New Year's Bureau of Chivalry Sparks Bachelor Club Plan
A Swampocket bachelor club on New Year Eve forms a bureau of chivalry to provide escorts for single women. Gen Friesbie Wiggins leads the scheme amid cheers and flirtation as plans spill into calls, a banquet, and a public spread inviting Swampocket society. Mrs Dexter Bloom and Clarissa Frey figure among the social clash and laughter.
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Warren Gloom
Samuel Hiller
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Wiggins
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Bachelor Club
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Gen
Bureau of Chivalry
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Clarissa Frey
Phoebe
Keene
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Lamp Shade as Christmas Gift for a Woman
A stylish lamp shade makes a reliable Christmas gift for a woman. Its attractive design and versatile use suit many decor styles and spaces.
Saloonkeepers End New Year Bottle Gifts
A strong incentive article notes saloon keepers have resolved to stop giving liquor bottles as New Year gifts. A jokey exchange follows about sticking to a New Year’s resolution.
Santa Claus Moralizing Scares Freddy in Puck Cartoon
In a brief Puck cartoon dialogue Little Ethel warns Freddy that Santa will not bring him presents if he is bad. Freddy, naive, wonders if Santa will really withhold gifts, while George suggests the scare is mere bluff. The running joke centers on innocence and parental fear.
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Mamma
Freddy
Santa Claus
George
Puck
Heavy Drops
Sam Sparks quips about suspicions when Pete Green returns late. A quoted line from a Chicago Daily News story notes a wife looking out a window and mentions the term insinuations in a slang context.
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Pete Green
Sam
Sam Sparks
Chicago Daily News
Back to Earth He Good Bye Forever Farewell Note
A quirky farewell line references leaving for good and noting it is cheaper to telephone than send a messenger, with a playful tone about parting and memory.
New Year Resolutions Reformed by Siblings’ Insight
Ralph plans strict New Year reforms but struggles with rigid rules. His sister Kate transforms the resolutions into a visual panel and shares a moral lesson. Ralph learns to embrace one focused aim, guided by the verse This one thing I do from Philippians.
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Jim Roe
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Raron
Health and Beauty Regimen Promotes Internal Baths and Liver Squeezer
The article prescribes constant deep breathing and thorough cleansing of digestive organs using two remedies water intake and the liver squeezer exercise. It advises hot water with phosphate of soda after waking, regular water during the day, lemon water at night, and avoiding meals with liquids and tea. It warns against coffee and chocolate for oily skin and details the liver-squeezer motion.
Attributes of Beauty From a Classic Portrait Guide
The passage outlines ideal features for women emphasizing flawless teeth smooth complexion soft eyes defined brows glossy light or dark hair, graceful hands and feet, a slender throat and egg shaped chin. It warns hairdressing matters and notes feet lose prettiness in tight shoes.
Dresden's Artificial Flower Trade Fact Sheet
The Dresden district hosts 430 artificial flower firms with 250 to 1,000 workers each. About 10,000 people are employed in the trade, mainly women and girls, earning from 83 to 128 a week.
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Dresden
Pumpkin Pie Captures Hearts Over Foreign Dishes
In a humorous exchange at the German Restaurant Mrs. Oldcastle admires Beethoven while the hostess, polishing a $300 solitaire, quips that Josiah values pumpkin pie more than the finest foreign dish. Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Western Reserve President Visits New York Horse Show
Dr. Thwing, president of Western Reserve University, attended a recent New York horse show with a fellow educator. A friend quipped that the event resembled a dress exhibition more than equine excellence, calling it a clothesline instead of a horse rein.
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Thwing
Western Reserve University
New York
The English Way to Eat an Egg
The correct method to eat an egg from the shell is to chip the shell lightly around with the small end in the cup. Then remove the top and use a small spoon to eat the contents.
Fabrics for Sacques and Robes Show Range of Materials
A selection of dress fabrics listed includes crepe de chine china silk albatross and related textiles. The note emphasizes materials suitable for dressing sacques robes and wrappers with a focus on qualified textile names at the head.
Sleeping Car Manners on the Train Berth Etiquette
A guide on courteous behavior in sleeping cars. It covers one seat per top berth, how to dress and store belongings, and how passengers should signal the porter if issues arise. Includes steps for dressing before bed and tidying the berth in the morning.
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Vause
A Pretty Pinafore with Box-Pleats and Embroidery
Describes a novel pinafore design using white cambric muslin or diaper with three wide box-pleats on front and back, feather-stitched center, waist band with embroidery, and a neck band with insertion. Materials listed include one and three-quarter yards 36 inches wide, embroidery, and insertion.
Pastime for Embroiderer Creates Elegant Winter Suit
A woman with a few spare minutes daily crafts an embroidered winter suit. By simple needlework she achieves a dress as beautiful as a Paris gown. A black broadcloth gown features a stamped daisy design with eyelet petals forming an allover English eyelet effect.
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Paris
Negliges Wear Unveils Silk Lace Mesh Loose Garment
A new china silk loose garment features accordion plaiting and an all over valenciennes lace mesh. The design includes a lattice yoke with ribbon decorations and is shown in long wrappers in pink blue lavender green and more.
The Bridal Party Call Upon Mothers and Bride
The bridesmaids ushers and other members of the bridal party should contact the mother of the bride within a week or ten days after the wedding and reach out to the bride as soon as she returns from the bridal trip.
Morning Calls Etiquette Across City and Country
The piece notes that in the city only intimate friends may call in the morning unless business matters arise while in the country people commonly call in the morning in a formal way.
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