Through Holland’s Windmills Canals and Canvassed Customs
A traveler narrates a vivid Holland visit noting English like Dutch peasants, market scenes with women in gold caps, windmills lining horizons, and canals below vast earth ramparts. He observes dogs pulling carts, Dutch thrift, and contrasts with English history, then recalls Conan Doyle and a playful note on Dutch identity.
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Holland
Noah
Abraham
Jeremiah
Rotterdam
Ireland
Conan Doyle
Marquis
Embalming in Glass Patented by Americanized Russian
A new embalming method envisions encasing a body in a solid glass block. The process uses sodium silicate to coat the remains and a mold determines the block size then molten glass fills the cavity. The inventor hopes future generations preserve great figures in glass mausoleums.
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Westminster
Kipling Autographs and King Edward Dining Dictum
The piece notes autograph seekers pestering Kipling with signatures described as a chase akin to a cat and mouse game and recalls Kipling’s terse reply of a single word. It contrasts this with King Edward’s policy against long multiple course dinners and a stance for simplicity.
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Kipling
Ruaward Kipling Uke
Harter
New England
Nine Gored Walking Skirt Pattern 4709 and 4707
A Paris dressmaker creates a slenderizing tan cravenette nine gore walking skirt with inverted back plaits and a long graceful back. The pattern 4709 fits waist sizes 22 to 30 inches for medium figures and 4707 covers girls ages 4 to 12 with yardage details for 27, 44, or 52 inch fabrics and braid trim.
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Paris
Cordicelli
Pretty Cotton Ornaments for Spring Attire
Lovely cotton ornaments to wear this spring include hanging balls cotton braidings and braids sewn by hand in old fashioned twirls. Narrow white and colored braids decorate skirt panels yokes caps and sleeve cuffs. A neat ornament features a pink figured cotton on cream ground with braided white cutouts edged in lace on the gown.
Girl Dress Adopts Buster Brown Style for Little Sisters
The article describes children’s dresses mimicking Buster Brown fashion for girls and boys. It notes natural knep with witte and other simple fabrics like wool linen and cotton. The design features front and back tucks, box plaits, underarm seams, and optional collar and cuff details with belts underarm straps.
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Buster Brown
Pairs in Furnishings Theme Draws Artist Dread
A London Queen comment notes two or three drawing rooms offend artists with endless pairs of vases frames pictures and other items. The piece suggests pairing is overdone and imagines Noah’s ark carrying animals individually to avoid paired decor.
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London
Ornaments for Gowns and Wearable Gowns Change
The washable lawn and mulein are fading from fashion. Each season laundresses struggle with washing shirted skirts and gathered wrists. The remedy lies in careful wearing and preservation of gowns when not in use.
Lace Over Cream Blouse Pattern With Yoke Details
A fashion description for a cream blouse featuring lace over chiffon or mousseline, a fitted belt of cream messalins satin, and a back opening. It outlines fabric options, sleeve treatment, and pattern pieces with yardage for sizes bust 32 to 49 inches.
Honiton and Moire Pillows in White Embroidery Silk
White and colored moire silks are shown for pillows with white embroidered silk and Honiton braids. A pale green pillow finished with white silk cord demonstrates a dainty, useful, and fashionable combination.
May Manton pattern coupons mailed for 10 cents
Readers can obtain any May Manton pattern shown by mailing a coupon with 10 cents to E. Harrison & Co. at Plymouth Place. Pattern will be mailed promptly.
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E. Harrison & Co
Plysmouth Place
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Jutland
England
East Anglia
Norfolk
Suffolk
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Weller
Samuel
Conan Deoyte
Sir Conan Doyle
Fael
Tijekens
Tower of
Utrecht
Oid
Haarlam
Old
Edward
Hin I
Alps
Gil
Honiton and
Moire
Meltok & Harrison & Co
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