When you read do not bend over
Man by fire with visions in his head
A Descendant of the Prophet
A Guardian of the Temple
A Karnak Beggar
A Karnak Beggar
A Luxor Dancing-girl
A Bargain in the Ghezireh Gardens
The Sheik of the Pyramids
The man who has ‘been there before
Salem Ghesiri Dragoman
Fashionable lady 1920's
Fashionable lady 1920's
American Queen
Another picture that rises simultaneously before the eyes of the masses as representing those queens in America, to whom more ready homage is paid than was ever accorded to a coronet or crown, is our Frances Cleveland. Ours, because the “Common People” claim her, as only an ordinary, sweet, lovely, modest American woman.
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Will considers the situation
Man and Woman
Man looking at woman
Man and Woman talking
An Odd Volume
A seated man reading a book
Badminton in the studio
From the painting by R.W. MacBeth, A.R.A.
Queues
Among the earliest innovations after the Restoration to which the Japanese people took kindly was the clipping of their queues. In the old days men had little queues on the top of their heads. For this purpose they shaved the crown and gathering the hair around, tied it at the top with a piece of paper string; then, they bent the queue and bringing it down forward over the forehead, fastened it with the ends of the same string so that the queue was tied tightly to the first knot. The end of the queue was cut straight. Fashion often changed in the making of the queue, though its general form remained unaltered. The bend, for instance, between the two knots might vary in size and shape, and the queue itself in length and thickness, its girth being regulated by the extent of the tonsure at the crown. Or the hair might be full or tight at the sides and the back. The front was usually shaved. In short, there was a wide scope for taste in the dressing of the queue. These queues were untied and remade every second or third day, and the head was shaved at the same time. Hair-dressing was therefore a troublesome business, especially as one had generally to get assistance for it. Consequently, when the cropping of the hair came into vogue, people eagerly adopted it as it saved them time and expense. At first they cut the hair long, letting it half hide the ears and come down to the neck behind; but it became shorter by degrees until now the fashion is to crop it to about a quarter of an inch, presenting a head which is appropriately known as “chestnut-bur.”
Yes or No
Lady putting hat on
Woman sleeping
Man seated sideways on a chair
The widow - standing
Lady standing in black dress
She contemplates the cloister
A widow and her friends
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau
Practical Dress Instructor
Headdress of the Lady on the Right.—Hair in bandeaux à la Niobe; torsade of pearls. Moire dress, low body, with progressive revers opening over a modestie of embroidered muslin edged with lace; short open sleeves à la Watteau; undersleeves of embroidered muslin; half-long gloves; bracelets of pearls, or more often worn different, according to choice. The other Figure (Lady seated).—Cap of tulle trimmed with lace and ribbon. Low body, with revers open to waist; loose bell-shaped sleeves, edged with a bouillonne; two skirts trimmed with the same; modestie of embroidered muslin, edged with point de Venise; black velvet bracelets, half-long gloves, and Venetian fan.
Who was it who hid the ace
Seated couple watching a group of people
She burst into tears
Young lady bursting into tears at some bad news
Lady sitting thoughtfully in the garden
Young lady sitting thoughtfully in an arbor in the garden holding a book
Three men talking
Three men talking
Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Two gentlemen talking
Two gentlemen talking
A sure remedy
Couple sitting on the grass in a park
Lady writing a love letter
Young lady writing
Lady Reading the Bible
Lady Reading the Bible
Improve your speech by reading
A family sitting around reading
Fireside Fancies
Man and woman sitting cozily in front of a fire.
Explaining the need of a new hat
Man (reading a newspaper) looks unconvinced as his wife explains the need of a new hat
Convincing his Wife
Man and woman sitting at the table talking
Young Lady writing
Young Lady writing
Man and Woman
Young lady talking to man with monocle on a sofa
At School
Girls sitting on a bench at school reading
Domestic scene
Domestic scene
Man with cane
Man with cane
Filling Up
Man filling up his glass
Chatting in the Garden
Two men sitting in the garden chatting