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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
10
Beatrice Fairfax argues both sexes share seating courtesy in trains and ferries. She notes women can be gracious or possessive about seats and urges thanking seat givers, sharing space, and mutual politeness to ease crowded commutes. The piece stresses equality, consideration, and consistent manners from all passengers.
A Bohemian-era narrator describes rejecting luxury as she works in a factory earning ten dollars a week. She comes from wealth but seeks experience over autos diamonds and clothes. She mentions a possible pay raise and ends plans to go home with Katie.
The story recounts Eugene Field claiming he witnessed lynching rumors in the United States and a hotel scene in London where a waiter is hanged after a gown is stained. Field later adds a sharp aside about killing a chef over a culinary mistake, delivered with dry humor.
A humorous exchange centers on Walter and rolling pins as symbols of domestic fear. The Good Old Chastened Soul argues that the fear lies more in lachrymose sniff and reproachful glances than in physical instruments, noting wives’ restraint and the social costs of admitting truth.
A tribute to John Randolph of Roanoke focusing on his incorruptible character and patriotism. The piece extols Randolph’s mother for guiding his early life, shaping his oratory, and instilling manliness and integrity. It laments historians neglecting the mother’s role in his development.
Observations on marriage humorously bound in a bachelor girl voice. The piece muses on how marriage changes hearts and the sly dynamics between lovers and in law. It notes the joking notion that engagement tests a man’s appetite for kissing and the perils of mother in laws.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues strength of character is required to achieve wealth and virtue, condemns idleness and aristocratic privilege, and cautions that moneyed heirs often lack self-discipline. She cites Elmer Gates on brain development, recounts scandals of wealthy youth, and laments the social harm of the unemployed rich to family life and religion.
The piece features aphorisms on marriage noting a fool marries for beauty and the need to hold one’s own before marriage. It argues brides and widows oppose non proposers, and suggests money may trump affection. The eloping couple is joked about with bargain gifts.
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