Thoughts on Broadway and Paris Evening Gossip Circles
A fragmented column surveys midcentury nightlife and theater, naming Fitz Widener Dean Cornwell Lupe Velez and Mary Garden while recalling Noel Coward and T. E. Shaw. It blends reminiscence of Broadway impressions with pop culture flashes, noting fashioning vanity and a moving elevator scare in New York.
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New ‘York
Donnivel
Brown Brothers
Fitz Widener
Dean Cornwell
Los Angeles
Lupe Velez
the Waldorf
Sardl's
Applea
Apple
Charles
Kathleen Nortis
Bills Parker
Butler
Muscatine
Louis Sobol Hies Gandhi
H. J. Phillips
Arthur Romera Rocha
Frank McIntyre
Golly
Broadway
Charles Dang Gibson
Morris Gest
Will Cobble
Mary Garden
Jersey
Ford
Boyhood
At & Lambs
Adeline
Angie Laurie
Public works to relieve unemployment and boost economy
A federal push to accelerate inland waterway and harbor improvements to create jobs and stimulate commerce. Projects include James River cuts near Richmond, Golden Gate Channel work, Los Angeles breakwater, Columbia River deepening, and extended intracoastal waterways along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, with Tennessee and Mississippi river upgrades urged and funded by wartime standards.
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Mars
Hearst
James River
Richmond
Virginia
Golden Gate Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Columbia River
Portland
Oregon
Great Lakes
Northwest
Hurley
Atlantic
Delaware River
Miami
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Florida
Corpus Christi
War Department
Illinois River
Minneapolis
Congress
Jurley
Paina
Listen World Thinkers Like Sea Anemones
Elsie Robinson argues that most people do not truly think, likening passive minds to sea anemones fixed to a rock. True thinking requires stimulus and effort, especially under pressure, when rapid, deliberate thought creates plans and actions.
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Lfe
Lde
Remembering early San Antonio dance halls and tunes
The reminiscence recalls dances in San Antonio beer gardens around 1910 1912 with a five cent per set rate and a small orchestra at Electric Park now Ban Pedew Park. The violinist describes old waltzes such as the Black Swan Waltz and Hitler Waltz, noting the popularity among youths and the era's music scene.
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San Antonio
Electric Park
Ban Pedew Park
Thonse
Comand
Hernia Operations By Royal S Copeland M D
Medical article from 1933 advocating hernia treatment options. Explains structural cause, risks of delaying surgery, and criticizes injection techniques. Warns against relying on trusses or injections and notes local anesthesia can be used for aging patients. Emphasizes safety and the dangers of neglect.
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Meing
King Favs
Gyn
San Antonio Light Files Fresher and Older News
The San Antonio Light pieces cover 1923 items on golf misadventures, fees, and weather blamed for a poor match, plus 1917 notes of Wilson’s presidency and McDowell’s resignation amid Taft era politics. Surveys for an interurban line to connect San Antonio and Austin extend northward into ten miles of territory.
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Gene Barazen
Jock Butchinson
Wag
Tom Lally
Clarence Mangham
San Antonio
Joe Hymas
Orhree Dayo
Thi City
Austin
Etiquette for College Girls Cards Dear Miss de Peyster
A 19th century etiquette note answers card etiquette for a college girl. It discusses gloves during handshakes, printing of cards, and how names should appear. It advises engraving rather than printing, stresses titles like Miss, and suggests card dimensions about three by two inches.
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Miss de Peyster
Pirat
Liem
Marry-Go-Round Feature By Helen Rowland Missing
Column titled Marry-Go-Round long a page feature disappears due to missing lines of author Helen Rowland. Reader reaction noted as absence leaves gap in society advice column.
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Helen
Eyes in Paris Highlight Beauty and Character via Face
Beauty experts name the loveliest eyes in Paris but note eyes alone reveal little. The article discusses how eyes reflect surrounding facial features and carry hints of heredity, strength, refinement, and generosity, though alone they convey limited meaning.
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Paris
Animal Kingdom
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Finley
Noel Coward
Roberd Garlands
McNaught
Elsie Robinson
Kine Faas
Ayr
Tso
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East Hluche Street
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United States
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Taft
Etiquette
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