Oldest Temptations and New Roles in Cookery Arts
A chaotic excerpt traces cooking as a venerable craft entering modern roles. It notes women in dietetics and hospital food control, Radcliffe graduates starting a bakery, and a push toward health foods. It argues cooking imitates civil engineering in progress, while praising female professional advancement and the rise of specialized food training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cookh
Washington
New York
Radcliffe College
Remarkable Lizards Common in This Country
The article highlights notable lizards such as the horned toad found in western arid regions. It describes the legless lizard or joint-snake in southern woods, noting its tail fragments survive separation. It also mentions the Gila monster, a venomous orange and black lizard of the southwestern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thenited
Vegetables with Magnetic Power in Indian Plant
An Indian plant is reported to possess a daily magnetic influence. Its effects peak around two in the afternoon and vanish at night. It allegedly shocks anyone who touches its leaves and repels birds and insects. A compass needle reportedly shifts when within twenty feet of the plant, suggesting a powerful unknown energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Woman Diver Jessie Ackermann Describes Sea Descent
Miss Jessie Ackermann recounts her deep sea dive in a rubber suit at pearling grounds between Australia and Singapore. She details equipment, the inverted descent, and the vibrant life on the sea bed as she floats and explores the ocean floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ackermann
Australia
Singapore
Miss Ackerman
Miss Ackermann
Sargent's Roosevelt Portrait and A Living Daylight
The Brooklyn Eagle notes John Sargent sought the ideal light for his life size portrait of President Roosevelt. After many attempts, the artist found the perfect pose on a marble stairway in the White House as Roosevelt adjusted his stance under a north light. A guest-storying joke recalls a passerby mistaking Secretary Hay for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 8. Sargent
Roosevelt
Brooklyn Eagle
White House
Sargent
Secretary Hay
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Sargent
Inbred Wilkes Bred Trotter Attracts Breeders' Attention
A horse described as a premier trotter and a breeding standout is highlighting the Wilkes line. Sired by Great Ash land Wilkes 2:19, with a dam line tracing to Young Wilkes and George Wilkes, the bloodline is prized by trotting and harness breeders and a catalogue is offered for pedigree extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland Wilkes
Ashbrook
Young Wilkes
George Wilkes
Wilkes
A Curious Phenomenon Of Moonlit Frost
Reports a curious spring night effect where leaves and buds freeze despite air above freezing. An English experimenter notes that rapid radiation on clear nights causes cooling beyond ambient air, with a cotton piece sometimes six or eight degrees colder. Plants may chill similarly with the air above.
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Hay
Lexington
Dover
Winkler
WarCram
EINDA
Winkler Furniture Co
Per
Ticular
J. F. Ramey
HW. Winsor
H. W. Winsor
Insurance
DR. Fenner
Woodland, Ta
Avice
St.vitus
Crenshaw & Young
New York Life
T. Crear
Jefferson Cliy, Ma
Thunder Mountain
Idaho
Stuyvesant Publishing CO
Postal Telegraph
Deilding
Bow Tack City
H.W. Winsor
Citron & Taubman
Lexington, MO
Chas, M., Bowring
Wellington, Mo
J.W. Meng
Meng Building
Missouri
PMO Ie Sear Veet Pt
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WHITE
Lincoln Trust CO
Ida M. Tarbell
McClure
Standard Oil
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Journal
East 25Th Street
MEST
Esco
Atalgood Druggists
Ches. Ww. Ioorniis
Ro & Piiests
ST. Louis,mo
Oni
Carster
DeLacy
Delacy Chemical Co
T. Louis
Leroy Farmer
Eethin
C. J. Moffett
M. D
ST. Louis
D. A. Hann
Biate
Aoones
WiniTeas
Richard Field
Paest
Andrew
Casnis
M, Catron
Sanuamy
Wantwvorth Bank
Wlde & General Banking
J. Andrew, Wiliam J. Marrison
Board OF Directors
Chisrles A, G. M. Catron
Frank ‘Rdw
Murke, Len White
Tutus Founn Ow
Mena Island
Prew
BL R
Relan
Casnter
Les J. Alush RH
Locos
Tue Trapers’ Bank
Lexringson
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