Changes in New Year customs across history
A historical survey traces how New Year celebrations evolved from Dutch and English colonial rituals to lavish door to door calling and civic festivals. It notes how fashion and excess gave way to saner street behavior, restaurant dining, and eventual shifts due to Prohibition and war, ending with questions about the future.
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Croesus
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Indianapolis
New Stage Modes Shape Couture Influences On Theatre Fashion
A New York Tribune fashion correspondent notes stage costumes influence street style, with French gowns guiding future trends. Lanvin creates iconic silver, lace, and tulle ensembles for actresses, while older women gain access to chic, slender silhouettes once believed unsuitable.
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New York ‘Tribune
Lanvin
The General Utility Coat in Paris Couture
A brown velour coat blends smartness and practicality with wide wale texture and crosswise insets at waist and hem. It features silver cloth accents, a lace tongue, and an elaborate rhinestone buckle, signaling formal wear for city use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sleeves as New Frontier in Fashion Designers Emphasize Detail
Fashion writers note designers push sleeve originality with varied treatments. Jean Patou, Alice Bernard, Jenny, and Lanvin showcase tight, flare, or cuffed sleeves with fur, flounces, and tassels. Some gowns abandon sleeves for oversized cuffs or even bare forearms, while lace mittens return with sleeveless street frocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Patou
Alice Bernard
Jenny
Paris
Lanvin
Wings of Birds and Fishes Study Soars Efficiency
An authority on the dtcht of birds explains wing structures in fishlike forms, finding wings four to five times more efficient for soaring. He notes fir rays under wing surfaces create sheltered air behind the ray, driving the wing forward as it moves. Saint Tammany legend retold as a prominent New York figure linked to the Tammany Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Tammany
St. Tammany
Tammany Society
New York City
Ttoian Chtef
Anid
Delaware
St Tam
Ciimme
Bermuda
Fashioning a One-Side Closed Coat With Draped Silhouette
Designers embrace a one side closing coat in soft chocolate wool velours. It features a surplice platinum fox collar, wide cuffs with fur bands, and a jade buckle at the front. The coat drapes in irregular lines, with a matching simple dress beneath to keep the focus on the garment’s bold drape.
Painted and gilded lace trims for winter hats
The article describes new trimming ideas using painted and gilded coarse lace in rainbow tints with gold accents. It notes the trend toward fast-dye color tinting and outlines how trim shapes and hats align with winter street fashions, highlighting small close-fitting hats with draped overflow.
Parsnips in British and American Cookery Echoed
A long kitchen excerpt discusses parsnips from harvest to table, detailing boiling, frying, and making fritters and soups. It notes parsnip sweetness, methods to reduce laser, and serves with pork, bacon, or croutons. An onion section follows with stuffing ideas and sauces.
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Scotland
Stasun
Faith Croutons
Ober
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Illia
John Dickinson Sherman
Horace
Stes
America
New England
South
Elizabeth
Walter Raleigh
England
Holland
New Amsterdam
Netherlands
New World
Courtry
Colonigo
Ohio
William Penn
Washington
St. George
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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