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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
5
In a quotation from John Burroughs first published in 1875, Anne Sherrill Baird notes a novelist’s aside on American women and the unfamiliarity English visitors feel about American foot fashion. The anecdote highlights cultural perceptions of attire and body image during that era.
Miss Clara Whitesides, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Whitesides of Hayti, died Saturday after four weeks illness from typhoid fever. Services were held in Hayti then the body was shipped to Sikeston for burial in City Cemetery. Also notes on local residents and land purchase near Caruth by Drew Wardell, Dr Paul Baldwin, and Bragg McKay.
Mrs Adolph Tucker and Miss Mildra Frank of Jonesboro Ark visited Mr and Mrs I John Sunday. Mrs F M Perking and her son Lee were at Fort Sill Monday night to visit her son Dale with Co B. Everton Speer of Braggadocia bought the Dr J W Johnson Buick Six car. Miss Audrey Berry spent Thanksgiving with her parents in Cape Girardeau.
Informal dinner gown uses soft satins and filmy laces to emphasize draperies and fringe. Bodice features sheer black net over white lace with narrow black paulette borders. Satin wraps the figure in a high drape, sash ends knotted below the waist with beaded ornament, skirt gathered and lace frilled underpetticoat.
A New York Sun writer urges patriotic women to wear the flag as an emblem not a dress accessory. Washington society ladies widely adopt small gold enamel or ribbon flags on coats, even in mourning, with care to pin or attach the silk flag properly. The bow ribbon variant is popular since it is not the emblem itself.
A sketch shows a decorative method to place small vases behind a mirror or post so they occupy no table space and won’t tip. Use a small vase wrapped in colored ribbon tied around the deck and base, with ends secured to the mirror post. Water fills the vase and flowers are arranged attractively.
Readers are assured that every cent of Red Cross subscriptions funds relief and materials locally and abroad, with only 60 cents of a $1.60 membership covering headquarters admin. The piece debunks myths about officers’ high pay and claims about yarn subsidies, noting funds support hospital garments, sanitary services, and overseas relief from France to Armenia while stresses public support through memberships.
A listing of term lengths by state shows Massachusetts and Rhode Island with one year terms, Alabama through Wisconsin mostly four year terms, and California to Wyoming varying as specified. Names of states and term lengths are presented in a compact catalog format.
Haiman Kohn of Kennett spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs I Kohn in the city. Dr T J Trautmann and wife went to St Louis Sudday.
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