A Cherry-Bud in a Foreign Hand
In Kobe and Japan a European artist Sidney White falls for his Japanese model O Tome. He builds a cottage for her, plans a private life, but a sudden arrival of his wife interrupts the romance revealing the model as a real person. White ends the affair and searches for her.
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No Atonement to the Dead
A reflective Harper's Bazar passage condemns the pain caused by loving people who wrong others, arguing that forgiveness cannot repair harm to the dead. It laments a duel of natures and an hour stained with red where affection and enmity blur, leaving living guilt and pity.
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Army Orders 2000 Movable Kitchens for Austrian Army
Two thousand movable kitchens are ordered for the Austrian army. Each kitchen is a four wheeled vehicle drawn by two horses and weighing about half a ton. Equipment includes four coppers, an oven, cupboards, tables, and other field cooking facilities.
Prized Photos Frame With Silk Front and Light Shield
Design Illustrated presents a three part wall or table frame for displaying photos. Constructed from firm cardboard it features a silk front divided into three parts, hinged sides, and backup brocade or embroidered silk. The piece folds for light protection and hangs or stands as desired.
Color Scheme For Walls And Ceiling In A Light Room
The article advises a modern decorator approach using matching wall and ceiling papers joined by a molding. Side walls feature frosty silver and pale green striped paper, while the ceiling uses an oriental sage green with dull blue gold and silver. It notes light colors brighten dark rooms and suggests a sunlight effect overhead to compensate poor artificial lighting.
Khaki with Black Accessories Couture Notes
The article describes tailored costumes in champagne beige and khaki using voile and silk serge fabrics designed to be worn only with black accessories. It specifies black hats trimmings belts waistcoats and parasol details with a black stick and ebony touch. Shoes and stockings may be black or match the gown.
Selvedge Edge Draperies Fashion Trend
Selvedge edges gain popularity in tunics sleeves and scarves. The feature appears across silk wool and cotton fabrics including mousseline veils chiffon and batiste. The selvedge typically matches fabric color but with a deeper tone, especially in gold tan brown blue and pale yellow.
Dresses in Simple Design from 18th Century Pattern
The article describes two dresses with high waisted skirts and elaborate yokes. One uses coli enne green fabric with embroidered insertion, lace collar, and tucked sleeve edges. the other in pink silk linen features a wrapped side seam, fitted bodice, and net yoke trimmed with lace and buttons. It lists fabric needs: 8 yards coli enne 44 inches, 9 yards insertion. and 84% yards linen 42 inches, plus net and buttons.
Benzoin Bath Tans Skin Lightens After Outdoor Exposure
A girl troubled by tanning learns that bathing in milky water infused with benzoin keeps skin comparatively pale and removes tan after a day outdoors. The remedy emphasizes benzoin's staining effect and skin bleaching potential.
One Color Accessories Harmonize Wardrobe Choices
The article argues for a single color theme across dress and accessories to achieve harmony and unity. It notes purples suit blondes, greens and blues flatter brunettes, and browns pair well with reddish hair, with contrasts and lighter or darker shades tied to hair and eye color.
Button Security For Children's Clothing
The writer recalls a method to keep buttons from popping off. Place the thread knot on the right side under the button, sew securely, then wind the thread around the button three or four times. This technique reduces button loss until garments wear out.
Story of Bel and the Dragon Destruction Origins
The article discusses The Destruction of Bel and the Dragon as an apocryphal addition to Daniel. It notes differences between the Greek Septuagint and the original Daniel text, suggesting Alexandrine influence or translator additions to the book and its insertions such as Susanna.
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Psalms as Comfort for Daniel in Trial
Excerpted verses from Psalms 55 and 5 reflect daily devotion, prayers at morning noon and night, and reliance on divine protection. The text highlights calling on God, mercy, righteous paths, and the Lord shielding the faithful while condemning deceitful enemies.
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Daniel Defies Bel as Envious Court Probes His Faith
A historical tale echoes Daniel’s courage under a heathen king. Envy rises among Babylonian princes as Daniel refuses to worship Bel, insisting the living God alone sustains him and exposing Bel as clay and brass. The king cites offerings to Bel but the priests face accusation over Bel’s supposed meals.
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Daniel and Bel and the Dragon Devastate Babylon
The tale follows Daniel exposing Bel’s deceit by ashes and hidden stairs, destroying Bel and the dragon with pitch and hair balls. The enraged Babylonians seize Daniel and cast him to a lions den where he miraculously survives, leading the king to praise the God of Daniel.
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God All in All in the New Creation Martensen Quote
The passage argues that divine blessedness becomes perfect only when God is all in all through a united church of souls in Christ. It holds that the Triune God rests in grace and love completed, to be revealed in the new heavens and earth, reflecting God’s glory through love.
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Winning the Kingdom through Early Christian Persecutions
The article reflects on apostles and missionaries enduring bitter persecution to bring converts to faith. It argues modern times differ from early days yet discipline remains essential for believers to become worthy of the kingdom of God, noting hardship may precede a blessed outcome for God’s children.
The Wondrous Love Sermon Thoughts on Christ’s Infinite Love
A devotional reflection centers on the richness of divine love outweighing earthly fortunes. It proclaims that openness to the Infinite Love can heal alienation and bereavement, citing “the love of Christ that passeth knowledge” as the source of true wealth.
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Honors Were With Farmer
A rural mail carrier and a sun-browned farmer named Holmes meet on a roadside. The carrier suspects the farmer, who jokes he is Sherlock Holmes enough to read faces, and asks for his mail. The exchange highlights humor over mistaken impressions in a rural setting.
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Eczema Healed After Twelve Years with Cuticura
Charles T Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania suffered eczema on hands arms and feet for about twelve years. Hands and feet swelled itched and peeled then became raw. After trying many salves doctors he found relief with Cuticura remedies and reports full healing by March 11 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
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Mourning for Ebenezer's Death Described in Local Tale
The narrative notes Mr. Jefferson as not perfect but possessing engaging traits that earned friends and caused sincere mourning from his widow. A neighbor recounts Mrs. Jefferson grieving, with a brief chorus of remarks about her continued sorrow and a vivid scene of spanking Eben for sneaking molasses, triggering memories of his father.
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A Long Way Back from Miss Passay
George claims Miss Passay has never been kissed. Harry recalls kissing her years ago, though she says she has no memory of it.
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A City Clerk’s Grand Garden Tale
Five colleagues who heard of a clerk’s enormous garden visited his home on a Saturday afternoon, expecting a vast plot. They found a small 12 by 10 foot yard, yet the clerk boasted of its height extending toward the sky, prompting amused disbelief.
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Chicago Daily Socialist
A Hot Prescription for Cold Feet Joke
A sallow man asks a doctor for a prescription for cold feet. The witty physician replies with a punchline offering coal and a five dollar charge, blending humor with a mock medical setup.
The Man Who Is Only Marking Time
A wry reflection links idle time to song as a man contemplates marching to Zion in a quiet, metaphorical line. The remark suggests a folk or spiritual undertone about purpose and progress.
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