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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1900
Page
5
Daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Lease, Evelyn Louise Lease, pursues public speaking and reform. From youth she excelled in debates and poetry, studied law, and after early lectures in Kansas, moved to New York to boost a platform career while clinging to homespun virtue and vegetarian ideals.
A narrator sits by an open window as day turns to night pondering life, pleasure, sorrow, and the purpose of joy. A bird’s song spurs reflections on creation and the value of kindness, leaving a note of penitence and spiritual insight at the end.
Nathan Newton, a respected village deacon, funds and leads church efforts and revives meetings with forceful shouts. After his son Thomas marries and moves to a city, Newton, a widower, struggles with loneliness while continuing to exert religious influence in the church he built.
In Newton, a devout deacon defies a church committee by refusing to sit silently during services. He recalls prayers and loud devotions, and ultimately chooses to leave with his family rather than conform to quiet worship rules.
The Chicago Tribune notes Deacon Nathan Newton’s passionate speech, triggering strong reactions within the church community. The exchange centers on his insistence that his actions serve the happiness of all, amid dispute over proprieties and authority.
A Baltimore American quote notes a chemist listing cigar ingredients such as acetic acid and nicotine but failing to capture the true comfort and happiness a cigar can bring. The piece contrasts scientific analysis with the personal, mood elevating effects of smoking and companionship.
At a Portland Connecticut bank meeting Mrs Myra D Pickering was elected director. Mrs Agassiz has resigned the Radcliffe College presidency due to ill health. Ann Ruth Seneca an Indian princess studies medicine in Philadelphia after Carlisle High. Virginia Frame the New York artist sails Philadelphia for a Horn to San Francisco then Alaska. Mrs Theodore Birney national president of the Mothers congress urges action against over study and overwork in children.
Miss Dromgoole, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, rose to fame with nine published books since 1892. She kept interviews away from the public and often summers in Texas, winters in Tennessee, while her works portray Dixie life and dialect with notable popularity.
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman lead a week of English attractions in The Girl in Barracks on Thursday. Dainty Alice Nielsen brings The Singing Girl for three performances including a Saturday matinee. The Fortune Teller returns Saturday night. Alabama with Vernon Sheldon at the Grand features a standout make up routine. Hopkins transoceanic star company and a refined vaudeville week follow with Park shows. Burdock Blood Bitters touted for health benefits.
Mrs Milton H Losee of Kansas City proposes a nonprofit manual training college for women focused on housekeeping health and homemaking. The plan calls for stock funding, cooperative support from the Commercial club, practical classroom demonstrations, and student housing options.
A compact aphoristic note reflecting on gender roles and social behavior. The passage asserts that every man is valued by some woman, praises kindness, and superficially comments on money, love, friendship, and the dependent role of a good woman in a man’s life.
A Col dered essay notes women hesitate to state their age while men readily reveal it. It argues changing norms since spinsterhood faded, noting age perceptions shift as fifty now feels like forty once did and thirty remains a peak of beauty enhanced by outdoor life.
A historical recipe details beating eggs with sugar, adding milk flour and baking powder, folding in butter, lining pans with paper, baking a short time, and rolling the cake with jam or jelly after cooling. The text emphasizes quick work to prevent cracking while rolling.
A testimonial touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a family builder by aiding maternity. Mrs Blanche E Evans of Parsons Luzerne County Pa recounts uterine trouble and two miscarriages ending with a successful birth after using the remedy and praises its effects. She notes a healthy four month old daughter and calls the product life changing.
Mrs. Jessie Summers hosts the Tuesday club. Mrs. John M Judah and husband plan to sail for Europe on March 7. A dance at Woodruff place clubhouses Friday night. New South Street Baptist Church members hosted a reception Tuesday night. Miss Selman of Greenfield attended a party Tuesday night hosted by Miss Roberta Herron. The Chapel club party at the Grand Tuesday night featured six tables. Miss Elia Maguire wed Henry Binzer Tuesday night at St Josephs Parochial Residence, officiated by Rev F H Aldering. Rose Peters of Logansport and Sylvester Bills to marry Wednesday night at H H Kessler home on High Street. Mrs Henry Lawrence hosted a card party Tuesday afternoon and a second in the evening at Unity Circle Meridian Street M E Church social. The Woman's Missionary Society to entertain next week. Mr and Mrs John O Perrin of Lafayette, Mrs A D Thomas of Crawfordsville, and Mrs Hervey Bates of Indianapolis plan to sail for Europe next week. The drama Among the Breakers was staged in Syrtal Hall Tuesday night for South-side kindergarten benefit, with cast including John Sullivan, Frank Gardner, Edward Diets, John Merl, Richard Bradley, Fred Hartman, Miss Carrie Foxtow, Miss Anna Gantley, Miss Victoria Foxlow, and Miss Laura Thompson.
No. 3 width sells well for dress trimming and skirt bands with narrow ribbons tracing designs. No. 9 plaited ribbons are used beneath skirts as bindings. Wide ribbons are rare in millinery, while satin or moire textures predominate for silk petticoats in black white or light shades.
A description praises a white twisted flannel waist with raised cord and double breasted scalloped side fastening, edged by a wide black velvet collar. It notes attractive contrast with a black velvet stock collar and calls attention to silk silt and fancy linen now ready. Taffeta silk remains staple. plain silk waists feature vertical tucks and decorative stitching.
The article notes Marie Corelli secured a lease of eHah s Croft once inhabited by Susannah Hall and Dr John Hall. The house features ivy covered exterior, a rear garden, a front hall with two wings, an old oak staircase, carved woodwork, antique furniture, bric a brac, and a tiger skin rug with Corelli’s belongings. A diminutive Scotch terrier rests by the fire.
A historical reflection complains about customers touching food and goods with unclean fingers. The piece notes how hands linger at glass cases, leave items exposed, and even soil gloves, urging cleaner conduct in stores, museums, and homes.
Local shoe sale promotes substantial discounts on ladies shoes in various styles from lace and patent leather to kid skins, with most items cut to drastic markdowns from original values. Men’s shoes include patent leather options and calf and kid leather models, offered at reduced prices.
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