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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1903
Page
3
A famous London hairdresser says brushing hair is harmful. He argues that brushing damages new hairs, causes abnormal root growth, and can lead to baldness.
A dated view notes loosened chaperonage in conservative England. Debutantes now enjoy more freedom with boy and girl dances and dinner parties where only youths attend. Fewer rigid rules prevail as society adapts to modern expectations.
The Philadelphia Record notes 1903 introduces new ring patterns in foulards louisines and taffetas for outdoor wear. White open rings on misty check silks create chic effects with white spots on brown green violet tan or navy chequered grounds.
A Boston Transcript excerpt cites a Chicago University dean's stance against hatless women and discusses propriety, heat, and fashion. The author argues hats feel forced in theatres and balls, yet street heat invites hatlessness, praising natural hair and noting regional independence from head coverings.
The New York Sun notes jewel boxes and porte monnaie crafted from bleached sharkskin gleaming like stone. Inlays use bone pike scales, a Florida fish, arranged in overlapping sections resembling Chinese characters. Sea lion skin yields costly baskets, while snakeskin and alum cured hides are guarded by manufacturers.
Java snakes yield sixteen to twenty foot skins cured with bark rather than alum. Alum skins show mottled patterns with gold borders and lizard designs in shaded metal, emerald heads. Lizard skin devices feature silver mountings and topaz or sapphire accents. Beetle and chameleon colors imitate large skins for necklaces and hair ornament cases. Buffalo skin caskets cost a high price and buffalo scarcity will raise it. Texas steer skin tanned into rich durable leather now used for costly accessories.
A sweeping slice of early 20th century notes recounts women roles from church bells rung by six young women in Bradfield to Mrs G H Stolber the Colorado hunter. It notes Swedish queen support for Salvation Army, library wages in England and the U S, a Beaver City Neb public reception for elderly women, and pioneer female carriers in rural mail. It mentions Miss Toupie Lowther as famed fencing champion and a gown 300 years old worn by Penelope descendants in St Augustine Texas awaiting Penelope No 16.
The article lists current fashion trends featuring accordioned chiffon, star sleeve blouses, square buttons on carriage wraps, Cleopatra inspired jewelry, black and white gown finishes, Pompadour silks for summer, Lamballe hats, pinch tucks on organdie and broadcloth, dingle dangles of ribbon with pearls, panne crepe flounces, French crepe de sole over silk, ruffled front corset covers for wash blouses, fine laces, blue white and black white braids, bend chains, quiet foulards for street wear, and a retreat from flamboyant silks to restrained designs.
A lateen goat's hair chair covering in long wool offers durability and color options in red green blue and golden brown. Lace door panels mounted on metal frames provide easy removal for glass cleaning. Ventilated cake and bread boxes in japanned tin feature perforated shelves and top ventilators.
A guidance note recommends every bedroom use a dark green shade to block morning light. It suggests avoiding heavy Holland shade that blocks air, and proposes side curtains of dark cheesecloth under the white shade to create a dim, religiously conducive atmosphere for sleep.
A leading house furnishing expert argues against monotony from single tones. He says rooms should use blended colors rather than one color, noting that properly blended hues produce color as a cohesive effect rather than separate colors.
A witty homemaker, tired of misidentifying trunks at crowded stations, has initials stenciled on all four sides and the top for quick, certain recognition. She praises the method as saving time and temper. The article notes living room decor can affect livability with careful wall treatments and Morris pattern rugs as affordable refinements.
A new fabric offers softly tinted floral festoons from Marie Antoinette era on light maire linen with a silken sheen. Designed for dainty furnishing schemes, it contrasts bold arts and crafts room trends. For Georgian or Colonial rooms a silk brocade reproduction of a rare English pomegranate pattern suits mahogany pieces or wall hangings.
A reader's collection of simple era desserts and desserts basics. Instructions mix milk, cereal or tapioca, eggs, and sugar to create pudding, toast, custard and baked apple tapioca dishes with butter and cream served as desserts or luncheon options.
A New York Journal piece urges parents to answer children’s questions about life with focus on both mind and heart. It emphasizes cultivating knowledge to help others and shaping kindness in thought, word, and deed to foster inner strength and positive influence.
Mars captivates observers as opposition nears on March 28, bringing Mars within about 60 million miles of Earth. The northern hemisphere appears prominent now, with polar snows shrinking as summer ascends, canals and curious lights expected to reappear, marking show periods every two years through 1909 per Collier's Weekly.
A London copyist matches Romney and Gainsborough, while counterfeit antiques flood Nuremberg with sixteenth century brasses and faux silver cups. Baron Rothschild paid £20000 for a bell claimed from the Hermitage but found three buyers each owning a third of the 'genuine' bell. Leading collectors push for pedigreed provenance amid dealer resistance.
Senator William P Frye boasted of catching an eight pound speckled trout after a Maine trip. Agassiz doubted the claim, saying such weight is impossible for that species. Frye sent a larger nine pound trout next season, prompting Agassiz to admit the correction in a telegram. Nome, Alaska reports one hundred thirty wild flowers nearby.
A popular testimonial promotes Deans Kidney Pills as a cure for back aches caused by kidney disorders. It recounts J I Walls of Lebanon Kentucky describing nightly pain and irregular kidney function relieved by the remedy after prior doctoring failed, and offers a free trial by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York with a 50 cent price at druggists.
The wax palm grows nearly 200 feet tall in plains and mountains. Its wood is tough and used in carpentry. Wax from the pits between trunk and fronds yields yellow to grayish white wax, as pure as beeswax, for candles. A peon climbs the tree to gather 20 to 30 pounds per tree.
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