Fall patterns offer flattering dresses for street and club wear
The sewing circle preview promotes Patterns No. 1799 and No. 1780 with sizes 32 to 46 and 12 to 40 respectively. Descriptions note bodice detailing for a round-bosomed look, paneled skirts, and materials like flat crepe and wool. Orders via The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago. Prices 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Malaria Relief
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malarial remedy containing tasteless quinidine and iron. It claims to relieve chills and fever, improve well being quickly, and is suitable for children, sold at drugstores with a larger size offering better value.
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Grove
Close Inspection of a Man’s Reputation
A quotation emphasizes how a man’s reputation invites scrutiny of every aspect of his character and actions. The line suggests public judgment follows closely monitored conduct and appearances.
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Addison
Maiden Effort Revelations Shake a Studio Plot
Moby Dickstein reveals the Marion Van Stratten deception to Marie and Gloria, exposing the aunt–niece twists of the Van Stratten clan and a scheme with A Leon Snydacker. Gloria plots blackmail while Martin Holmes weighs risks as lawyer Germine’s paper looms over a five thousand dollar payoff.
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Liggy
Miss van Stratten
Moby
A. Leon Snydacker
Purity Pictures, Inc
Big Boy
Mr. Morse
Grek
Marie
Germine
Gloria
Moby Dickstein
Kelsey Hare
Martin Holmes
Martin
Marion van Stratten
Disa Gormine
A. Leon
Miss Glamour
Park House
Maiden Effort Headquarters
Templeton Sayles
Kelsey
Sayles
Marbury Gormine
Broadway
New York City
Three Fourths of Orchestra Directors Work Done at Rehearsals
Francis Toye notes that three quarters of a conductor’s work occurs in rehearsal and that performance style matters less than solid foundations. He traces conducting roots to Mendelssohn and remarks on technique, rigidity, and the need for an adaptable orchestra. The ultimate test remains the artistic result.
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Mendelssohn
Francis Toye
Illustrated London News
Japanese Marriages and Religious Practices
The article notes most Japanese marriages follow Shinto rites and that Japanese women, like men, are generally adherents of Buddhism. It comments on the prominence of ancestor worship in Shinto ceremonies and Buddhist influence among both genders.
Strange Facts From Old Notes On Animals And Rituals
The text notes bats like Pipistrellus pygmaeus carry lunch in tail pouches during flight and mentions Chinese funeral customs where families buy paper horses money clothes and servants for the afterlife, calling shops selling such goods hell equipment stores. It also cites nitroglycerin reacting rapidly, with a hypothetical five mile pipe explosion producing vast gas volume in one second.
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Collier’s
Mending Life's Garments by Caroline Dale Snadeker
A reflective meditation on repairing lives and the paradox that life’s fabric heals with modest, scattered kindness while human effort resembles a threadbare weave that remains frayed. The author notes an invisible kindness guiding gradual mending.
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Caroline Dale Snadeker
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Leonardi
E. Leonardi
B. Leonardi & Co. Inc
New Rochelle
Handy
Banner
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Dickstein
Marne
van Strattens
New York
Madam van Stratten
Marcia
Aunt Marcia
Scoopy
van Stratten
Stratsky
Migand
Miss Gloria
Marty
John Hancock
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