Napkin History From Child’s First Use To Elegant Dinners
The piece traces how napkins were first used by children, then adopted by adults in mid fifteenth century Europe. It notes evolving usage from shoulder or arm placements to neck ties, French disdain and later French hospitality, napkin changes at courses, and 1650 folding guides listing many shapes from square to ornate figures in Maistre d hostel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famy
France
England
Pierre David
The
Holy Cross
Lorraine Cross
the Sunday Magazine
Scarecrows Fade From Farms As New Styles Rise
The essay laments the extinction of traditional scarecrows as urban and agricultural tastes shift. It profiles farmer Henry Holland of Benton Harbor and recalls memory of Wizard of Oz scarecrow and Yankee ingenuity while noting crows and farm wives’ reactions and the evolving role of scarecrows in protecting crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stone
Stone
Mian
Cal Holland
Benton Harbor
Mich
Mr. Holland
Chicago
Silent Sentinel
Bamboo for Paper From Kobe Consul Reports Japan Paper Famine Fear
Kobe Consul John H Snodgrass warns of a looming paper famine in Japan due to bamboo based supply limits. Government orders the Mitsubishi Kaisha to seize 3000 plus square kilometers of bamboo woods in Formosa to convert timber into paper. Possibilities include a Formosan mill or exporting semi manufactured material to Japan. The move aims to secure a domestic bamboo supply and reduce foreign reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kobe
John H. Snodgrass
Japan
Paper Mills Department
Mitsubishi Kaisha
Tora- Ku
Formosa
Kaisha
Frightful Anecdote In Yonkers Drawing Room
A humorous exchange recounts Miss Watson being teased about her appearance with the line Is that the beautiful Miss Watson The hat she wore becomes a joke as she explains she threw her new Merry Widow at a cat to frighten it The Yonkers Statesman quotes the playful dialogue describing the moment and reaction indoors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catfish
Miss Watson
Merry Widow
Yonkers Statesman
Artful Beggar and Advertisements of the Era
A collage of brief lines and slogans from a late 19th or early 20th century page. It includes light dialogue about charity and wit, medical patent remedies, product ads for Brown’s Bronchial Troches and Garfield Tea, moral maxims, and stray quotations from newspapers and authors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willen Woreris
Dearborn
Farmer
New England
Maine
Portland
Earth
Cincinnati
Marine
Wisconsin
Philadelphia Telegraph
Brooklyn
Garfield Tea.Co
Garfield
Bishop Brooks
Brown
Ohn I. Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
Rege Sara Nance Co
Allen
Draggite
Livy
California
Fic Syrup Co
Dr.d.jayne
Slicker
Aus Gold
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