Visitors find beauty in South marred by poverty sights
Mrs. Baumgartner and her husband toured the South over holidays, noting Baton Rouge students roaming the city and New Orleans scenes of festive light and fireworks. They reported European influenced architecture, visits to arts clubs, and encounters with the Audubon collection as they traced a Louisiana coastal ride toward Biloxi.
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Orleans
W. J. Baumgartner
Baumgartner
South
Baton Rouge
University of Louisiana
Scu J Dent
Adeline Petti
New Orleans
Gulf
Tree Sisters
New Or
Jayhawk
K.U
C. M. Young
Charles Young, Jr
Ozarks
Fort Smith
Shreveport
Seaport
Warrington
Evening wear and southern trip notes from Maud Markham
A fragment from Maud Markham recounts an evening costume by Martial et Anmn and a violet muff, then shifts to travel notes in New Orleans with shrimp, a banana steamer, and a K U reunion. The letter laments southern poverty, comments on saloon culture, and opines against prohibition and “rushed” beer, ending with a Kansas City byline.
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Martial Et Anmn
Prohibition Memories Versus Early Home Alcohol Use
Mrs O Jacqmain recalls pre prohibition Kansas City scenes of saloons delivering beer to homes, jug and bucket brigades on front porches, and nightly drunken rioting. She argues prohibition reduced family drinking and questions the modern access that now reaches households.
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Neis
Kansas City
Mrs C B Holmes Author of New Career Novel Appearing
Mrs C B Holmes writing as Hilda Mauck has her first novel Wings of Hope appearing in Red Book now. English serial rights, English magazine publication planned, and book edition to be released by Claude Kendall next summer.
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Scribner's
C. B. Holmes
Hilda Mauck
Red Book
Claude Kendall
New York
Winged Tales and Weather Props From Early American Craft
The piece notes Theta Sigma Phi member Mrs. Holmes who sold character sketches to the Kansas City Sunday Star and whose stories appeared in Red Book and Good Housekeeping. It lists a sea weather glass from Salem and a soapstone fire lighter from Cape Cod, detailing their origins and function as artifacts.
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Theta Sigma Phi
Kansas City Sunday Star
Red Book
Good Housekeeping
Kansas City
Antique Weather Glasses Bring Cape Cod Craft To Olneys
A Christmas gift from their daughter-in-law in Phoenix, Arizona brings two reproductions of Cape Cod weather glasses to Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Olney. The couple, touring the East last summer, admired the historic devices used by sea captains to gauge storms, and the gifts enable easy wood-fire lighting without kindling.
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F. H. Olney
Avery Olney
Phoenix
Ariz
Olneys
East
Cape Cod
Paris Dons Sunday Night Frocks Informal and Smart
Paris fashion notes a new Sunday Night Frock style blending casual and evening wear. Designers show soft bodices and close skirts with voluminous sleeves, pairing long jackets or waist lengths with embroi dered textures in crepe and chiffon. The look favors after nine o clock events and bridge or cocktail hours with varied color and beadwork.
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Paris
Sunday Night Mode Fashion Notes and Shoe Pairings
The article discusses smart contributions to Sunday night mode and notes that frocks are typically worn with slippers matched to their color, emphasizing coordinated styling and subtle elegance.
Gown Styles and Tiaras at White House Socials
Mrs Edward E Gann appeared in petunia velvet with a square neckline at a White House reception along with other dignitaries. Donna Antonietta de Martino wore white and silver brocade with ice blue tulle scarf and a blue and white diamond tiara. Madame Claudel and other embassy spouses flaunted velvet, lace and diamond accents in a season of formal attire.
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Washington
White House
Edward E. Gann
Donna Antonietta de Martino
Paul Claudel
Mme. Debuchi
Lady Lindsay
Madame May
Viscountess
ofAlte
Madame Bostrom
Mme. Veverka
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K. U
United States
W.C. T.U
Mrs. O. Jacqmain
C.B. Holmes
THE
New and Greater Hudson
Greater Essex
Hudson Information
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit, Michican
Alli
Hadron
FO. B
Detroit
Essex Information
R.p.m
Essex
Hudson and Essex
M.F. Hudson Motor Co
N. H. St
Lawrence, Kansas
Ney
Weatherlass
Salem
Mass
Lawrence
Thejhome
Otto von. Guericke
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