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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1908
Page
7
A 15 year old runaway bride becomes a mother of six and learns the hard truth that ambition must start at home. The essay argues a good orderly home is the foundation for any higher life, urging mothers to embrace hygienic cooking, order, and cheerful duty to secure a hopeful future.
A humorous dialogue recovers the Mackadoo tunnel joke as a Kansas storm tale. Pa and Ma banter on engineering feats from New York to Hoboken, noting the tunnel’s speed and the old fairy-boat used before. The piece blends speech patterns and playful phrases to lampoon progress and domestic life.
The article discusses the uncertain economics of composing modern opera, comparing grand opera to lighter forms and noting the high stakes from potential fortune to loss. It cites Wagner their imitation, the Gewandhaus acoustics, and the need for strong librettos alongside music.
The article argues operatic music is fused with dramatic action and compares pre and post Wagnerian styles to oil paintings versus stage decor. It surveys contemporary composers Humperdinck to Puccini, noting successes and disappointments, and previews upcoming operas by Strauss, Mascagni, Debussy, Puccini, and others shaping American reception.
A mother seeks help for her children's costiveness and finds a nurse's recommended remedy. The advised treatment uses aromatic fluid Casecara, compound essence Cardiol, and aromatic syrup Rhubarb with no opiates. Adults take 1/4 to 2 teaspoons after meals, children use 5 drops to a teaspoon by age.
A humorous tale chronicles a narrator seeking a husband by visiting a newspaper office. She schemes to publish an extra edition exposing Billy Barnes and his rivals, imagines marriage as prize, and ends with the plan to advertise for a husband after the chaotic newsroom escapade. The piece features a witty, self deprecating voice and flirtatious misadventures around journalism.
The spring fashion favors one piece princess dresses cut at the neck to reveal a guimpe and worn sleeveless or with short sleeves. They move from high priced to everyday wear in Panama, mohair, and light weight serge. New outfit features include extended fronts, shoulder straps, epaulettes, braiding, and new skirt silhouettes with yolked and graduated panels.
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