Restless modern woman and Miss Varley in Baltimore
In a Progress and Work in Home and Out of It feature Winifred Harper Cooley notes women’s changing roles as factory work, household devices, and urban life reshape independence. Elsie Varley, a British visitor, studies city gardening and offers gardening guidance in Baltimore under the Woman's Civil League.
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Winifred Harper Cooley
Tatler
Elsie Varley
London
Baltimore
Miss Varley
Woman's Civil League of Baltimore
Tomato Club Leader to Wed in May in South Carolina
Miss Marie Samuella Cromer, mother of the world famous tomato clubs for girls, will marry Cecil Seller, county school superintendent, this May. Cromer founded the first tomato club on a one tenth acre plot at her school, sparking a national rural girls movement beginning in South Carolina and spreading to Virginia and beyond. She has been noted as a key rural education advocate and attended the recent Southern Education Conference in Nashville.
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Marie Samuella Cromer
South Carolina
Cecil Seller
Sfeapte
kAgter
Virginia
Cro ™Mér
Nashville
South
Mills College study simulates family budget for a streetcar family
Mills College students in household economics add a cost of living project using a typical street car conductor family. The household includes husband, wife, and five children with a baby in five, two boys and three girls. Father earns 32 cents an hour and faces deductions for union dues taxes water insurance. Students analyze costs for food clothing meat heat and other necessities and seek ways to cut expenses.
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Mills College
Mills
Cal
Smail
Women Massage Pioneers Join City Force
Two young women begin practical massage and general wellness work under physician direction. They warn against indiscriminate massage and unregulated cosmetic use, criticizing fake beauty practices and urging treatment tailored to individual needs for true health.
Miss West Gains Success as Kindergarten Teacher
The item highlights Miss Geneifest West of Atlanta achieving notable success as a Los Angeles kindergarten teacher integrated with the public school system. It notes her work in a diverse classroom of nine nationalities, praise from educational authorities, and a Los Angeles Expositor column about her and her pupils. Photographs were sent to Atlanta friends.
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Geniefest
Atlanta
A. J. West
Los Angeles
Miss West
Why don't they keep the streets a little cleaner
A reflective line from American City questions public spaces and personal responsibility. It ponders cleaner streets and greener parks, hinting that collective care begins with individuals rather than only authorities.
Hymn-Writer Fanny Croaby Celebrates 24th Birthday
The blind hymn-writer Fanny Croaby marked her 24th birthday on March 24. Despite lifelong blindness she leads a contented life and avoids fretful or critical thoughts. Her hymns, unlike the stern old theology, carry a lighter tone according to The Outlook report.
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Fanny Croaby
Industriousness Echoes in Ants and Thoreau
A compact reflection notes that industriousness is common to ants and humans, prompting a question about what personal pursuit inspires effort. It juxtaposes natural and literary examples to urge purposeful work.
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Thoread
Germany's Crown Prince Dismisses Military Duty
Berlin April 20. A report notes Germany fears the Crown Prince shows little enthusiasm for military service. His absence from drills and focus on hunting and sports stir concern among Kaiser and officials. The piece cites General Bernhardt's writings urging war preparation as central to Germany's policy. A tragedy closes with a lover's suicide at a Steglitzer cemetery service.
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Berlin
Germany
Danzig
Reichstag
Morocco
Sibala
Ilness
Switzerland
England
General Bernhardt
Great Britain
The Passing of the Orchid Eve by Corr a Harris
Corr a Harris argues the so called woman movement is a surge of female creativity not a movement. She views women as orchid minds shaped by wealth and neurasthenia, foreseeing changes in affection and social roles while praising reforms in civic life and motherhood beyond the family.
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Woran
Corra Harris
Women discuss plain living and high thinking in era of reform
The piece surveys a social debate on modest living and intellectual pursuits among women. It critiques fashionable trends and the rise of chemical diets and beauty regimens as women seek to balance home economy with modern influences and public expectations.
Countess Watinka Andras Tries Suicide In Budapest
Vienna reports Countess Watinka Andras a nineteen year old socialite, betrothed to a man she did not love, attempted suicide with a revolver. She was found with a bullet wound, moved secretly to a hospital, where doctors removed the bullet and call her condition critical. Nearby, eleven climbers were buried by an avalanche near Schneeberg. nine bodies recovered, survivor Fralein Blanka Tagieldt among them, with remarks on the leader Dr. Hacker. Emperor expresses sympathy and calls for prompt details.
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Vienna
Watinka Andras
Budapest
Julius Andrassy
Schneeberg
Galanche
Hacker
Fralein Blanka Tagieldt
Does Your Skin Smart After Shaving
Advice on shaving care using Woodbury's Facial Soap to soothe irritation and improve complexion. Recommends hot water wash, lather, rinse with cold water, and regular use. Includes a mail order offer for a sample cake and address.
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Woodbury’s
Andrew Fergens Cosy Dept
Imnati, O
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New York
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