Wednesday, February 21, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

Will Send Books to Guam Garrison.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Peter III of Russia (1728)
• Jeanne Calment (1875)
• Sacha Guitry (1885)
• John Henry Newman (1801)
• Henrik Dam (1895)

Slang

Tech Check

Kodak Brownie Camera, Zeppelin Airships & Escalators.

Style of 1900

Silhouette: S-bend corset and pouter pigeon chest

Material: Lace, silk, and heavy wool

• Gibson Girl hair
• Parasols
• High collars

Cost of Living (1900)