman's number of the American City a critique argues that many women confuse philanthropy with civics and seek to remedy evils without addressing their root causes. They would alleviate suffering but rarely seek to remove underlying conditions, a stance not greatly different from some men in the field.
Tea gown design offers quick sewing for women
A new tea gown source shows an Empire top with lace or embroidered muslin sleeves and a four-panel China silk skirt. The design features a weighted hem, side plaits, satin ribbon through slits, and a large bow at the arm front, with short puff sleeves ending at the elbows.
Meeting Fashion's Changing Demands
The piece argues fashion evolves quickly so wardrobes must adapt. It credits the French for wearing new frocks immediately and urges avoiding mothballed dresses. It warns against buying prettily without planning use to prevent waste and improve style.
New Head Dress Trends In Evening Fashion
Fashion notes highlight head dresses as a chic evening accessory this season. Styles feature rhinestone bands worn low on the forehead with bangs showing a short fringe, black velvet cords with rhinestone buckles, and satin wrappings twisted around wires to match gowns. For young girls, tiny silk roses appear in clusters or half wreaths.
Boas Fuller Fashion Notes Highlight Color and Style
The article discusses boas made with French flowers and satin ribbons, noting round shapes and flat stoles still in use. It describes color blends from white to gray and black, suitable for evening or day wear, with fuller flues and longer plenums increasing value and feather thickness.
Pretty Waist Belt Trend Displayed by Young Girl
A young girl wore a gray chiffon dress complemented by a broad gray velvet belt. The belt featured pink rose fringe at each end and a matching buckle. It wrapped to the left side where one end threaded through the buckle and both ends cascaded to the hem.
Afternoon gowns described with sapphire satin and velvet details
The notice outlines afternoon gown styles featuring sapphire blue satin mousseline or velvet, satin embroidered revera, a lace chemisette, and a black sash with embroidered and fringed ends.
Threading Woolen Thread Through Needle Guide
Instructions describe threading woolen thread using a doubled cotton strand to create a loop. The woolen thread is drawn through the needle eye by catching it in the doubled end and pulling through.
Way the Hair Is Dressed in 1900s Styles
The article describes fringe trends reduced to a few forehead strands while hair is puffed and curled from back to front. Side parting is favored, no coils remain on top, and the back features soft flat puffs resembling waves.
Deafwarded Invitation Sparks Silent Pledge
An old man listens to a voice culture student in a hall room and then tells her of a friend ready to pay to hear her sing. The woman learns the note he wrote reads John W. Jones Asylum for the Deaf, a startling revelation.
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John W. Jones
Asylum For the Deaf
Irish gang boss cursed by language at Port au Prince
An Irish gang boss once employed by a railroad outfit in Port au Prince, Haiti, shouted Allez you sons of guns allez when his Haitian crew shirked. He then told the chief engineer he cursed the day he learned their tongue.
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Port-au- Prince
Haiti
Allez
Insults and Barbs Echo in Exchange
A brief quoted exchange shows a sharp gauntlet as one mocks another. The other vows to "eat his words" after facing the insult, signaling a public retort or confrontation likely in a heated debate or dispute.
The Kind Poll Tax Exchange
A compact exchange quotes a character calling head work a tax and replying that it amounts to a poll tax, illustrating a satirical critique of taxation.
Grape-Nuts Heralded By Suffering Merchant Hero
A New York merchant credits Grape-Nuts with restoring his health after years of stomach trouble. He notes improved digestion, better sleep, and renewed energy for work and family, praising the food as a boon to his household and even a healthy 2 year old. The letter is presented as a genuine customer testimonial from the Postum Co. advertisement series.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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