Hungarian Princess Lwoff Parlaghy Sketches Roosevelt Subject
Woman artist Princess Lwoff Parlaghy, a Hungarian born genius by marriage Russian, travels to the United States to sketch President Roosevelt. The piece notes her rare talent, many European portraits, and social acclaim, while critiquing women in intellectual circles and the limits of her own work.
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Roosevelt
Kitvna Lwoff Pirlaghy
Pacific
Japan
India
Europe
von. Linbach
Munich
M. le President
How to make and apply furniture stains and varnishes
A practical guide for a budget conscious housekeeper on making dark and light wood stains from madder logwood dragon's blood and raw sienna with beer, turpentine and varnish options. It covers preparation of finishes and removing old varnish using hot sal soda and a stiff brush before refinishing new pieces.
Domestic rut traps a woman in duty driven life
A woman sinks into a rigid home routine harming herself as she neglects her appearance and interests to keep house for her husband. Her back hair frays, shoes lag, and she abandons the magazine she once read in a bid to be the perfect wife.
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Aneut
Saving by the jar method turns penny hoard into bank habit
Lada Ballard recounts a saving technique from Good Housekeeping. A small screw top glass jar let a child see pennies accumulate and learn counting, leading to larger bottles and finally a real bank deposit. The method outcompeted candy stores and other tricks to encourage thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lada Ballard
The Japanese Towel Divides Homes With Colorful Uses
American women favor small Japanese towels since their arrival. The versatile cloth, a yard long and fifteen inches wide, features blue green and red stencil prints. They serve as couch covers pillow covers laundry bags and decorative pieces. Available in department stores and a staple in Japanese departments.
The Amateur Tailor Tries Wrinkled Sleeve Technique
The writer notes the difficulty an amateur will face creating a wrinkled sleeve for a fingered waist. Uncertainty arises with the long wrinkled sleeve and how to achieve even tiny folds that extend to the knuckles where a wired point lies.
Practical gift sachets for closets and chests
A recent bride received a practical gift set of sachets sized for closet shelves trunks cedar chests and bureau drawers. Made of fine sheer flowered batiste with wide hems and one side open for refilling. The filling combines cotton batting rolled in sandalwood sawdust, favored to deter moths and pleasant to smell.
To Protect Silk Stockings
Advice for women on avoiding runs in silk stockings by placing two pieces of tissue paper on both sides of the hose before fastening the garter clasps. The tip aims to prevent tearing and preserve a tidy appearance.
Japanese Motif Dinners Guests Use Perfumed Napkins
A woman with a penchant for all things Japanese arranged wicker baskets for guests. Each basket held a folded napkin of Japanese fabric moistened with perfumed water. Guests followed the host’s lead and used the tipkin on lips and fingers, keeping the napkin folded.
Curtain Pinning and Laundry Tips From the Past
A writer advises basting narrow cloth strips to curtain edges before washing to keep them even in size. They suggest placing a muslin bag with arrowroot in handkerchief boiling water for a faint scent, and using borax to achieve proper stiffness without hardening. The note adds that Japan may be the only country with unchanged women’s dress fashions across 2,500 years.
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Japan
Economic Meat and Preservation Advice From 1908
An article discusses practical meat buying and preparation for small families. It promotes choosing well aged, dry stored beef, using bone sections for stock, and economical substitutes like bullock sweetbreads and lamb’s liver. It notes stock use from socket bones and emphasizes proper cooking.
Tray for Odds and Ends
A home craft article describes a pressed glass tray with four compartments for pins needles buttons hooks and eyes. It can insert one partition to enlarge compartments allowing quick access to items and reducing mingling in a dish.
Club Ignorant of American History
A luncheon prompts a Fifth Avenue woman to joke about including American history in culture classes. A history class observer notes twenty women fail basic questions about U S leaders. The patriot urges prizes for society folk to study our history.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
United States
Supreme Court
George Washington
Europe
Queer Definitions From Recent Public Examination
Pupils offered curious meanings in a public exam. Reputation equals how good you are written by someone. Condense is a kind of milk. Millinery relates to hats caps and women. Sympathy means to reason with any one.
Flower of Love Compositions Deposited for Library of Congress
On March 2 1908 White Smith Music Publishing Company of Boston deposited in the Library of Congress the title Flower of Love for a piano four hands composition by D Blake. The notice is signed by Librarian Thorvald Solberg.
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Library of Congress
Whitesmith Music Publishing Company
Boston
Mass
Chas D. Blake
Boston, White, Smith & Co
United States
White- Smith Music Publishing Company
C. A. White
White-Smith Music Pub Co
A. E. Warren
Boston,White, Smith, and Company
Wits
White Smith Music Publishing Company
J. Boston
D. _ Blake
White- Smith Music: Publishing Company
O. A. White
D. White, Smith & Company
Smith Music Publishing copyright notice filed in Boston
Class CO. XXv announces copyright ownership for C A White's Secular Quartettes for Male Voices including My Gondola Awaits Thee and Serenade. G White Smith & Company of Boston claim proprietorship under U S copyright law. Thorvald Solberg signs dated 30, 1908.
Copyright renewal notice for White Smith Music Co
On March 2, 1908 White-Smith Music Publishing Company of Boston claims right to compositions by D. Blake including Nearer My God to Thee for piano four hands. The renewal seeks 147 years from April 3, 1908 under U.S. copyright laws.
Copyright filings for music works and renewals in 1908
The notice lists filings and renewals for music works with titles such as Racquet Waltzes by Geo Thorne and O A Whites Secular Quartettes for Mixed Voices. It notes Boston publishers White Smith Music and Smith & Co and references Librarian of Congress official actions by Thorvald Solberg. The entries cover renewals for 14 years from April 16, 1908.
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Thorvald Solberg
Register of ‘Copyrights
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of
Congress
Thorvald ‘Solberg
Register of Copyrights
Tyrolean Airs No 2 The Farewell Publication Renewal
The White Smith Music Publishing Company seeks renewal for 14 years from April 9, 1908 for Tyrolean airs No 2 The Farewell arranged at the piano by Miss Alice Siler Boston. The firm claims proprietary rights under the laws of the United States.
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Library of Congress
White- Smith Music Publishing Company
Boston
Mass
Gerwan
Misa Alice Siler
Boston, White, Smith & Co
United States
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of Congress
Thorvald Solberg
Register of
Lass on Shore song copyright registration entry
The Lass on Shore, a tenor song with words by Geo Cooper and music by J. L Gilbert, deposited for copyright by White-Smith Music Publishing Co of Boston with Thorvald Solberg as register, dated 21, 1908.
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Cliss C
Library of Congress
Whitemith Music Publishing Company
Oston
Mass
Geo Cooper
J. L Gilbert
D. White-Smith Music Pub. Co
Heston
Unite States
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of Congress
Thorvald Solberg
Riviera of Portugal described as mild winter paradise
The article extols Portugal’s Riviera at Mont Estoril at the mouth of the Tagus as a sheltered winter retreat with hotels and villas on a hillside, pines and palms, and a climate claimed to be eight to ten degrees warmer than Nice, easily reachable from England via sea or rail.
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Riviera
Portugal
Lisbon
Rivieras
France
Italy
Tagus
Mont’ Estoril
England
Nice
London News
Benedict Arnold Died in London in 1801
Benedict Arnold died in London on June 14 1801 after a life marked by treason and social ostracism. He received British funds and failed in business ventures in British America and the West Indies before dying in obscurity. His second son born in 1780 joined the British Army in 1798 and became lieutenant general three years before his death in 184.
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Benedict Arnold
London
America
West Indies
Running No Risk in Marriage Tales
A maiden aunt questions Imogene about her rapid engagement to Mr. Newtan. Imogene defends the match noting Aunt Keturah’s view that a woman should know a man well before marriage, while the aunt insists on understanding his family and habits.
Definition of a pessimist in a punning exchange
A thoughtful lad asks what a pessimist is and is told by his father that a pessimist is a fellow who, after a cyclone has blown his house away, goes back inside to grumble at his lot. Puck.
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John J
Ian
Puck
The Charges. Ford Your Lawyer's Severe Claims
The Liverpool Mercury quotes a courtroom exchange about sharp accusations by a defense lawyer. The defendant and attorney spar over the strength and severity of the charges presented in court.
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Ford
Liverpool Mercury
Printing as a Practical Aid to Business Success
The passage argues that patrons expect well printed, properly worded bills and announcements. It stresses that customers judge a business by the quality of its printed materials and that careless presentation by using cheap or torn paper harms credibility.
Plain and Fancy Printing Office Ad Highlights Services
An advertisement for Plain and Fancy Printing promises neat attractive work on every order. The shop notes it handles orders large or small with fully equipped facilities, a variety of new type and materials, and a competent staff to manage the work.
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Princess Lwoff Parlaghy
Maeterlinck
Panama
Rosa Jones
Alid
G. White, Smith & Company
White- Smith
Music Publishing Company
D. Blake
White-Smith Music Publishing Company
Geo. Thorne
White-Smith Music Pub. Co
Herbert’ Putnam
Mi4
Ignature
Lewis Block, Winthrop
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