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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
6
Guidance on luncheon table covers and doilies detailing circular and square covers, lace and filet priorities, and how to select and care for centerpieces. It discusses linen textures, placement methods, laundering cautions, and storage techniques to preserve elegance and scent.
A home care tip describes a centerpiece roll to protect large centerpieces when stored. A long cardboard roll, covered in cotton wadding and fabric, is wrapped to prevent creasing, then tied with ribbon. A square fabric piece folds around the roll length and is secured for neat storage.
The piece reports New York women turning to rope skipping as a beauty reform to shed fat. It cites Parisian influence and notes a reformer promoting the method and other beauty tips, while illustrating the ideal sylphlike form through a corseted figure and graceful postures.
New silks dominate attire while white flowers remain scarce. Muff chains vanish from necks, replaced by wrist wear. Fur trimmed hats feature large wired black laca bows. Pique rises in skirts and frocks. Sleeves slimmed for spring summer use with minimal fullness. Cameo plaques in silver and gold appear with classical dress. Youth white serge suit with black and white pongee collar and cuffs appears.
Baron Kogoro Takahira succeeds Viscount Aoki as Japanese ambassador to the United States. He has long represented Japan in Washington and New York, with wide diplomatic experience in Asia, Europe, and America. Diplomats say Tokyo made a wise choice for the crucial post.
A Washington correspondent describes a sundowner as a government worker who moonlights in medicine law or dentistry. The tale follows Dr Jones who starts with early hours, then weeks into moonlighting at night, facing peer resistance, joining the society after reform, and urging public caution against sundown doctors.
Secretary Root urges Congress to cut the term of service for student interpreters in China and Japan from ten years to five. He says the long obligation with a low salary discourages promising young men and hinders filling diplomatic posts with efficient future officers.
Miss Margaret V. Kelly of the treasury department, stationed in the mint bureau, has been noted as the highest paid woman government employee. Due to the excellence of her work she was recently raised from 1600 to 2000 dollars a year, highlighting that in some cases ability sets the salary standard for women.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth continues to set Washington fashions. She wore an Alice blue broadcloth gown with a lynx toque trimmed by uncurled plumes tipped with gold and secured by a white rose. A matching lynx fur set completed the ensemble.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw moves to annul her marriage to Harry K. Thaw. Counselor Daniel O Reilly says papers were served on Thaw at Matteawan asylum and on Thaw's mother, noting legally Thaw is dead and the next of kin is needed. The mother is reportedly sympathetic to the case.
The Thaws head toward an annulment with Mrs. Thaw and counsel disputing terms and sanity. Prospects for a settlement seem distant as Thaw’s lawyers contest the insanity claim and Evelyn Thaw may testify to aid her husband’s release. Family aides support financial protection if annulment succeeds. Col Bartlett denies surveillance reports while outlining the ongoing legal maneuvering.
The text records clients seeking fair treatment for Evelyn Thaw and provision for her support. It notes Henry Shaw’s wish for reconciliation while Evelyn seeks permanent separation. It adds Mrs. William Thaw would oppose espionage toward the young Mrs. Thaw and mentions Col. Bartlett’s interview prompting A Russell Peabody to go to Matteawan, where Thaw remains in a criminal asylum.
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