A Guide to Oriental Style for a Country Library
A reader learns to adapt a Turkish and Oriental theme to a modest library. Step by step tips cover flooring, curtains, walls, shelving, lighting, and a Turkish rug approach with color plans in blue, saffron, and leather accents. Suggestions include furniture painting, fabric choices, and a bamboo trellis bay window treatment for a refined, restful atmosphere.
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A. EK
D. J
Copley
Abbey
Blasfield
Kate Greenleaf Locke
Winds and tides in a sea poem and Manila notes
A column contrasts a Kansas City chemist claiming poison in smoke with a sea faring lyric about winds, tides, and gulls. It then shifts to travel writing on Luzon cloths and Manila goods, discussing pina, jusi, hats, sewing, and prices in Mexican money, followed by lunchbox sandwich ideas and egg fillings.
Velvet Gown Ordeal Stirring Funeral Obituary Quip
A Philadelphia Press anecdote features a woman who jokes that a velvet gown could spark a funeral obituary headline. She recalls ruined outfits from cane seats and embossed leather chairs, recounting seating woes at theaters, luncheons, and social events while prioritizing her silk velvet dress.
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Philadelphia
Flying Irishman on a Distant Train Tale
A depot tale from the Northern Pacific line tells of a construction worker nicknamed Mike who survived a runaway mountain-grade train. The storyteller recounts pushing the brakes and watching Mike crawl toward the end of a car as the speed surged toward danger.
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Chicago Journal
Mike
Pretty and Cheap Things from the Far East for Women
A Washington Star note describes affordable Far East fashions and foods for women. It highlights Manila bargain culture with Chinese textiles at low prices, Japanese sewing services at home, and chic tailor made outfits from Chang Chow in Yokohama. It also covers cheap silk, lace, and trousseau items for naval officers, plus easy lunch bites and tea time sandwiches with nuts, raisins, coconuts, and marshmallows as fillings.
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Yokohama
Chang Chow
Naval Pifcer
Trousseau
East
China
Rae
Fashion and suffrage tales cross paths in 19th century notes
A column blends muslin fashion and Chinese textiles with remarks on Canton embroidery and edifying travel detail. It shifts to New York Evening Sun satire on woman suffrage, recounting cases of married voting dynamics and a Colorado man’s quip about one voter per family.
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New York Evening Sun
Colorado
Denver
Hnis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lixi
Fabricona
Chicago Post
Kansas City
Granville Mellen Ballard
Manila
Luzon
France
Panama
Triais
Far East
Olive Schreiner
Philippine Islands
Washington Star
Missy
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Canton
Pearl River
India
Duzzie
Calcutta
Manchester
Egypt
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