Empey and Lloyd in the Great War trench fate
An extended chapter portrays Arthur Guy Empey's frontline trials in France and a deserter’s grim courtroom fate. Lloyd faces a death sentence and a dramatic escape as D Company endures a brutal last stand against German forces.
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Frock for Street Skirt with Flying Panels
In wartime fashion advice a street skirt features five flying panels over a narrow undergarment, with options to finish edges and pair with a matching blouse. Stresses using less wool, alternative fabrics like taffeta and satin, and suggests women design their own outfits to stay well dressed.
Striving After Strength Quote by F Phillips Brooks
A brief quotation notes that truth is won by striving after strength and strength grows as we become true, attributed to F Phillips Brooks. The lines emphasize integrity as the path to power.
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F Phillips Brooks
Packing the Clothes Away for Gentle Garment Care
Instructions for folding garments to minimize creases and prevent crushing. details include flattening skirts with tissue pads five to ten inches wide in the crease, laying coats with backs to the table, stuffing sleeves, and padding sides and busts with tissue paper for trunk packing.
Popular Capes and Sailors
New York fashion highlights cape and sailor hat as the season’s two standout styles. Capes, in many shapes, flow over outfits and suit town or country wear, often blue or beige serge with satin. Sailor hats offer economical, versatile options in many shades, paired with scroll or chenille dotted velours for town and country looks.
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Fashion notes on summer and autumn wear trends
Warm weather dress ideas include negligee and breakfast jackets in white dotted swiss. White silk sport gloves feature gauntlet styles with colored silk cuffs. Autumn furs show black opossum trims on pile fabrics and coats. Suede colored duvetyn linings appear, and novel cotton smocks bear monograms. Sweaters showcase purled waistlines and brushed vicuna with alpaca collar.
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Vicuna
Fashion Revival for the Locket in Postwar Style
The piece notes mothers and sweethearts turning to casualty lists of Pershing, suggesting a discreet revival of the locket once popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It links locket use to feminine attire, fashion trends with elbow sleeves and fichus, and hints that a soldier’s portrait could be kept discreetly.
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Pershing
Basra and Sinbad Echo Through Ages of Trade and Myth
The article contrasts Basra as Sinbad’s historic port with its modern image as a small town two miles from the river. It recalls Kurn where the Euphrates and Tigris meet, Bagdad and Harun al-Rashid, and notes Fraser’s belief that the region holds clues to pivotal early civilization events beyond the Mediterranean’s ancient era.
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Louis A. Springer
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Tigris
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Why People Differ in Skin Color
The text explains pigment in skin cells causes variation from very light to very dark. It notes dark complexions, eye color, and hair color reflect more pigment. As hair turns gray, pigment disappears. darker people gray earlier. A microscope reveals skin layers and pigment production.
Loose Shoe String Tragedy In Factory Stairway
An employee at a large manufacturing plant fell on untied shoe strings while descending from the third floor. He struck his head and shoulders on a lower step and died the following morning, illustrating how small carelessness can lead to fatal injury.
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Sudden Suggestion at Tea Ends in Mistake
An ardent youth brings a girl to tea and suspects a stranger, only to discover the man is their minister. The exchange turns comic as the youth proposes inviting the guest, while the girl reveals the true identity with confusion.
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Pottery: The Oldest Art Across Civilizations
The text argues pottery is the oldest and most widespread human art. It traces its recorded history to ancient times, noting Egyptian origins and widespread practice by diverse peoples after the Mosaic flood. It emphasizes pottery as the earliest artistic form and a foundational study in art history.
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