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Edmund Noble reports to Herbert H. D. Peirce regarding the accommodations afforded by the Hotel Wentworth and how they were perceived by the representatives from Japan and Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-31
In this excerpt from his foreword to the second edition of the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, John A. Gable characterizes Theodore Roosevelt as both traditionalist and progressive–wishing to preserve American and Judeo-Christian values, while also working to implement modern reforms to face new conditions and challenges.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Unknown
The author of this article attacks the idea of “social equality,” and on the idea that race makes one person superior or inferior to another, and argues that “social equality consists logically in adaptability for enjoyable companionship.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
This newspaper article draws a correlation between the Thirty Years’ War in Europe that brought freedom to the people of the German empire and the end of the thirty-year-old custom of calculating postal weights in a way that benefitted railroads and no one else. The author believes getting rid of this custom will bring greater and fairer benefits to both railroads and the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-06
A letter will be written to Henry Yates Satterlee, Episcopal bishop in Washington, D.C., to represent President Theodore Roosevelt in the presentation of a lectern on October 5.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Meyer that he has provided a letter of introduction for some friends, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas St. John Gaffney, from New York. Roosevelt wishes Meyer to show them some social courtesy, but urges caution because Mr. Gaffney is not always discreet in political matters.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-11-23
A well-dressed, imperious woman is seated in a chair, with her feet on a cushion, holding a scepter and a paper that states, “Fashion’s Decrees for Summer Resorts.” Among the rules are the following: “Ladies must wear at least three costumes a day,” and “Good form requires every lady to have a maid and every gentleman a valet.” After listing the rules, it ends with “Style First, Comfort Afterwards.” On the left are idle workers at an empty “American Summer Hotel,” and on the right, crowds of travelers pass through terminals to board steamships headed “To Europe.” Caption: Dame fashion’s foolish and expensive rules are responsible for the increasing exodus to Europe and the empty summer hotels in America.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-07-17
A young woman wearing a waistcoat, vest, and pantaloons, stands with her hands in her pockets. Her mother looks on. Caption: Mrs. Newgurl (to Daughter)–Goodness me, Kitty! Don’t stand there with your hands in your pockets, that way; – you don’t know how ungentlemanly it looks!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-04-17
An elderly woman wearing late 19th century clothing labeled “Fashion” gestures toward an “Easter Bonnet” atop a maypole around which many other women have gathered. A smartly-dressed young woman labeled “New Woman” refuses to participate.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-08
This vignette cartoon chronicles the social and financial fortunes of the “Smallclip” family following Mrs. Smallclip’s interview with reporters and artists for the society pages of the newspaper. The society report leads to a dinner with “old friends” at their “modest home,” resulting in another notice in the society news where they are referred to as “leaders of fashion.” This causes Mrs. Smallclip to refurnish their home “on a scale in keeping with her new social status,” which places a financial strain on Mr. Smallclip. Mr. Smallclip is beset with bills as the cost of Mrs. Smallclip’s ascending social status begins to overwhelm him. The final vignette shows the Smallclip family a year later in humble housing, Mr. Smallclip having failed to meet the financial obligations of society leadership.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-01
This vignette cartoon depicts changes to folklore, fairy tales, courtship, and punishment, that will result from the cycling craze. Vignettes include witches riding bicycles instead of brooms, Father Time riding a bicycle, Cupid running over victims with a bicycle instead of shooting arrows at them, fairies on bicycles, and a cyclist’s nightmare in Hell.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-21
A millionaire is shown, at center, in familiar surroundings at home, “Dignified, important and respected.” Surrounding vignettes show him while traveling through major European cities, where he is ignored, ridiculed, laughed at as the butt of practical jokes, and sometimes prone to boorish behavior at the gaming tables in Monte Carlo.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-05-12
Print shows an American cowboy talking to a British nobleman who is standing on papers labeled “Brutality, Vulgarity, Insolence, Arrogance, Selfishness, [and] Boorishness”, with an “Invitation N. Pacific R.R. Opening – Villard” extending from a pocket. In the background is a railroad car labeled “Parlor Car Villard Excursion.” Caption: American Cowboy to British Nobleman (Villard Variety) “Methinks, thou art my mirror!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-10-10
“Cabaret Accompaniment” is introduced into various social and public settings, including “A Song & Dance With Every Shave,” a “Singing Conductor” on the street railroads, a shoe-shine man with instruments strapped to his back, a “Sunday Collection” in a church, even parents in costume who startle or embarrass their children during courtship with cabaret routines.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-02-12
Vignettes show scenes titled “According to Scripture” followed by quotes from the bible. At the bottom of each scene is the title “As Practiced” which is followed by a statement or a list that is contrary to scripture. For example: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth” shows a man standing in a parlor holding the Bible in one hand and a list of treasures labeled “Laid Up for a Rainy Day” which includes “Bonds, Mortgages, Interest, Jewels, Stocks, Real Estate, Automobiles, Horses, Yachts, Clothes, Houses, [and] Land.” “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” shows a man reading a letter and saying, “Aha, we’ve got Small, Green and Co. where we want ’em at last, and now, by thunder, we’ll put the screws on ’em!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-03-15