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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1898
Page
3
Service in WisT operates daily with Sunday closure noted. Trains run on a regular schedule except Sundays, when no trains are listed. Local transit riders are advised to check timetable prior to travel.
A Pittsburg Dispatch report notes a fashion wave as Paris beauty sets trends with operatic earrings. New safe thread attachments replace protruding hooks, allowing long pearl drops and crown-set stones to hang elegantly from pink ears.
Mary G Bel e leads as a symbol of women’s rise amid 19th century limits. The piece praises her influence in politics and law making, noting her calm bearing during duty and her impact on reforms. It positions her as a model for modern women and calls for continued female empowerment.
A Paris correspondent praises French taste in clothing and color, noting lavish gowns with delicate textures and the practical charm of white linens. She contrasts French elegance with American notions of usefulness and admires Paris streets, trees, and landscaped color in a city renowned for beauty.
Dayton, Ohio creates a self supporting women’s league begun by working girls in 805 dollars. It grew from 50 to 500 members in two years and now lists around 600. The club rents a clubhouse with a library and reading room and offers classes in bookkeeping stenography millinery dressmaking and cookery with diplomas awarded on completion. Membership costs 23 dollars with voting rights while 5 dollars covers class access plus gymnasium use. The clubhouse operates a lunchroom offering meals for 11 cents to any patron.
The league runs a lunchroom for working girls offering a substantial meal for 10 cents. It is self supporting and self governing and aims to raise funds to build its own club room. Many girls pledge to contribute ten dollars annually to this goal.
Boston observers note Audubon society efforts against feathered hats have faltered as demand for wings and quills persists. The piece argues women prioritize style and affordability over bird welfare, suggesting a future where women and birds may not coexist if trends continue.
Sorosis considers backing Mrs William Tod Hel gnuth for national presidency at the General Federation of Women's Clubs gathering in Denver. New England women push for Mrs Alice Ives Breed as vice president while Colorado leaders rally behind Abs Sarah S Platt D. Denver hosts as locals plan a top class entertainment for delegates.
A feminine purchasing agent may profit from self assurance and skill in serving distant towns and cities. She interacts with merchants and department heads, often becoming a valued customer herself. A manager cited a shopper who buys 300 to 1000 dollars monthly, highlighting the profession’s respect and demand.
The piece discusses fashion trends with skirt silhouettes and handkerchiefs, notes a shift as trims rise with narrower skirts, and highlights appointments in Michigan where Mrs. W. L. Smith joins the Industrial Home For Girls board. It also mentions a new women’s university plan in an empire and its funding, costing about $175,000 to start.
In 1878 the Ann Arbor district conference issued Mrs Frances D York a local preacher's license the first ever given to a woman in Michigan. Germany sees strides in women education. Braslau prepares to open the first gymnasium for girls as a preparatory school to the university in April.
The article notes a shift in country life as rural women gain via clubs and bicycles. It highlights frequent association with religious or social groups and the novelty of owning a bicycle. The main point is increased activity and improved leisure for country women.
The text notes a person embracing outdoor activity to escape idle winter hours and to draw nearer to nature and her peers as relenting spring begins, reflecting a New York Post tone about renewal and outdoor life.
The article highlights aluminium as corrosion free and food safe, noting its lightness and heat conductivity. It reports contracts for 1000 tons of crude aluminium imported to England, marks its rise in U S and European production, and cites historical price shifts from 1896 to today.
A poem by Carolyn Wells laments the vanished pocket in modern gowns. The speaker recalls the roomy pockets of girlhood dresses and their practicality for shopping, while noting fashion bans the cherished feature today.
EH Cora Depuy notes 37 newspapers existed in the American colonies during the Revolution and many were owned and run by women. Anna Franklin led Rhode Island’s first newspaper in 1732, edited and typeset with her daughters and servants. Elizabeth Timothy led Charleston papers, becoming state printer for 17 years, while Mary Crouch moved her paper from Charleston to Salem, opposing the stamp act.
A New York fashion writer notes a variety of imported models in skirts that showcases designers' ingenuity. It remains to be seen if plain sheath fronts will vanish locally, as dressmakers plan spring gowns. The revival of demitrained evening dresses features long, slender pep lum points and contrasting bodice fabrics. Sill braid on cloth skirts with trellis patterns garnishes full blouse waists, with braids appearing on the front of blouses worn under open jackets.
Marie confesses an awful predicament loving two men and cannot choose between them. Mertie suggests choosing all, yet neither man seems able to solve the situation in this brief World column.
A brief Brookyn Life quip centers on a golf caddie’s elusive presence at the tee. The exchange plays on the idea of a “ten caddie” as a wry compliment to the assistant on the course.
A dirty faced St. Louis messenger boy creates tiny paddle wheel steamboats for the Merchants' Exchange basin. The model boats use a rubber band to drive a propeller made from a cigar box wood bow boat, offering amusement for the "big boys" and others during sessions.
A tiny craft uses a carved wheel from a rubber band driven by a cross formed wood paddle, powered by unwinding rubber to move the boat. A wooden fence with pegs and thread hitches, and one or two high masts complete the setup, drawing delivery boys and onlookers at the fountain.
Harry visits his grandfather in Texas and joins a runaway horse and sleigh scene. He leaps onto the Reindeer sled, clings to speed, and ends up seeing Mr. Crocker’s pug dog driving the horse home, a comic caper recounted from Youth’s Companion.
A children's poem by W. W. Elsworth from St Nicholas about a snow man melting in warmer wind. Then a description of the king of Siam palace with white walls and vast facilities. The note adds a fact that Greater New York uses about 12,000 tons of ice daily in summer, 20 percent artificial.
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