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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
2
A sprawling collage of aphorisms and anecdotes on ambition, sport, aviation dangers, fashion, and social quirks. It cites fatal aviation incidents, a deaf chauffeur, a color blind locomotive engineer, a New York wedding with dogs, ostrich plume prices, and a sweeping satire of early transportation, fashion, and morality in a punchy, era-tinged voice.
The article notes Champ Clark of Missouri is favored to become speaker, with James Hay of Virginia and Robert L. Henry of Texas as rivals. It traces Clark’s rise from Kentucky birth in 1850 to Missouri politics, his long service in Congress, and credits his wife Genevieve Bennett for shaping his oratory. It also details the Clark home library and explains his chosen nickname Champ from James Beauchamp Clark.
The life of Henry Lane Wilson, United States ambassador to Mexico, was outlined amid rioting in Mexico City. Americans gathered at the embassy amid unrest caused by Chief of Police Felix Diaz. Wilson expressed satisfaction with the Mexican government yet regret at the lack of police action to curb disorder. He met with Senor Creel, who pledged no further harm to Americans and promised punishment for agitators. Wilson claimed improved U.S.-Mexico relations, though tensions remained. Mounted police guarded key sites including the embassy, the national university, and the high school. Wilson, a Spokane native, held posts in Venezuela, Chile, Belgium, and later served as ambassador to Belgium. He was born in 1857 in Crawfordsville Indiana and educated at Wabash College, and earlier edited the Lafayette Journal.
Lafayette Youne, appointed United States senator from Iowa to succeed the late Senator Polliver, has a long career in newspapers and politics. Born in 1848 in Monroe County, he built a life in Des Moines and western Iowa, edited the Des Moines Capital, ran the Atlantic Telegraph, and led a modernized Dew Moines daily. He served twelve years in the state senate, declined a congress bid, and was present with Shafter's Fifth Army Corps as a newspaper man. He supported Roosevelt in 1900, lectured on the campaign, and was a delegate to national conventions. He accompanied Taft to the Philippines and remains a prominent Republican figure. He will serve until the next legislature meets in January 1914.
The woman chiefly responsible for the International Children's Behon Farm league, Henry Porvons of New York City, has secured use of an old garden plot. Hundreds of children are admitted for a four by eight foot plot for three months with seven vegetables planted and two harvests. Under assistant teachers, crops are given to children and many health and character benefits are reported. Mire Parsons, aged sixty two, leads this effort in the congested districts, inspiring interest in farming, food roads, forest preservation, and community uplift.
The text details two evening dress designs: one in primrose satin with silver grey chiffon, and another in white satin charmeuse with ivory and blue embroidery. It specifies bodice, overbodice, sleeves, trims, waist shaping, and materials including satin, chiffon, embroidery yards, and crepe de Chine.
London dressmakers showcased winter coats and skirts in ratine fabrics resembling chamois leather yet warm as Harris tweed. Coats were short. tunics dominated both day and evening wear with black net borders and Persian trim. Gold and silver tissues, embroideries, floral garlands, and rose garlands adorned gowns with vivid color pairings.
The article notes a season preference for white, filmy faces and fur trims on winter gowns. One piece gowns remain popular with ostrich feathers in higher demand than before. Black velvet trims lead, satin close behind, with large colored wood buttons appearing on tailored suits. Allovers and baby Irish continue strong, while the one piece afternoon gown gains from French touches over general line schemes.
A recipe hints a tasty deviled clam dish. It describes chopping clams, seasoning with cayenne salt and lemon juice, mixing with egg yolks and cracker crumbs to a soft batter. The mixture is baked in ramekins or on crackers until browned with butter on top.
Sewing hints advise basting silk edges to a newspaper when shaping under a pattern. Cut through silk and paper, then press tucks in crepe de chine by placing a white tissue sheet over the right side to keep tucks straight and visible.
The piece promotes a revived ancient remedy, the Greek bath, as a home treatment for dry skin. It advises mixing seven tablespoons of olive oil with lavender water, rubbing the body with circular palm motions, keeping the body warm, applying hot compresses to open pores, and repeating the bath for three nights in a row followed by a week off before resuming as needed.
A veteran shoemaker, sharing foot comfort guidance, insists the great toe must lie in a straight line within the shoe. He warns this rule may curb fashionable cuts and vanity in seeking large sizes, but save chiropody bills and lift spirits.
A tea gown in pale turquoise satin features an empire silhouette and gray crepe de chine veil. The underbody is secured by a fleur de lis of seed pearls at the waist, with gray fur trim detailing.
A National Food Magazine quote counsels that surpassing honesty yields coveted status, hinting at the allure of discovering greater virtue than an honest man. It frames moral ambition as divine pursuit and highlights cultural attitudes toward truth and aspiration.
A. L. Hunter of Hunter Alabama relates a six month lame leg ordeal. After doctors and bandages failed, Sloan's Liniment allegedly relieved pain and restored walking in two weeks.
Jere L Sullivan of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance spoke in Cincinnati on Labor Day praising improvement in American hotels yet noting no credit to his group. He recalled the One Horse of Tin Can where baths earned a shovel and hollow dam jokes, and an English earl shown to a fifth floor window with a quip about the room.
Carl Schurz encounters a self-satisfied poet who scorns politics and public office. The poet boasts he would rather be a third-rate poet than a first-rate statesman, prompting Schurz to shout a sharp retort about ambition and public service.
The wit of Bishop Seth Ward amuses Nashvillians as he exits a reception with two senators and enters a waiting motor car. He jokes that he should ride an ass like Ike, but notes there is no such animal nowadays because they take them all in the penitentiary. The quip ends with a dry nod to penitentiaries and a wordplay on eggs.
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