Mrs Ruth McEnery Stuart Honored In Indianapolis Social Circuit
Ruth McEnery Stuart, noted southern writer of Sonny and other tales, visits Indianapolis as the guest of Mrs May Wright Sewall. She lectures at the Contemporary Club, delights local circles with her humor, and cherishes family life including her tall, manly son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth, McEnery Stuart
Indianapolis
May Wright Sewwall
Stuart
Sonny
Mrs. Stuart
New York
South
The Man Who Ran at San Juan Bill
A night coach halts on a bridge as rain ceases and soldiers discuss San Juan Hill. A man with bowed head endures taunts until a river disaster sparks a dramatic rescue led by a silent hero who saved a baby and others before drowning.
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San Juan
San Juan Hill
Elim
Sitm
Bill
Ieek
China Bits and Rural Life Snapshot
Agriculture dominates the economy with tea grown on terraced hillsides. Urban residents must return inside city gates by sunset. Fortified walls surround towns. houses use slate-colored brick and lack fireplaces or stoves. The wife traditionally resides with her husband's family.
Paquin Rejects Blue on White Dress for Red Hair
Paquin refuses to use blue or pink on a white gown worn by a Titian haired woman. She argues such colors are unbecoming, favoring black and white, brown tones, and purples with red hair.
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Paquin
The Girl in Pink and the Maid in White
A London Express note contrasts fashion colors and beauty in public places. It praises pink hues for youthful charm and mentions a “Dear Maid in White” as a refined ideal while recalling a private longing.
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Love
London Express
Lace Curtain Washing Tips From an Older Guide
The greatest danger in washing lace is tearing fine threads. Curtains require gentle sopping in tepid soapy water, not hard rubbing. Soak overnight, then wash in hot suds and press to remove dirt, rinse in tepid water, squeeze out and stretch to dry on curtain stretchers.
Summer Ice Freezing for Pineapple Sherbet
This simple guide shows how to make a pineapple sherbet with gelatine sugar and water. Soak one tablespoon gelatine in cold water, add boiling water and sugar, then fold in pineapple pieces with extra sugar and chill before freezing. Some prefer to press the pineapple through a sieve for a smoother mix.
Pretty summer frock with dimity and eyelet embellishments
A quaint white dimity summer dress features pale green and pink stripes with a waist adorned by five rows of point d esprit footing. A deep V epaulette formed by rows of footing decorates each sleeve and the effect improves as the fabric is crumpled.
Cleaning Willow Furniture with Simple Home Methods
Salt and water brine with scrubbing restores whiteness to willow furniture. After scrubbing, wipe with a cloth and air dry in shade. If discolored, bleach with chloride water or use warm water with ammonia for cleaning.
Gummed labels for preserving jars available in shops
A notice explains that gummed label books, printing the preserve name on each label, can simplify home canning. The cost is modest and saves housewives from writing with a pencil on paper, avoiding smeared, unreadable names.
Wrinkled into fullness sleeve guide for organdy dresses
Instructions describe shaping a sleeve to wrinkle into fullness at the upper arm for organdy and Swiss muslin gowns. The sleeve ends at the elbow with a lace frill or ruffle, possibly edged with Valenciennes lace or a plain hem. Hand hemming is preferred for untrimmed ruffles.
Day Trips Between Cleveland and Detroit
D. and C. Steamers run from Cleveland to Detroit each morning except Sunday at 9 30 a m arriving seven hours later for a daylight voyage across Lake Erie Fare is one dollar each direction Send 2c for an illustrated pamphlet Address A A Schantz G P A D C Line Detroit Mich Also fine California wines brandies bottled goods Schuller's 349 N Meridian St
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Cleveland
Detroit
Lake Erie
A. A. Schantz
Mich
California
Schuller’s
Meridian St
Missionary Sister Rescues Chinese Orphans in America
Dr Delia Howe recounts her sister Gertrude Howe a long time China missionary who legally adopted four Chinese girls and raised many more Ida Kahn one baby saved from a death prophecy by a Chinese teacher who urged rescue the girl later thrived in America and several others were placed in care or married to Christian spouses The tale portrays a steady flow of orphans and the sisters caring for them amid cross cultural life in Detroit and China.
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Delia Howe
China
Detroit
Gertrude Howe
Ida
Fu Siensen
America
Native Orphan Asylum
Miss Dunham Hosts Charitable House Parties for Children
Miss Lillian Dunham daughter of James H. Dunham, a New York merchant, plans summer house parties at a cottage in St James to entertain impoverished tenement children. She left society life at eighteen to devote herself to good works teaching at Grace Church kindergarten. Thirty children recently visited her.
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Lillian Dunham
St. James, S.t
Miss Durham
James H. Dunham
New York
Grace Church
People Try To Tell A StoryWhile Wives Intervene
A collection of brief humorous and observational lines from Detroit Free Press and Harper s Bazar. The excerpts feature marital banter about storytelling, a flirtatious exchange in dialect, a dramatic appeal to an audience, and a note that many assembled candidates seek police positions.
Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, Champion of Women’s Rights
The article profiles Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake highlighting three decades of activism for women. It credits her with securing laws for census enumerators pensions for war nurses school suffrage joint guardianship and other protections. It notes her role in police matrons education boards and higher teacher salaries and details her Southern birth in Raleigh North Carolina and Yale education in New Haven.
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Lillie Devereux Blake
New York
Blake
Jonathan Edwards
Raleigh
N. C
New Haven
Yale
Charleston and Return Tickets Promoted For Summer Travel
Charleston South Carolina travel sale offers return tickets sold July 3 5 6 and 8 with final return limit September 1. Cheap rates liberal stopover privileges diverse routes without extra cost illustrated pamphlet available from R P Algeo D P A.
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R. P. Algeo
Lake Erie & Western Train Excursion to Michigan City
Railway advertises a Sunday excursion from Indianapolis to Michigan City and Rochester Ind on July 8 1900 leaving at 6 30 a m for travelers seeking a day trip by Lake Erie and Western R R services.
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D. W. Ry
Decatur
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Rochester
Ind
Big Four Excursion to Danville and Return
Lake Erie & Western R R offers Niagara Falls excursion on Thursday August 2 1900. Personal conductors depart Indianapolis at 1115 am for $7.00 round trip. Tickets via ticket agents or C F Daly General Passenger Agent Indianapolis Ind.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Niagara Falls
Indianapolis
C. F. Daly
Ind
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