Washington Mansion Market Near Inauguration Busy
The piece notes a rush to settle housing and furnish mansions for Washington social life as the new administration settles in. It lists former and current elites moving into grand homes around Dupont Circle and Massachusetts Avenue, including Senator Henry A. Du Pont and widow Mrs. Arthur Pue Gorman, among others, signaling a mansion-scale social season.
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Perry Bel Motte
Edygon Fradleya
Clarence Moores
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Francia Crowntn
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Sheridan Elrele
Meatless Dinners Stir Washington Society Circles
Washington society circles react to vegetarian dinners hosted by Mrs. Henderson wife of Senator Tormey of Missouri at her Sixteenth Street home. guests include a bed bound attendee and reports note digestive illness among attendees. Henderson’s wine cellar history cited with past strictness about alcohol while meals exclude meat dairy and butter.
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Mary N. Foote
Taft administration to fill many federal posts in 1911
A Northern press survey lists numerous expected appointments under President Taft, detailing salaries from 1 800 to 20 000 dollars. It notes Roosevelt’s earlier removals, the spread of offices, and the balance of posts across departments including treasury interior and state with several ambassadorships and commissions.
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New Postage Stamps Nearly Ready
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing completes designs proposed by Postmaster General Moyer for a new U S postage stamp issue. Denominations include one to one dollar with two and five cent stamps dropped. Washington and Franklin portraits feature, with a uniform oval head motif and simple straight lettering. Director Relph hails the issue as the government’s most artistic to date.
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Smart Bodices No 7 Ie simple eventing bodice details
The article describes multiple bodice styles with fabrics such as spotted silk, mauve ground with white spots, lace and silk trims, and velvet. includes No 2 to No 6 patterns with materials lists for each design including yardage, widths, and decorative elements like bows, rosettes, tucks, and embroidery.
One Color From Neck To Toe Fashion Trend
A 1920s fashion note extols women in a single color from collarbone to toe. One-piece gowns dominate, with matching waist and skirt only if two pieces. hats may differ, and shoes or gloves need not match. Indoor and street wear favor this monochrome look, moving away from three-piece suits.
Dioxygen Best Mouth Wash
The merits of dioxygen as a mouth wash are underappreciated. It is inexpensive and easily available. A stopper bottle should be on every washstand. After meals if brushing isn’t possible, rinse with diluted dioxygen to disinfect and prevent decay and bad breath.
Silk blouse trend uses aluminm silk with velvet trim
Aluminum silk now appears as blouses rather than girdles and sashes. A tailored shirt line blouse features broad plaits and a purple velvet throat fold beneath waline lace, with more elaborate versions pairing with gray Ottoman silk or gray fur coats.
Luncheon Apron Described With White Lawn Fabric
The luncheon apron features white lawn fabric with a 12 inch flounce and a home stitched border. A wide bib drapes over the shoulder in a Gibson plait style, including a white collar resembling a waitress apron. A central furrow fold is edged with a narrow ruffle and hem, trimmed with fine detailing.
Evening coat of soft cloth described with green trim
A single piece white soft cloth coat with pale green brocade lining and matching galloon along the neck and front. Velvet trim and green cord accents enhance the front edges and sleeves. Materials listed include five yards of fabric six yards galloon eight yards brocade one eighth yard velvet elk cord and one yard cord.
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Uleo Odeee
How to set hair for waves with baby ribbon bands
A simple method to create fashionable waves is to dampen hair that has a slight curl and tie it down with small pieces of baby ribbon. After shaping with hot water, pin the damp hair to the head in inch apart sections for an hour, then remove and comb to reveal charming regular waves.
Punctured Cloth Trimming Described in Holes Design
A broadcloth trimming now widely used features a design of holes. It is called punctured cloth and is made with a stil etto. The text notes aging for repairs and watercoats on charts and coats as part of its description.
Closet-Savvy DIY for Small City Rooms
A practical compact closet project for children or families in crowded city apartments. Build a four sided frame from soft pine boards forming a box with slats to hold hooks, then install a fabric curtain on a wire to keep dust out.
A Genuine Girl Miner in Nevada Prospecting and Labor
Laura White a 22 year old San Francisco native works eight hours daily in a Nevada mining claim she located with Sara Poplar Mechanics near Death Valley. She and her brother operate the shaft with her hoisting ore to the surface wearing miners gear to suit the harsh conditions of the Pu neval Range.
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Sara Poplar
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Neval Range
Death Valley
Miss White
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Building a Patent Office Drawing Board for Boys
Cut a five eighths inch pine board 10 by 16 inches and square it. Attach pine strips to two sides and one end as shown, rabbeting slightly wider to allow a small gap. Use an old T square in the clawed end for alignment, and add corks and felt to the bottom for stability. Clip drawing paper and Bristol board into the rabbeted space and secure with thumb tacks.
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Howe
Patent Office
Infantile Explanation Quips From the Courtroom
A fragment from a courtroom scene features an exaggerated plea or exclamation about whales and a childlike taunt. The line hints at a quirky or humorous testimony style and a judge’s presence in a tense moment.
Turn-down shelf for compact amateur photo finishing setup
A compact wall shelf design for finishing photographs in small kitchens. The shelf uses a wall-mounted heavy board, hinges, and a mid-edge cleat with a diagonal support that folds down when in use and stores away. Includes dimensions and mounting steps.
Why He Failed as a Leader
A Buccaneers Magazine critique outlines a failed leadership profile. It argues the subject lacked self-reliance, courage, and vision, depended on others, and could not motivate or manage subordinates. The piece notes poor self-belief, fear, and inability to project authority or inspire confidence.
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Buccers Magazine
London Expo Plans Hit by Western Region Efforts
The proposed American exposition in London next year is fully organized with operial efforts under way to secure exhibits from the western United States.
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