New Ideas in Gowns for Paris Tea Hour Fashion
The Paris tea hour reveals velvet costumes in black and colors with new frock lines. Russian blouses with wide belts and left side coats dominate, while fur stoles and muffs, fresh hat shapes like the Mercury, and trims from Lavallière and Monna Delza populate a city gallery of fashion.
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ARIS
Paris
Ritz
Volney
Lavalliere
Monna Delza
Bechoff-David
Mlle. Prevost
Mme. Sorel
Comedie Francaise
Cora Laparcerie
Mule
Guett
Mme
Loreland
Beckoff-David
Feathered hat styles and new jewelry trends noted
The article describes round, feathered hats with wing decorations in white and bright tones, plus six inch hat pins designed to pierce the crown. Jet and rhinestones dominate ornamentation with elaborate settings, and cameo pins appeal to taffeta hats. The piece also mentions semi transparent robes and a new headdress from an accompanying illustration.
Canal zone farming prospects tied to Panamanian project
Uncle Sam eyes turning five miles of canal zone land on each side into a vast agricultural belt to supply fresh meats and vegetables to ships. Research by the Bureau of Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry, led by Hugh H Bennett and William A Taylor, foresees mixed tropical farming, forage crops, and stock raising with Guinea grass pastures and crops like cassava and sugar cane to support a thriving export and local employe needs.
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Ncle Sam
Canal
New York
Sam
Pacific
Atlantic
Gosta Rica
Panama
Panama Canal
Bureau of Soils
Bureau of Plant Industry
Hugh H. Bennett
William A Taylor
Uncle Sam
Department
Mr. Taylor
Bennett
Canal Zone
Para
Bermuda
Costa Rica
Canal Bone
Savannah
Pacific Coast
Chirique
Republic of Panama
Tuttlingen to Erect Monument for Max Schneckenburger
Americans learn Tuttlingen, birthplace of Max Schneckenburger, plans a monument to the poet of Die Wacht am Rhein. A Tuttlingen committee appeals for funds, noting Schneckenburger wrote the wartime hymn in his teens and prayed for his homeland after hardship and travel.
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Rhein
Tuttlingen
Max Schneckenburger
Neidingen
Gutmadingen
Gelsinger
Amendingen
Mohringen
Poultney Bigelow
Black Forest
Black Sea
Germany
House of Hohenzollern
Atlantic
Schneckenburger
Max
Switzerland
Wacht Am Rhein
Gravelotte
Sedan
Skipjack sleds made at home for fun and skill
A simple guide shows boys can craft a wooden skipjack sled in minutes using a barrel stave for the runner and a two by four for the upright and seat. It explains front placement, assembly, and a first test run on a short slope, encouraging cooperative building and rival yet fair contests.
Across Ching on Foot Offers Packing Advice
Edwin J. Dingle's Across Ching on Foot gives practical tips for packing American goods for inland Chinese transit. The author cites German and Japanese proficiency, contrasts with British and American care, and shares a friend’s extreme test: pack, drop from stairs, and recheck for damage until a durable shipment survives.
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Edwin J. Dingle
Ching
China
Mr. Dingle
Art of Happiness and the pursuit of fulfillment
The piece argues happiness is misunderstood and tied to material excess. It rebukes vague futures and urges readers to define desires, plan a path, and strive, asserting happiness arises in the struggle and upon achieving what one truly wants.
Puzzling Questions and Train Riddles Revealed
A goose weighs ten pounds plus half its weight, a trick question with twenty pounds as correct. A traveler moving from San Francisco to New York over seven days meets fourteen trains, not seven, because a new train leaves each day from the opposite end of the route.
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Aimple
San Francisco
New York
Little Clara Objects To Sing On Plan o Guide
A three year old Clara, fond of piano practice, is frustrated when her mother removes the piano and places a railway guide on the rack. The child protests by declaring there is no sing on it and cannot sing.
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Clara
Plano
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Lespes
Timothee Trimm
Timothee
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