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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
3
Wilbur Nesbit in the Chicago Post satirizes high style with a speaker claiming a three feet wide fur hat, tall heels that hurt, and a directoire gown that makes sitting impossible. The speaker laments restricted movement yet insists on keeping up appearances and social calls.
A Housekeeper urges women to wash dishes once in the morning and once after supper to ease fatigue. She suggests scraping into a pan, soaking in cold water, washing hot, and drying in a wire drainer until dry. Glasses and silver require wiping or storage until a less weary moment.
The revival of tapestry embroidery shines on cushions screens chair backs and small pieces for stools blotters box sets and more. It is simple to do and features highly attractive designs.
Old tapestry designs traced on canvas with Watteau Dutch and floral subjects then stitched over in careful stitches. The Louis chair seat example shows rich colorings creating perspective rarely achieved in embroidery.
Laughter aids happiness and health. Lemon juice glycerin mouth wash helps hygiene. Egg white and red pepper reputed for neuralgic headaches. Steam suction can extract deep splinters. Tight shoes hinder circulation like a blocked hose. Spiders in China said to cure croup when ashes are blown into the throat.
The piece cites Old World cures for ague involving spiders and a German anecdote about eating them, then narrates R F Johnson's From Pekin to Mandalay where a Chinese scholar asks for simple earthly freedoms and is told such desires are heavenly joys.
A traveler describes Russian paid jokers who tour cities with tickets sold at a penny each. They entertain crowds with humorous stories for an hour or two, and despite language barriers the audience’s laughter suggests the jokes are above average.
A Kansas City Independent piece humorously debates how many apples Adam and Eve ate using a string of arithmetic variants. It cites conflicting totals from pairs like Eve eight with Adam two, eight, eighty two, or larger figures, ending with an exaggerated claim of over eighty million apples.
The article explains that in parts of Africa men buy wives rather than receive them as gifts or through charity. A bought wife can scorn her husband, making marriage feel like a contract. The practice is condemned for degrading marriage yet may spur men to work to win brides.
The sea rose is a leathery creature that attaches to stones on the sea floor. In youth it grows to about three inches long and one and a half inches wide. When undisturbed it feeds underwater with its top opening into a large pink rose, but upon disturbance it tightens into a leather pod.
Instructions describe making corn bread by pouring boiling water over cornmeal, cooking five minutes, adding butter eggs milk salt and baking thirty five minutes in a hot oven. Serve from the baking dish. Also includes a quip about memory from Washington Star.
Quote highlights Chollie as a delightful dancer with light-footed grace. Marié-Ian remarks he is mighty at both ends, suggesting broad talent. The lines reflect witty town musings on local character.
Ivory toilet articles are fashionable but hard to clean. The article offers steps for stain removal using warm soapy water and sun exposure, lemon juice, oxalic acid for dark spots, and careful rinsing and drying to protect tone and texture. It notes avoid excessive heat and suggests sunshine or warmth to bleach after cleaning.
Two women travel Europe, one fearing drafts and the other craving fresh air. They argue over window position, Miss Ozone finally lowers the windows, and the next morning they find the outer sashes had been kept shut all night, causing the sneezing and chill.
Cooking notes describe Onion Cake using onions, butter, eggs, mashed potato, ham, caraway, and milk baked in short paste, served on a hot dish. Grapefruit salad variations include sugared centers with maraschino or grape juice, cherry garnish, and options with mayonnaise dressing, grape seeds, cherries, and optional nuts or celery.
An amusing English definition to wear a silk hat and insist on Esq. when addressed. The west end Londoner of social pretensions embodies this stereotype as he braves rain or shine in a high silk hat both in streets and drawing rooms.
An afternoon call reveals how the term esquire is used. It notes that few English gentlemen are legally entitled to the medieval honor, and in London esquire is a social signifier rather than a formal rank.
The London Standard notes politicians misusing common phrases and metaphors. It cites the ex chancellor of the exchequer and Austen Chamberlain, William Hart-Dyke, and others lampooning mixed metaphors about moisture, harvests, oak trees, barbed wire, and red tape in a light critique of political speech.
A humorous tale from London Answers and Youth's Companion recounts a young man who tries to flatter two inseparable girls. He claims the reason they stay together is beauty enhanced by contrast, prompting blushes and a verdict of flattery. Also notes flag history and a parable about sobriety via a humorous shop encounter.
The piece notes Aristotle mentioning a diving bell with no proof of ancient use. John Jaesnier in the early 1500s first cites practical diving bell use in Europe. The likely first practical recovery attempt linked to the Spanish Armada treasure hunt off the English coast occurred around 1590.
A worried man reflects that his former peak ambition was owning a car, and his friend asks about current goals. He answers that his new ambition is to sell it, illustrating a shift from possession to disposal.
A young woman questions another about her anger toward Herbert as the Jones girl is said to love him. The candid reply admits lack of love for Herbert while acknowledging Jones’s affection.
A concise German proverb notes endurance during difficulties, suggesting resilience and pragmatic acceptance when facing hardship. It emphasizes practical effort over complaint and hints at wisdom in steady effort.
A cat named Madame Theophile encounters a parrot left with Gautier. Mistaking the bird for a green chicken, she stalks it but is startled when the parrot speaks in a deep voice asking what breakfast is. The cat retreats to the bed and stays hidden all day.
Paris Figaro quotes a Morrocan observer noting adages that mirror Western phrases. Highlights include No camel sees its own hump yet notices others, reliance on neighbors leads to hunger, a wise enemy beats a stupid friend, and cautions about trusting luck, women, and horses.
A hotel room anecdote from Stewart Edward White's The Mountains recalls a quiet midnight scene. A man overhears occupants returning next door, a bed creaks, a heavy sigh fills the room, and a man mutters about missing the “Association For Artificial Vacations” which promises tire and anger in two days.
Suburban home of ten acres adjoining the city to the south. Good house, barn, poultry house and orchard. Will sell cheap on reasonable terms. Home phone 2 on 55. D. M. Best.
A Mobile passerby recalls an old woman in the negro quarter singing a mournful ditty and offering an odd fate through song. A young man boasts he has dated many without marriage, while a garden note warns of the green fly known as aphis ruining roses and plants like magic.
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