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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
6
Crochet waistcoats in autumn colors appeal to golfers and outdoor men. Instructions cover two long strips worked in alternating dark and light wool, with dye patterns and sizes described, plus tips on maintaining even tension and two color Berlin wool options.
A woman studies daily traces of Directoire fashion in gowns that diverge from classic Directoire lines. The illustration hints at the extremes that briefly returned to influence fashion a few months ago, with a sketch showcasing a new look.
On a dusty warm day a pocket atomizer helps the woman traveler or shopper. It features a screw closure that keeps perfume secure despite bulb pressure. Women on long motor rides carry these with pungent cologne for a refreshing, not overly sweet spray after dusty journeys.
The Tattler notes the current fashion for classical bandeaux featuring chaste artistic simplicity. A crescent moon of diamonds with attendant stars atop a simple bandeau and another style with a Roman period design are highlighted as exemplary.
The fashion for extra large satin ribbon roses trims gowns, especially effective on all black ensembles and acceptable on net chiffon grenadine and soft liberty cloths. Velvet fabrics suit the look best. a black velvet one piece frock uses huge roses as front back and side panels with a single rose on the bodice.
A lavender luncheon custard recipe uses heat milk with sugar then adds grape juice and rennet extract. The mixture is molded or set in a glass dish, chilled in ice, and served with whipped cream, candied violets, and nuts.
The Tattler notes that footwear shapes the ensemble with colored shoes in champagne, blue, and gray rivaling brown. White sued shoes and buckles match the trend as delicate hues pair with fashionable white silk hose, reflecting attention to occasion wear and practical detail.
A Belgian cook Joseph Mortimer, with only a cabin boy, kills the mate and forces the captain overboard with a tomahawk. He then uses a shotgun to compel the captain and crew to navigate toward an Australian port, but lacks seamanship and wrecks the two-master Neuvre Tigre near Gilbert Islands. The cabin boy George Jackson witnessed the grim events and Mortimer is held for trial.
Paris report from Nice describes a German musician arrested for criminal neglect and ill treatment of his wife whom he kept locked in a dark room for six months. Neighbors noted she was unseen. detectives found her emaciated on an iron bed. The husband claims poverty prevented care. a German doctor says removal to a hospital had been advised. Improper confinement and injuries noted as police investigate.
Frank Daly, a respected Friendswood resident, says he killed a three foot venomous snake on the road. When a passerby stepped on it the mouth opened and 560 young snakes hatched, with 50 being the total number observed. Neighbors corroborate the tale.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a cow owned by Reuben Lod of Plymouth survived a cave in at the No 2 Delaware and Hudson colliery. The animal, carried 70 feet below after earth sank, stood unhurt in a chamber as miners James Wolfe and Frank Krause entered the gangway to work.
De Wolf Hopper confronted two former chorus men from his company who prank him after a rehearsal. The pair, West and Lawrence, now with make up off, reveal they plotted to get even for old times by feigning hunger and mischief. Hopper vows to help them, while the prank ends with a humorous twist as they admit their scheme.
Harrison Grey Fiske will produce The Bridge. John B. Park, star of Marys Lamb, engaged for The Soul Kiss. Blanche Bates heads to New York for The Fighting Hope after Pittsburgh. Billee Burke to London after Love Watches. Robert Edeson to appear in The Offenders. Fred Nible plans world talks this season. B P Temple sails to Bombay for The Belle of Bombay. New Wall Street drama The Panic. Florence Bindley with In the Nick of Time. George Broadhurst writes An International Marriage. Henry Miller ends The Great Divide season and takes a vacation.
A Scribner's profile of Richard Mansfield recalls his many theatre missteps including a single line as a country squire in A Special Delivery Letter. He improvises a furious tirade and is billed as fired after a waiter cork-popping stunt that saved the night with comic impact.
Richard Burton argues the Anglo-Saxon race remains nearly blind to the theater’s social and educational power, ranking it with the home as a key influence alongside libraries churches newspapers and schools, noting Puritan prejudice in England as the historical cause and contrasting with other nations that support theater as an educational force.
The coy maid questions escape while a slow easygoing young man answers with a firm hold. After being warned of expectations, the man acts nobly and restrains her, signaling a protective outcome in a moonlit scene.
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