Religious and Legal Kisses Across Cultures
A historical survey traces the kiss as a greeting and oath gesture from early Christian worship to modern practice. It notes variations in the kiss of peace, royal hand kissing, and a Turkish veneration custom tied to the sultan's signature on a visitor’s fan. The tale ends with a dramatic anecdote about a fan signed by European monarchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Athens
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Ate
London
Hamilton Brown
Household hints for fabric care and repairs
Practical tips include shrinking cotton in mild salt water, pressing avoided by air drying, and using old shirts to make child rompers. Remedies cover stain removal with cucumber paste, neck bandage poultices for sunburn, and turpentine soaking to set size in fabrics.
London Umbrella Drawers Hide Powder and More
Secret drawer umbrellas in London reveal hollow handles used as powder boxes for rouge and puff, or holding smelling salts. Some carry cigarettes and matches. The accompanying photo shows broad brim hats and a poke bonnet, fashionable for rounded faces.
What Is Charm And How It Grows In Women
The essay discusses charm as a blend of character values. It argues charm comes from unselfishness, pleasantness, strength, trustworthiness, kindness, and restraint. Even without born charm, deliberate cultivation can yield a usable near charm, enriching life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya Magwie
Harrie
Barrie
Fish and Potatoes Cooking Tips Card
Guide on preparing fish and potatoes with pepper and butter. Emphasizes cooking fish thoroughly to avoid underdone meat and ensure safe eating.
Daily Menu Breakfast and Dinner From The Era
Breakfast items include toast strawberries oatmeal with cream green pea fritters baked liver coffee. Dinner features tomato soup salt fish with onions boiled potatoes mashed turnips beet greens cucumber salad prune jelly cookies. Supper offers meat in ambush celery biscuita and cherry pie with tea.
Pea Fritters From Morning Mash and Batter
Three cups cooked peas mashed while hot with a spron season with pepper salt and butter. Put away until morning. Make a batter of two eggs a cup of milk quarter teaspoon soda one half teaspoon cream of tartar one half cup flour. Stir in the peas beating hard and cook like fritters. Beat the egen until light before adding other Ingredienta.
Homemade Cherry Pie and Old Time Kitchen Tips
Step by step home cooking notes describe preserving tomatoes soakings and starches, boiling and soaking methods, onion and potato timing, meat stock, and serving with a wall of mashed potatoes. It adds pie guidance for cherry pies using sour and sweet varieties with crust care and steam relief.
Prune Jelly Dessert From Gelatine and Prunes
A simple prune jelly dessert recipe combines dissolved gelatine with lemon juice and boiled mashed prunes. The mixture is poured into a mold and served cold with whipped cream for a healthful treat.
The Skirt Hanger and Closet Organization Tips
The article explains using a cluster clamp as a dress band to divide skirts into quarters and clasp them. It notes six skirts per rod if the rod is secure, freeing closet hooks for small items and keeping garments accessible. It advises grouping petticoats together and placing seldom used items out of reach.
Lay & Co Nineteen Stores Piano Offer
Pacific Comet reports Lay & Co piano stores state they do not use life insurance policies chrome or bait tactics. They emphasize fixed one price for all pianos with no guessing, bond schemes, or fake sales. Each piano is clearly marked and guaranteed with liberal old instrument allowances and easy ownership terms.
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India
Ceylon
Schwabacher Bros. & Co
M.a.gottstein Pean
Pike & Rine
Immedi
Seattle
Cherry
Pacific Coast Distributors
Victor Tatking Machines
Sherman
Union St
Pacific Coast
Lay & Co
the Pacific
R. & G. Deerey
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