Men Do Not Remove Hats for Women in Elevators Says Lifters
Elevator operators in New York and Alaska report that fewer than one in a hundred men remove their hats when ladies ride in the cars. They note courteous first passengers inspire others, but overall politeness is waning in business settings while hotel atmospheres encourage it in social contexts. The trend, they say, may extend to street encounters.
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New York
Alaska
Washington
Savoy
Colman
Humble Rant on Critique and Taste from a Sidelined Speaker
A humorous tirade rails at a critical neighbor who gossips about language manners and personal tastes. The speaker dismisses judgments on pronunciation morals and social habits while lamenting the neighbor's impact on happiness and communal warmth. The piece lampoons social policing and asserts personal freedom in everyday acts and preferences.
Home Cookery From Old Recipes: Pudding Sauce Fudge Cake Cookies
A transcription of multiple vintage kitchen instructions includes pineapple peel juice making a pudding sauce and serving on rice, a fudge cake recipe with butter chocolate and eggs, meat turnovers with biscuit dough and brown sauce, and soft molasses cookies with ginger and vinegar. The text preserves era cooking methods and ingredient ratios.
Bread and savory use for dough leftovers recipe fragment
A fragmented cooking passage suggests turning bread dough into doughnuts with butter sugar eggs and cinnamon then forming a dough sheet frying and sugaring. It also outlines a hash with lamb potatoes onions peppers stock and cream plus croquettes with mashed potatoes butter milk and egg yolk.
The Last Love of George Barlow
A verse portrait recalls a woman who never wed, cherishing a lifelong devotion to a single friend. Seasonal change mirrors her unchanged heart as gray hair signs time’s passage and the old love remains sovereign. George Barlow.
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George Barlow
Revival of old fashions and home tips in straw and lace
The article notes fashion trends such as patent leather belts with separate waist and skirt, two toned stockings, small rose trimmings for baby caps, black net blouses over white underblouses, revived oblong gold buckles, and continued popularity of one piece dresses with front buttons. It adds practical advice on preserving flowers, steaming vegetables, and whitening yellowed linen with soap and milk.
The Kiss Across English History and Myth
A compact survey traces kissing from Rowena of Friesland to English tradition, notes Puritan bans in Cromwell’s era, and recounts Whitelock’s courtly seduction and Judas kiss as emblem of treachery. The piece promises continuation.
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England
Rowena
Hengist
Friesland
Vortigern
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cragnwell
Whitelock
Queen Christina
Judas
Justun Caesar
Caesar
French Fashion Illustration Describes Silk Frock Design
The illustration shows a French model with a figured fonlard frock and an overdress in plain silk. Large silk covered buttons decorate the tunic and a slight drape in front is noted. It features a low cut neck and short sleeves as seen in late Paris fashions.
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Paris
Reader Questions on Church Affiliation and U S Presidency
A letter asks if Catholic membership disqualifies a president and seeks Taft’s church affiliation. It requests Miss Grey’s column space for clear answers to these two questions.
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Miss Grey
United States
Taft
Unitarian Church
Ask Arthur Elfstrom Q and A on beauty and money tips
A reader asks about removing pitch from a coat and three beauty queries. Arthur Elfstrom and "Dear Miss Grey" respond on lemon juice for sunburn risks, dry shampoo with orris root, and earning pin money through fancy work.
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Mise Grey
Women in Leadership and Education Across Nations
A collage of brief notes: Eva Canfield licensed to operate a toll ferry on the Malm river in Idaho. Mary D. Brads oversees schools in nd ha Wisconsin. Mary McKay potential state treasurer candidate in Kansas. G Howland Shaw presides Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. Baroness Uchida, Japanese ambassador’s wife, honors Bryn Mawr education. comments on women’s higher learning in Japan and education links from 1871 arrivals to modern roles abroad.
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Eva Canfield
Malm@on river
Idaho
Mra. G. Howland Shaw
Massachusetts Association
Uchida
United States
Bryn Mawr
Japan
Maratial Baron Oyama
England
Siam
Bourge
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Frances Gilbreath Ingersoll
Kentucky
Arthur Elfstrom
Wee One
Ruth M. A
Mary D. Brads
Wis
State Normal
Mary McKay
Dreamtana
London
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