Merchants by Advertising Can Help to Get Business Going Once More
Postwar recovery hinges on consumer demand and advertising. Economists note wages lag price gains, urging early purchases of needed goods. Let the public buy now while supply exists and firms resume production, with merchants using advertising to create demand and revive business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Irving Fisher
Yale
Department of Labor
Klondike
Gell
It Is Up to America to Justify the Proxy Marriage Experiment
The piece discusses permitir married by proxy for American soldiers in France and contrasts it with Australia. It weighs benefits and risks, noting financial aid for loved ones and social standing, but argues the practice is a dangerous innovation unlikely to solve separation woes. It concludes that America must justify the bold experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
Prony Win
Australia
Camps for Girls Equal to Boys in Fitness and Citizenship
The author argues that physical training camps and citizenship camps are essential for girls, spanning all social classes. She praises Girl Scout camps for lessons not provided by home, church, or school, and urges state recognition while keeping camps recreational and aligned with girls' desires. She notes practical lessons like housework and dishwashing teach useful skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scouts
Miss
Panorama Tientsin and Dutch colonial home design featured
A long feature describes Tientsin's panorama feel and historic sieges amid foreign settlements and salt industry. It also showcases a Dutch colonial home plan by William A. Radford, detailing a 7 room design with spacious living areas, porches, decks, and practical basement storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Seng-ko-lin-sin
Chi-chou
Hsia
Ya-chou
Chou
Mu-Wang
Ilailo
Siberia
Petho
Hunho
Trentsin
Confucus
Boston
Chih-ai
Peking
William A. Radford
Inquiries on Invention and the Value of Rights
A reflection contrasts Hertz and wireless progress with Levassor and the permissive speed of cars. It notes how inventions gain significance beyond initial aims and argues that true rights come from universal justice and divine law, enduring through empires and change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertz
Mertz
Levassor
Paris
Bordeaux
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Tentsin
China
National Geographic Society
London
Rome
Petrograd
Holland
Herbert C. Troover
Cheng H
Doughty
Aung Sin Ysunn
Nanking
Gordon
William A. Redford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
China's
Panorama City
E Burton Holmes
Travelogue Bureau
Peiho River
E Burton "Wulmes
Deck
Dain
Wey
Ade
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