Astor's New Palace A Million Dollar Fifth Avenue Home
Special correspondence describes John Jacob Astor's planned upper Fifth Avenue residence costing about 1 million dollars. The two houses conceal a grand marble hall, Caen stone stair, two entrances via Fifth Avenue and a connected stable, extensive carved figures by Carl Bitter, a ballroom gallery, and a private library, nursery suites, and guest rooms totaling about 80 overnight spaces.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Newport
Railroad Station
Upper Fifth Avenue
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Mr. Astor
Young Astor
Fifth Avenue
Grand Central Hall
Caen
France
Millonaires
Carl Bitter
Astors
Sandow
Thirty-fourth Street
Rhinebeck
Mrs. Astor
A Matter of Taste Hats Fashion Perfection in New York
New York fashion writers describe hats and bonnets for all faces and moods from ultra flat crowns to tall sugar loaf shapes. The piece notes how mothers once dressed babies in fine lawn frocks, laments modern shifts to coarser fabrics, and surveys various hat styles with vivid period details.
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New York
Baby
Changing Styles for Mothers and Daughters in Everyday Life
Olive Harper notes a shift in home dress from time consuming preparations to simple, practical outfits. She observes mothers now create easy to sew garments from dark serge, gingham, or crepon with versatile pieces like a puritan collar and gathered frocks. The piece suggests both girls and sons benefit from the pared down wardrobes and practical approach.
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Hubbard
Olive Harper
Salvation at Midnight in the East End of London
Special Correspondent Kennedy describes a Salvation Army midnight rescue at Dxeter Hall on the Strand near Whitehall. About 3,000 to 4,000 listeners from workers, tramps, and outcasts hear General Booth and a North of England collier and a penitent woman exhorting in a fervent, democratic outreach to rescue fallen women and the downtrodden in a non artful but powerful service.
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