Costume Institute Showcases Historic Period Costumes Study
The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts a public exhibit of period costumes spanning 18th to early 20th century. Expert displays include elaborate gowns, skirts, mantles, and accessories with a focus on cutting, shape, and tailoring across eras.
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Costume Institute
Lees
Tess
Spencer
Song
Merhig
Lilneys
Sinsignen
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Social Gift Tradition Among Friends
A fragmented note describes a practice where friends exchange gifts to remember each other at Christian occasions. It emphasizes a meaningful spirit of giving rather than routine exchanges.
Pat Christmas Cheek Into Fur Coat
Anne Yates Clarke describes affordable mouton fur coats with new color options and trims, noting styles from short jackets to three quarter lengths. Joseph Whitehead’s design career and links to Fox-Brownie are highlighted, praising his couture gowns and accessories.
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Fiy Anne Yates Clarke
Tou
Joseph Whitehead
Tver Ag
Hia
Ports
Plain Browne
New York
Johnt Corbeau
Cie
New Yorke School of Design
Ethel Trephagen
Corbeau
Snac
Fox-Brownie
T. He Wenda
Whiteheat
Kim
Joseph
Joaeph Whiteherd
How to Make an Easy Dolly Needlework Pattern
Learn to craft a simple dolly using 18 inch cotton lawn and Pattern 7007. Includes sequence charts, photos, and full directions. Send twenty cents for the pattern to The Very Household, New York, with name and address. extra fifteen cents for the seedlework book.
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Tyeu
Household Arts Dept
New York
Banker Taken for Ride in Eldorado Oklahoma
A distorted police blotter note describes an elderly banker who was tricked into handing over three suitcases by a con artist. The report mentions a hurried departure and a vanishing bag with long handles, leaving investigators to search for the missing property and suspect.
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Eldorado
Okla
Laiefield
Clothes Quiz by Beth Blali fur care tips
Fur care guidance for restoring gloss to Persian fur coats. Advice warns against DIY cleaning or repair and recommends professional glazing by a reputable furrier or department store fur department. Reader questions about a black Persian coat needing revitalization and a waist area alteration are noted.
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Blair
West
Scarlet Fever Still Common in Childhood Health Hints
Health hints discuss scarlet fever as still common among children with lower mortality, mainly winter and spring outbreaks linked to infected milk. It covers symptoms like sore throat rash fever and peeling skin, transmission via droplets and carriers, control measures, and cautions about prevention and treatments.
Styles Not Started at Lake Success
Report from Lake Success describes a United Nations fashion scene where European delegates appeared in tailored and traditional attire, contrasting with American buying sprees that produced overdone, loud outfits. Observers note the women’s discontent with worn headset mics, dropped earrings, and protruding hats amid diplomatic proceedings.
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Lake
Unitad Nationa
Sta
Bent Drewsed
Helen Gahagan Tovglan
India
Wei
Urey
Fix It Yourself By Hubbard Corr The Handy Man
Article describes winterizing and overhauling a lawn mower with steps to remove wheels, clean gear teeth, grease parts, oil bearings, tighten bolts, and store in a dry place until spring. Includes cautions about previous maintenance and common issues with mower components.
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Hubbard Corr
the Handy Man
Paris Gowns For Holidays and Spring Collections
Advance ideas for spring from mid season Paris fashion show reveal unexpected waistlines and mid calf skirts. Jacques Path highlights include French and American stage wear. others show festive, ultra formal looks with black lace, velvet, and metallic accents. Lanvin mobile embroidery appears on bodices and gowns. Schiaparelli emphasizes bustle fullness. Patou focuses on decorative bodices and embroidered skirts.
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Jacques Path
Melyneux
Lelong
Lanvin
Schiaparelli
Jean Patou
Intrienta Hadice
Our Children and Christmas Gratitude Notes
A reflective piece on teaching children to write thank you notes after Christmas. It urges parents to guide younger kids in expressing thanks to grandparents and relatives, with older children prompted to compose messages. The text emphasizes gratitude as a moral habit and highlights parental involvement, especially the mother, in producing thoughtful notes.
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Urey
Daddy
Christina Klaset
Aone
Fragments of Love and Christmas Reflections
A fragmented reflection on affection and kindness during Christmas. It speaks of love as a guiding force, the joy of giving, and the importance of care for children and family, with a personal note on selflessness and warmth.
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Wittley
Museum Exhibits War Maps At Chnrehill
Readers visit a new exhibition featuring three dimensional war maps and relics from distant conflicts. The show highlights maps of South Nat Faggland, Mie Ghannerowel, Greece and Benin, with a focus on how terrain shaped invasions. One display notes a 400 piece item path at the invasion’s edge.
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London
Nat Faggland
Mie
Ghannerowel
Greece
Benin
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Anne Yates Caninal
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Osu
Museu
Worth Desertition
Carhart
River St
Troy
Pat
Man
Miss Lou Shrimp
Warnerly
Beth Blali
Willliam AL G.birien
Hesterd
Beth
Broughton
Roth, Ine
Fulton
Troy, N.Y
Jaital Prores Lin
Paris
Angelo Path
el Derady
Une
Fath
Coats
Brittany
Wialved
Brovailbents Corner
Fulton and Fourth Sts
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