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Meanwhile to New York's Belmont race track went the alltime greatest crowds. the carriage trade, lush with furs and brilliant with jewels; fashion models, dressed carefully to provoke envy in the thousands who came in merely their best clothes (see p. 63). It was all very much like...
Rubens' first wife was perfect in every respect save passion; his second, who was 16 when he married her in his 503, had passion alone to recommend her. But for an aging man who had been careful all his life, that was enough. He painted her as Venus in...
The Army agrees with the experts that clothing must be lighter, many-layered, insulated by air spaces. The outer layer should be windproof, water-repellent, but not airtight; all outer garments should be designed to permit the escape of body moisture. The Army's tendency is to avoid furs...
It was no message of cheer. After a perfunctory mention of "the accomplishments of our Army" (now retreating in Russia), the little Minister got down to business. What he wanted was Christmas presents for the soldiers on the Eastern Front: overshoes, stockings, woolen underwear, furs, blankets, gloves, ear muffs-anything...
When the Pribilofs were bought by the U.S. as part of Alaska sealing was a profitable industry. By 1910, through leasing sealing rights on the islands, the U.S. had made $9,473,996, nearly one and a half times the price of all Alaska. And by 1911 the seal herds...