Thursday, December 20, 1900

From the day

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The Headlines

BIG BANKERS FEAST AND MAKE MERRY; Many Gems of Verse Enliven the Elaborate Menu. SECRETARY GAGE'S ADDRESS Grave Financial Questions Yet Await Settlement, He Declares -- Defense of the American Banker.

Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

You Share a Birthday With

• Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
• John III of Sweden (1537)
• Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
• Irene Dunne (1898)
• Robert Menzies (1894)

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)