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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
The article notes a shift from flashy multicolored embroidered sofa cushions to durable fine needlework. It praises individual design and long lasting colors, with cross stitch as a preferred method for linens and an emphasis on enduring beauty over showy pieces.
The article guides beginners to use cross stitch on railroad canvas with number 25 cotton and average weave. It notes abundant materials and colors for linens towels and cushions and encourages personal design based on cross stitch books. It highlights blue red color schemes for a vintage effect and practical planning with squared paper.
The diabolo craze sweeps the globe from Paris to London and to New York, spreading through clubs and courts and into homes. Players praise its fitness benefits and social appeal while critics call it a sign of decadent times, with Bernard Shaw cited as a dramatist who may crown the mania.
Fashion notes from Vogue describe a renewed velvet season with rich velvets in varied figured output and bright trims. Two piece outfits with skirts and coats suit different figures with petite women guided to shorter coats while ribbed silk bands add simple decoration to skirts.
A new umbrella handbag blends a handbag with the umbrella handle, selling as a convenient shopping aid. The salesman notes it is hard to misplace the purse inside and praises the decorative handles made of tortoise shell ivory and carved bird heads with ruby and diamond eyes.
The article describes crafting a prize recipe book. Use stout cardboard for the cover, scored center, art linen covering, and "cookery book" lettering. Include pockets inside to hold loose recipes and leaves fastened with silk cord. Add pages as needed and decorate like a school exercise book with embroidered linen.
The piece describes fashionable felt hats in dark tones with white facings and wide brims, including front edge rolls and sharp small rolls resembling Panama hats. It notes French hats trimmed with large soft scarfs or big choux of silk or velvet, praising velvet choux quality and color harmony as the milliner’s art touchstone.
A large shapely mouth signals breadth of mind and tolerance for others quirks. Thin lips indicate greed and selfishness and a love of power unless contradicted by other features. Curved lips show yielding nature while straight lips imply severity. A perfect mouth is large yet balanced with firm but gentle closure.
A trust magnate tests an applicant’s recall with a quick question and declares the job his once the candidate answers that memory is hazy. The exchange ends with the employer awarding the position.
A witty exchange shows a person confessing no loneliness for George as mornings are spent reading his letters and afternoons replying. The dialogue hints at affection and busy routine replacing solitude.
A sarcastic passenger compliments a guard on his voice and urges training. The guard replies that his voice is being trained by the elevated railroad, inviting the passenger to step along in courtesy.
Miss Knox scolds the idea of a bathing suit remark while Miss Newitt questions another woman's figure. The dialogue hints at social judgment and vanity in a light exchange.
The acrobat proclaims risk in every appearance while a monologue artist concedes rough jokes but insists the act remains manageable. The dialogue hints at dangers and storytelling during a vaudeville performance.
A quarrel between Dick and Mabel appears unresolved. A proposal to patch things up was rejected by Dick who said he did not care a darn about reconciliation.
Gertrude Atherton argues in Ances tors that women should delay marriage until after youth and accept love as a subordinate pursuit. She critiques early romance, claims happiness lies in self knowledge, and condemns free love as shallow. She links gender conflict to social progress and warns against surrender of self in marriage.
A Philadelphia attorney cites a rule of not stating more than one knows. An agent argued a dead man on the register, asking for proof. The barrister pressed for certainty, while the witness admitted uncertainty yet claimed the man was buried about a month ago on suspicion.
Paris observers report grumbling over high tipping in fashionable hotels. Proprietors propose fixes: a 10 percent gratuity split among staff, with no direct tips to workers. Another plan uses blank slips for guests to indicate tips, to be given to the cashier for distribution.
John Vaughn of Mercerville a rural letter carrier was hit from behind by an automobile and hurled into a wagon full of tomatoes. The rig was wrecked but the sacks of fruit cushioned the impact and saved him from serious injury though the wagon owner fumed as the car sped away with the driver grinning.
Narrators travel through Indianapolis encounter a driver with a heavy wain and old fashioned phrases. The exchange ends with the man urging his horses to move on, leaving the narrators disappointed that their expected resonance with Indiana's historical novel heritage did not materialize.
A dialogue between a soulful boarder and a grouchy boarder about a Henry James passage. The soulful boarder asks for meaning while the other replies it might not mean anything. The exchange highlights tension over reading and interpretation.
A beginner notes waves as mountains, while an experienced writer counters that such phrasing was valid twenty years ago. The dialogue shows shifting language standards with time as diction evolves.
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