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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
6
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece recalls a hostess lamenting how new games attract young guests and disrupt household routine. She notes golf and bridge shifted schedules, and now ping pong inflames dyspepsia and chores as dining rooms are cleared for play, with constant ping pong ball ticks.
The oldest royal regalia of Britain resides in Edinburgh Castle Scotland guarded since the union treaty. The crown worn by Robert the Bruce and James IV rests in a windowless chamber since 1817 with other royal insignia including the sword of state a 34 inch scepter and the gold mace.
A Berlin meeting by the Association for Promoting the Education and Studies of Women argued that after a certain age women should be entitled to call themselves frau regardless of marriage status. They said it is unnecessary to label a woman as fraulein and that legally there is nothing preventing a fraulein from calling herself frau. The Berlin council also addresses a school mistress as frau.
A visitor recalls a tale of a girl from Europe who wears a gold filigree nutmeg ball as a perfume. The novelty, once revived from seventeenth century customs, involves inhaling the scent through a tiny gold chain and spreading the trend among acquaintances. History repeats as others adopt the gold nutmeg practice.
A keen note on sensibility and selfishness describing how constantly offended women misinterpret jokes as personal slights. It urges social mixing and honest motive in friends, then gives a simple parfait recipe to illustrate practical, lighthearted living.
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