Archive for the '1920's' Category

Passing of the Jazz Age 1927

JAZZ - THE GOOD NEWS FROM ROME
LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD should welcome, and do, the good news from the Vatican that the jazz age is passing, and that the flood of immorality which lapped every shore is receding. Civilization is returning to normalcy, custom is becoming sane, Governments are checking orgiastic vices, religion everywhere is [...]

Summer Skiing Holidays in Switzerland 1927

SUMMER SKIING IN SWITZERLAND
MIDSUMMER sports are seldom associated in the minds of vacationists with skiing, yet this. is one of the many events entered on the calendar of Switzerland this summer.
This is made possible by Switzerland’s sharp contrast of altitude. While the valleys and lower mountain slopes are flower-decked and the lakes fringed with rich [...]

The Return of the Toll Bridge 1927

THE RETURN OF THE TOLL BRIDGE
A FEW years ago the toll bridge was thought to be on the verge of obsolescense, but the automobile is rapidly bringing it back. New and expensive toll bridges are being erected all over the country to handle automobile traffic and to be paid for by that traffic. So it [...]

European Touring Roads 1927

A NEW FRANCO-GERMAN WAR OF MOTOR-TOURIST ROAD BUILDING
SHALL France or Germany capture the bulk of the American and English automobile traffic that sweeps southward each year for those tourist paradises, Switzerland and Italy? That question became a vital one when the French awoke recently to the significance of Germany’s newly hatched plans for great [...]

Bibles by the Million in 1926

Of all the books in the world the Bible still has the largest circulation. At the recent 111th annual meeting of the American
Bible Society it was announced that the circulation in 1926 was 9,917,361 copies, an increase of more than a half-million over the preceding year, making a total circulation under the auspices of this [...]

Europe using more silver 1925

EUROPE USING MORE SILVER
One reason why the price of silver remained higher in 1924 than in 1923, was the large demand for silver for coinage in continental Europe. According to The Wall Street Journal, “European demand for coinage continues, and it is believed with the greater stabilization of exchange more silver will lie in demand [...]

Status of Beards and Whiskers in 1923

The denizen of the French Latin Quarter formerly went bearded; but not to-day. Not, at least, the real Frenchman. Beards are disappearing from Europe, says the observant London weekly, John o’ London’s, except in Czecho-Slovakia, where wearing them is regarded as a patriotic duty. We read:
“In England nowadays beards are rare enough to be conspicuous, [...]

1920’s Beading Patterns

Beading was a popular activity in the 1920’s that was enjoyed by women and children, and even recuperating soldiers.
Due to the poularity of beading in the 1920’s there were several books of patterns published for craft people to use. While some of them only dealt with beaded handbag patterns, others included such fashion items as [...]

UK Outbound Passenger Lists 1920-1929

Another decade added to the UK outbound Passenger Lists 1920-1929
A boon to Genealogists and family history buffs. Findmypast.com has added another decade of passenger records to the UK Outbound Passenger ListsÂ which areÂ available for searching right now. RecordsÂ have been expanded toÂ include an incredible 15,749,960 names with overÂ 97,614 passenger lists spanning the period fromÂ 1890 to 1929, which [...]

1922 Poem on US Trade

THE romance of unfamiliar place names has been felt and exprest by many poets. Here is a lyric that dedicates it to the supposedly unpoetical theme of export trade. The Public Ledger (Philadelphia) gave it currency first, but our curtailed version comes from The World’s Markets (New York):
MERCHANDISE
By MILTON HAYES
Merchandise! Merchandise! Tortoise-shell, spices,
Carpets and indigoâ€”sent [...]