Summer Finery for Touring Car Fashion in 1910s Style
Automobilists favor practical summer outfits featuring a cinched coat dress in pongee or linen with washable brilliance and a Madagascar bonnet on a veiled frame. Accessories include silk gloves, lace shawls, tunics, and draped fabrics. Empress Josephine silhouettes influence hints of lengthening drapery abroad. Julia Bottomley discusses patterns, fabrics, and how to wear these galore of draperies.
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Madagascar
Empress Josephine
Paris
Chantilly
Julia Bottomley
Coat for a Young Girl with Velvet Trimmed Hat
Pattern description outlines a coat for a young girl with a panel front, pleated lower sides, a waistband fastening on the left, and cord ornaments. Velvet or satin may face the collar and cuffs. Hat made of fine straw trimmed with velvet. Materials listed: 8 yards 48 inch wide fabric, a dozen buttons.
Ingenious coat hangers for every day use
A coat or jacket should be kept on a coat hanger when not worn. If no regular hanger is available, roll wrapping paper or newspaper tightly and tie with a string to create a hanger. Thick paper rolls keep a garment in shape well. Hanging waists is often better than laying them flat. For travel, compact extension hangers exist or can be made from paper and string.
Chamois Cushions Display Delicate Pyrographic Work
A chamois cushion cover lined with rich brown satin or velvet features a finished edge bound with brown silk cord. A second cushion top bears a conventional design delicately burnt with a pyrographic needle, the leather too delicate for rough handling.
To Remove Ribbon From Corset Covers
Instructions describe threading a piece of twine through a soiled corset cover to remove the ribbon. Pull the ribbon free, leaving the string in place while laundering. After washing, tie the string to the ribbon’s end to pull it back into position.
Peter's Confession Sunday School Lesson 1910
Lesson on Matthew 16 13 28 set in Caesarea Philippi with Autumn AD 29 focus. Peter declares Jesus as the Christ the Son of the living God. Jesus foretells his suffering and death and calls followers to deny self take up the cross and follow him. The record notes the new revelation to the disciples and the cross as the path to the crown.
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Christ
Caesarea Philippi
Mount Hermon
Sea of Galilee
Jesus
Luke
John the Baptist
Herod
Elias
Elijah
Jeremias
Jeremiah
Simon Peter
Peter
God
Simon Bar-jana
Simon
John
Heavenly City
Satan
Celestial City
Despond
John Mitchells Work for the Working Man
John Mitchell former UMWA president continues his advocacy within the National Civic Federation backed by Carnegie and other magnates. He speaks on safeguarding workers after a life in mines and recall of Virden Illinois clashes where strikers faced violence and deaths.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
National Civic Federation
Andrew Carnegie
Virden Coal Company
Virden
Ill
Alabama
Tanner
St. Louis
New York
Gore Shocks Senators With Bribery Claim In Senate
Oklahoma Senator Thomas Pryor Gore, who is blind, alleged a bribery attempt of 25 000 to 50 000 over legislation affecting 3 000 000 in attorney fees for Choctaw and Chickasaw land and township sites. He involved former senators, drawing wide attention as Congress debated the accusation. Gore’s background includes education at Cumberland University and a long political career from territorial council member to U S senator.
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Thomas Pryor Gore
Oklahoma
United States Senate
Congress
Senate
Gore
Capitol
House
Cumberland University
Tennessee
Nina Kay
Texas
St. Louis
Territorial Council
Justice Moody to Retire Amid Illness and Retirement Bill
Associate Justice William H. Moody of the United States Supreme Court plans to resign due to illness. Senator Lodge introduced a bill to grant Moody his pay in the future, arguing illness rather than desire to leave public life caused the inability to perform duties. Moody, a Massachusetts native and Harvard graduate, was attorney general under Roosevelt and later served as war secretary before entering the bench in 1906. He has frequently been absent for about a year as his ailment worsened.
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William H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Justice Moody
Senator Lodge
Senate
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Harvard
Haverhill
Harmon First in Contest for 1912 Nomination
Governor Harmon of Ohio, renominated by Democrats for a second term, leads the field for the 1912 presidential nomination. Born 1846 in Hamilton County, he rose from judge to attorney general under Cleveland, then Cincinnati law professor, and since 1910 has served as Ohio governor.
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Judson Harmon
Ohio
Governor Harmon
Hamilton County
Denison University
Cincinnati Law School
Common Pleas
Superior Court of Cincinnati
Cleveland
Harmon
Ohio Bar Association
Law Department
University of Cincinnati
Buckeye
Ah Esata
Parvenue Household and Church Attendance Joke
Dialogue reveals Mrs. Parvenue refuses church due to a headache while Mr. Parvenue suggests calling the butler to ensure the family is represented. A light social snippet reflecting morning plans and domestic roles.
The Village Piano Heist and Hayseed Wit
The village concert lacked a piano until Farmer Hayseed offered his organ at the top o the 11 with the note Pyemer on the program The exchange ends with Hayseed’s wife quipping she hopes the performers find all the notes they want and the farmer’s joke about wire planning past failures
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Hayseed
The Minister and the Gas Meter
A Sunday school address on the heart is interrupted by a child who declares the humorous truth that the gas meter is the body’s unseen, unvoluntary rhythm. The moment captures a gentle comic twist in a church setting.
Bachelor Button notched for both bachelors and married men
A friend planning to market a needleless button explains the name Bachelor Button risks limiting sales. He aims to attract both married men and bachelors, confident the product will appeal across relationships.
Portrait in Profile Sparks Mutual Embarrassment
A fashionable photographer offers to take a profile portrait of a shy, squinting woman. Both feel awkward, he speaks first noting the eye’s shyness as artful and natural. Beacon.
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