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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1894
Page
5
Alice Welling ton Rollins notes the value of Delsarte’s method in teaching dramatic expression as a science. Training shifts from mere imitation to conscious craft shaping movement and presence. The workshop approach reveals how precise guidance elevates natural performance and dignity.
The New York Tribune notes a shift in social norms among the elite. It reports that fashionable married women increasingly smoke and swear in private, while maintaining public propriety, reflecting a broader loosening of traditional behavior.
A writer in Woman notes the Princess of Wales adores her granddaughter Lady Alexander Duff and that the Duke of Fife intensively dotes on her as well. The duke jokes with a friend about favorites among his children, then resumes his ongoing business.
Mrs. Croly argues business education for women and equal financial prowess, noting 40 years in journalism and the rise of independent women. The Civitas club in Brooklyn grows, studying city government and promising alliance with health boards, while women's clubs in small towns push for governance understanding. A Portland woman interprets a dream about a neighbor influencing her servant, and a New York society woman reshapes legal work with a courtroom mindset.
Paris letters describe the Salle d Armes Feminine and the new Cercle d Escrime des Dames. Patronages include Mme la Colombine Derus, the Comtesse de Murat, and Mme la Colonelle Rousset. The chief professor is a former master at arms wife. The club uses Ludus Pro Forma as its motto and fencing aims to improve grace. French women are praised for skating biking and quiet competence amid vanity critiques.
An English writer notes a shift from Amelia Sedley to Becky Sharp with many imitators dying out. The new heroine is a sphinx like figure with fathomless eyes and grand aims, combining Schopenhauer and Musset with Gyp flair. Her self regard and disregard for others mark a modern feminine cry to live freely, yet she seldom acts on it. A story in progress.
A woman’s mood and health are described as influenced by “the blues” from painful female conditions. The piece praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for weakness, bearing-down pain, dizziness, irritability, and loss of appetite, citing Anna Miller’s testimonial from D Pa.
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