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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
6
The article outlines when to leave visiting cards after entertainment events and how to handle cards for husbands, widows, mothers and daughters. It advises after dinner parties guests call, and specifies card practices for married women visiting widows, family card etiquette when daughters live at home, and post wedding reception card timing. It also covers illness or bereavement inquiries and the rule of leaving one card for the ill or bereaved.
A guide to handling weekend trips with careful packing for a woman’s look and comfort. Emphasizes bringing extra skin cream powder brushes and basic toiletries, and planning ahead to avoid looking worn after social activities.
The guide advises choosing plain stockings matching shoes and basing dress shields rather than pinning. Avoid collarless low necked looks and cheap jewelry, and keep frills clean. Ensure waist is properly fastened to avoid an open back and embarrassment.
Richard C Kerens, born in Ireland and raised in the United States, is appointed by President Taft as ambassador to Austria Hungary. A civil war veteran and railroad builder, he owns mining properties in Colorado New Mexico and Arizona and has long been an original Taft ally in Missouri. The Vienna post marks his first diplomatic appointment.
The piece compares MBASSADOR BACON with ex President Roosevelt noting Harvard classmates who shared outdoor sports and athletic prowess. It highlights his role at J P Morgan & Co, involvement in steel trust and Hill holding company, service as assistant secretary of state, a six week state tenure in 1909, and his December 1909 appointment as ambassador to France.
Harper's Weekly reports a reform in musical notation from an Argentine innovator. The system uses a twelve tone scale with syllables la se si do du re ro mi fa fe sol nu and envisions replacing sharps and flats with three basic signs. A piano keyboard adaptation aligns with current instruments, marking la in azure and new tones on white keys between black keys.
Boston Globe reports astronomer Johannes Korn studied crater Taquet for a year and observed a cycle of a deep shadow, a bright spot, then return to shadow as the sun rises and falls. He suggests vapor forms during long lunar nights rise with sunlight, fill the crater, and dissipate, implying possible residual activity.
The article notes Lord Kitchener to receive a war medal for service with the French army in 1870. It states he never admitted or denied this, recalls his time as a Woolwich cadet, and mentions his Dinan stay to improve his French. A London Chronicle quote claims his first war experience was under the French flag with General Chanzy.
M. Girardville reports experiments in France with aeroplanes fitted with gyroscopes to reduce rolling. The devices act like aero coning stabilizers and keep the craft in equilibrium after disturbances. Gyroscopes add about twelve pounds and spin at 6 000 revolutions per minute.
The article notes lace made from human hair used to form wig parts was handmade and secured with wax to prevent unraveling. It mentions such lace can be detected only under almost microscopic scrutiny, and credits Francis I for supporting art in France by purchasing works and bringing Leonardo da Vinci to France where he died.
The excerpt reflects on hope as a powerful yet fragile emotion that sustains happiness and life, though its frequent disappointments are less dreadful than its extinction. It contrasts Johnson and Bacon views, framing hope as beneficial but risky when expectations falter.
The article notes medieval doors were narrow for protection and sometimes recessed for arrow fire. It then discusses Ibsen as a young man doubting his vocation as a painter, later maintaining strong interest in art and original judgments on Italian Renaissance works. It quotes a London Mail remark about Raphael and Eden before the fall.
A London Spectator note recalls how geographers and mathematicians sought the country's center. A practical method by Mr Barrie's Tommy cut a map of England to balance on a pin, revealing the middle point with a simple balance test.
Two men argue over steam cylinder expansion. One claims thumbs reveal mechanical talent. He argues long thin thumbs are less suitable while thick broad thumbs show a natural machinist talent, though he admits he did not believe in physiognomy before.
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