New Yorks Father Knickerbocker Aids Aging Parents
In Manhattan the Division of Domestic Relations operates as a court of appeal for elderly parents whose children fail to support them. Investigators question families in cases brought by sons and daughters in law, determine dues, and may place the aged in almshouse or require weekly payments. The system stresses daughter in law responsibility and immigrant family dynamics in a struggle over city funds.
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York
Manhattan
Knickerbocker
Division of Domestic Relations
Department of Public Charities
Court of Appeal
Anna Steese Richardson
New York World
Doory
Grim Reaper
Father Knickerbocker
East Fifty-ninth Street
Board of Arbitration
Eleventh District Court
East Fifty-seventh Street
Iitness
Fifty-ninth Street
Europe
Fichu and Collar Fashion for Summer Frocks
The article highlights the fichu as a charming old fashioned accessory for summer dresses. It describes a white tucked batiste fichu with embroidery paired with a broad sailor collar and fastened at the throat with a brooch. The V shaped neck is noted as flattering for the face.
Hair bands revive as versatile fashion accessory
A revived hair band trend gains favor for all ages and hair colors. Descriptions from Julia Bottomley note velvet and ribbon bands with bows or rosettes, suitable for day and night wear, offering support, shine, and color harmony from turquoise to copper tones.
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Julia Bottomley
Illustrated Milliner
Hortense
Lace Watch Fobs for Dainty Fashion at Home
Lace watch fobs are new and charming accessories for a light frock. A skilled girl can craft them at home using Irish or Cluny insertion remnants, folding the strips over a metal catch, finishing the tip, and adding a white silk tassel or a gold sword strand as a substitute.
Curves Vanish as Fashion Embraces the Disappearing Figure
The article notes a fashion shift away from curves toward a straight, waistless silhouette. Venus and other defining contours fade from style as women replace corsets with pinnings or padding, embracing perpendicularly placed lines from head to heel.
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Venus
Hair ribbons for children switch from plaids to flowers
Children’s hair ribbons grow larger and stiffer for both morning and afternoon wear. Plain colors stay regular for school hours while plaids and stripes are preferred in the morning. A bold plaid brightens a plain frock, blue serge looks richer with multi color ribbons. Afternoon ribbons shift to flowered patterns.
Dusty Face Skin Care Routine Prescription
The daily guidance recommends cleansing with a half glycerine half rose water mixture. After daytime cleansing, wash with hot water and mild soap. Then apply cold cream at night for skin care.
Motherhood and its demands on women in childbirth
The article argues motherhood is challenging but manageable with proper preparation and medical care. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and strength to women and invites personal, confidential letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts for tailored advice.
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Churches and Tuberculosis in the Church Congregation
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports from 725 churches with 312000 communicants across 12 states show 700 deaths in 1910 due to tuberculosis. This yields 2.24 deaths per thousand communicants, higher than the 1.67 per thousand in the U S census region.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention
United States
Census Bureau
It Was Muffing and Bugs Raymond’s Outfield Woes
The sporting editor at the Pen and Pencil club in Philadelphia quotes Bugs Raymond of the New York Giants as frustrated by chronic muffed fly balls in the outfield. He notes an epidemic of poor outfield play and jokes that it isn’t catching.
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Bugs’ Raymond
New York Giants
Pen and Pencil Club
Philadelphia
Raymond
Bugs
Woman Accused of Gas Asphyxiation in Sleep
Puck cartoon quotes Mrs. Scrappington recounting a case of a wife turning on gas while her husband slept, causing asphyxiation. The husband’s response jokes about wives waking and talking to death.
Met His Match at Suffragist Meeting
The judge relates that Roaring Bill was taken to hospital after Alkali Ike tried to break up a suffragist meeting. Pistol Pete asks what happened. Ike confirms the clash led to the incident.
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Alkali
Ike
Roaring Bill
Pistol Pete
Allen's Foot-Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad
Uses for tired feet and bunions with quick relief from sting and ache. Promotes easy walking and is sold everywhere with substitutes avoided. Free trial package by mail available from A. S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Quote from Bowdler about duty.
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Allen
Easie
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
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