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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
5
A poem from Ainslee's recalls a distant southern garden long lost to the speaker. Poppies bloom warm and fragrances linger as white wraiths drift through dim paths. The speaker laments unable to find the garden where love once lived and joys sped away.
In a sunlit room the Embroidery circle of Huxbridge gathers as Helen Sartoris, the widow, faces gossip and social snubs. Rivalries flare over her relationship with Guy Hemenway while Mrs. Hemenway confronts her own son and the fear of smal pox isolates Helen. Weeks pass with care as Helen endures stigma and becomes Mrs. Hemenway, tending the ailing friend and guiding her child.
A spring salad idea uses white stalks cut into short pieces soaked in ice water then dried and mixed with mayonnaise. Serve in lettuce nests with a dollop of dressing on top. Pineapple quality noted by spine edges helps in selecting fruit.
The White House chinaware used at state banquets is valued as art. Congress approved up to 3000 for dinner services, stored in china closets, and not lent out. Each administration keeps a new set while old ones stay as records, with Lincoln Hayes and Cleveland sets preserved. The Hayes set is the costliest at about 2500, 1000 pieces hand painted.
The excerpt advises serving dainty orange wafers with tea and pairing ginger or cinnamon wafers with chocolate and plain wafers with coffee. It suggests passing small chocolates as an optional extra but warns against additional refreshments at an afternoon tea, noting that modern elegance favors simplicity.
A reflective passage extols a true face over beauty and warns against withholding praise. It argues people who claim to despise conventionality often cling to it, and notes hearts seek genuine appreciation.
A Philadelphia Ledger note remarks that Japan tried Western education for thief girls and found it unsuitable, describing the approach as inadvertently gentle and ineffective.
Velvet ribbon is applied in five rows to decorate the top of a spring parasol. The ribbon width should not exceed one inch. Rows should not descend halfway from the central tip. The upper circle is small, forming a border to the gathered patch resembling a rosette beneath the parasol’s point.
A new mercerized cotton etamine is praised for light weight and good drape without extreme sheer ness. It comes in many colors with reseda highlighted as the coolest and most summery option among the lot.
Fragmentary OCR lines hint at a description of cleansing or toning actions with unclear subject and context, lacking concrete names, dates, or places to establish a clear event or人物.
A collection of pithy anecdotes and opinions on love, gender dynamics, social behavior, and wit from the New York Press. The remarks compare how men and women judge others, joke about fashion norms, and discuss emotional stakes in relationships.
Minister Wu questions Miss Wallace and Beecher Hall girls about names marriage and studies. Professor Laughlin blocks men students as a dormitory yell erupts with Beecher chants and a chorus of nine rahs for Mr Wu. The event ends with a question on whether the girls play football.
Mrs Mattie Derlon Lowe a choir member at Church of the Pilgrims Brooklyn sues Rev Charles Herald after he censured her from the pulpit for taking a vaudeville engagement. Her contract ended but she faces the pastor’s statements as grounds for lawsuit.
A study on color harmony suggests blue and white as a favored bedroom scheme often ruined by surrounding decor. Japanese rugs suit blue and white schemes, while Persian rugs should feature blue tones and subdued colors to add warmth. Plain, solid color fabrics are advised for eye comfort.
Miss Bertha M Heberly daughter of Rev M J Hebberly pastor of the united brethren church Hanover Pa frequently occupies her father's pulpit She preaches in German or English and is composed in the pulpit She selects her own subject after an hour's reading and prepares no further Pennsgrove camp meeting last summer she was superintendent of the Sunday school and led children's meetings She is a Lebanon Valley College graduate from Annville Pa
The article describes various neck and hair stock fashions inspired by French imports. It notes options such as straight or curved top stock shapes, upward points behind the ears, covered with fancy material, tucked, or layered with folds, and even turn-over effects cut in battlements.
A quip contrasts Buster's downbeat luck with Dedbroke's sharp line about losing the last dollar of your last friend. The exchange reflects wry humor on dwindling fortune and companionship.
A description of new robe gowns with one piece circular skirts and back seams to finish, including blue and pink batistes with lace edging, ruffles, and intricate insertion. Prices range from two dollars to twenty five dollars, with plain linen colored materials and green crepy wool options highlighted.
The article notes embroidery returning to prominence every five years with white stitched designs on light fabrics. It highlights embroidered materials as the main feature on gowns, with circular blue embroidery on a plate priced around $30 and other embroidered patterns for $14.50 to $28. It contrasts plain colliers and lawns priced from 14.50 up, and cites Grace Cameron’s lavender gown as a reference for the look.
A list outlines eight belt designs featuring silk and panne velvet, ribbons, gold buckles, turquoise pins, black velvet with rosettes, white satin with black velvet bands, satin braids, and velvet stitching. Items include turquoise pins, gold rings, and braided cords as fasteners.
Young Guy Shipley plans to walk the Big Four route from 1129 W. New York to join an Indian tribe. Bertha Willams burial set for Friday 1 a.m. at Undertaker Willis morgue with no funeral services. Ernest Thompson lectured to Plymouth church children and clubs drawing large crowds. Nellie Moore named assistant clerk in state Insurance Dept at $1,000. Nellie Johnston to replace her. Rev F B Meyer to lead union meetings in Indianapolis April 5–8 at First Baptist. W R Moody likely to attend. Scottish Rite degree work finished. sculptor Percy Prosser presented a bust of Col N R Buckle. Harry Adams spoke. Ben Hur stereoptican show by Tribe of Ben Hur in Pearson's hall. A concert phonograph swill-ornament noted.
The article explains grip with varied symptoms and risks, calling it catarrhal in nature. It cites Dr. Johnson Ames and Dr. Gerald Simpson recommending Stuart's Catarrh Tablets to be taken early at home to prevent spread and serious complications like pneumonia.
The document lists wholesale pricing for poultry and produce including turkey hens, young toms, ducks, geese, and various cheeses, butter, and wool. It also covers hides, tallow, candies, nuts, coffee, sugars, salts, spices, beans, molasses, rice, and numerous canned goods with per pound, per bag, or per ton rates and unit details.
Instruction promotes using gas coke in boilers to reduce smoke. Claims a ton of coke yields as many heat units as a ton of coal and produces no smoke. References boilers and nuisance reduction.
The Buffalo Route called the Big Four path to the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo. It covers the Knickerbocker Special Southwestern Limited and New York and Boston lines with daily service. Weekly excursions run May 7 14 21 with ten day return tickets and stopovers at Buffalo on payment of weight. For tickets contact Big Four agents H M Bronson A G Pynapolis.
Fragmentary Sun ad describes temporary offerings in Denison house block with ice and telephone details and mentions new and old items for sale.
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