Midseason fashion trends for women in a hot humid era
Anne Rittenhouse notes women seek comfort in summer wardrobes, avoiding work while saving energy for winter. Embroidery items, eyelets, and cretonne coats shape midseason styles with bold color mixes and minimal trimming. Home stitching allows quick, stylish updates amid rising fashion experimentation.
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Anne Rittenhouse
New York Times
Penman
Keramelvas
Fashion Notes on Coats and The Long Line Effect
A fashion column discusses coats in cretonne and tapestry, suitable for cool climates, with wide collars and cuffs and jeweled buttons. It explains the long line effect with vertical front openings, tunic skirts, sashes, embroidery, and subdued detailing to elongate the silhouette.
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Charity
Editor rejects Van Olsen daughter’s manuscript scene
Belton, editor of the Whirligig, berates Miss Van Olsen’s story as amateurish and refuses to publish it. Van Olsen arrives, condemns the decision, but reveals he will invest $50,000 after witnessing the editor’s integrity. He invites Belton to dinner that evening with his daughter.
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Binks
van Olsen
Whirligig
Belton
Mr. Belton
Miss Vanmele
Singerly
Bis Concern
Night sky and star described by Longfellow in verse
Poem excerpt depicts a lone star lighting the dusky sea scene. References to Chrsa ora rising from the sea, Calliarhoe, and a falchion evoke mythic imagery as the speaker gazes nightly at the gleam over the ocean.
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Longfellow
Edison unveils battery car to replace trolley systems
Thomas A. Edison demonstrated a twenty four foot battery powered car in Orange New Jersey. The car seats thirty passengers and uses 210 cells for propulsion and lighting providing about fifty horsepower. Edison claims driving cost at one cent per mile.
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Thomas A. Edison
Orange
N. J
Edison
The Habit of Socialism Arctic Explorer Quote
A Washington Star quip notes that an arctic explorer must endure isolation and communication gaps. The exchange suggests explorers grow accustomed to being cut off from the world, a habit persisting even after returning to civilization.
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Washington Star
Sex Proportion World Population Statisticians Note
Statisticians estimate the global population ratio at about 109 women for every 104 men. The finding highlights a slight female majority worldwide and differs from uneven regional patterns in gender balance.
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