Wednesday, December 12, 1900

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The Headlines

MISS ALICE BROWN TRIUMPHS OVER THIEF; Wrests Stolen Parcel from Him After Struggle on Broadway. Man Had Taken It from Professional Woman's League Club, Where He Found the Secretary Alone.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Gustave Flaubert (1821)
• Edvard Munch (1863)
• Alfred Werner (1866)
• Edward G. Robinson (1893)
• Karl Bryullov (1799)

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)