Thursday, June 2, 1910

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The Headlines

THIEF CHASE ON THE DRIVE.; Evening Promenaders Alarmed by Pursuing Policeman's Shots.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Leo Friedman

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

• Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pope Pius X (1835)
• Thomas Hardy (1840)
• Marquis de Sade (1740)
• Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
• Pope Leo XI (1535)

Slang

Tech Check

Neon Lamps, Headsets & Seaplane.

Style of 1910

Silhouette: Tubular and columnar

Material: Chiffon and velvet

• Hobble skirts
• Wide-brimmed hats
• Orientalism

Cost of Living (1910)