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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
6
Ellen Adam discusses tact and social missteps describing how well meaning women can hurt others with blunt praise or criticism. The piece argues tact and kindness sustain friendships and that sensitivity to others keeps social relations harmonious.
The progress of women worldwide raises their higher education access. Germany shows rapid growth with 3,218 female university students. Berlin alone accounts for over a quarter of the total. Russian and American women also contribute sizable shares, with fields like philology, medicine, and sciences leading the enrollments.
Henry J. Eiker argues that despite large horse numbers in the United States few meet army needs. He notes foreign buyers seek suitable horses, and most draft animals suit artillery while cavalry remounts require 150 pounds plus speed. He says thoroughbreds can be cavalry but many are unsuitable.
Doctor Dey argues teachers must be led not driven to keep their spirits and energy high. He warns against routine and loss of heart, urging focus on strengths and opportunities to energize students and avoid trivial worries. He ends with a rural proverb about priorities and prudence.
Weaving advances in cotton create fabrics resembling wool heavy weaves like corduroy and corded cloth. Cretonnes appear in bright garden dresses and beach hats. New cotton coats with convertible collars, patch pockets, and wide belts feature buttoned decorations. White and blue smocks use smocking at neck and sleeve ends with bold color contrasts.
Harper's Weekly outlines a vast Russian vision including population growth, vast timber and oil resources, mineral wealth, cereal leadership, and a 10 million strong army. It contemplates Russia challenging Western trade routes and rival English traders in a coming struggle over Mediterranean influence.
A discussion notes that sediment buildup in city water mains reduces flow, with an eight inch Camden main dropping capacity to under a quarter after deposits. Belle Plaine Iowa shows a six inch pipe losing flow dramatically despite higher pressure, illustrating the need for mechanical cleaning methods to restore capacity. The piece also reflects on literacy and schooling, referencing letters from New York's East Side, illiteracy among some adults, and efforts to enroll children in school, along with a 1910 census contrast between native and foreign born counties.
The piece notes poke bonnets in pretty colorings atop blonde curls, contrasting American and British style. It observes American bobbed hair and long flowing hair among girls, while British boys keep a close-cropped head, avoiding the bobbed trend.
An enthusiastic revival of ostrich boas returns to fashion as cool weather prompts protective styling. White, tan and black feathered boas pair with summer hats, with bows of soft ribbon and bead-trimmed pieces featured in group photos. Julia Bottomley.
The Tipperary cap features a high crown with a long drooping rubber tassel and a bowed front to lift it. The jockey style combines blue and green with red and black accents and a single top button. The Castle cap for beach wear is described but details are cut off in this excerpt.
A simple method to brighten pearl ornaments is described. Rub olive oil to remove dirt then apply red nail polish to achieve a burnished glow. A short, repeatable process for a lustrous finish is outlined.
A bright green satin item lined with rubber features small roses crafted from green and black satin as decorative trim.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes a film joke where a husband is chased by a wife with a rolling pin, while the fellow who laughs loudest is the same man whose wife makes him smoke outside.
A Budapest riot erupted after a war contractor fed wounded soldiers with wax and wood pulp mixed into flour and used albumen powder instead of eggs. Inmates attacked the contractor at a temporary hospital in the stock exchange rooms. Civil authorities detain him while military courts consider charges.
A front line note describes widespread suspicions of German spies in English uniforms. Sentries halt groups and require advancement one by one to verify identity. A London Scottish officer doubted a well known officer and a scout later verified the man, preventing a potential capture.
An English soldier named Tommy, stationed in a Flemish village, cannot speak French or Flemish. After failed attempts, he mimics brushing teeth in a shop. The shopkeeper smiles, climbs a ladder, and retrieves a jews harp instead of a toothbrush, presenting it triumphantly.
An officer of the Guards writes to the London Times about trench life showing more livable conditions in warm weather. He recalls January rain, reworking trench work after wet nights, a flare lighting the ground, and a sniper’s lair discovered and marked for firing on.
Walter N. Burns describes a circulating justice system aboard a revenue cutter that visits remote coastal areas. The judge, an officer on board, enforces statutes, hygiene, and morality among Eskimos and whalers, traders, prospectors, and adventurers, with warrants drafted aboard and limited appeal. Tuberculosis is claimed to be abated under this autocratic authority.
A Georgia orthodox church clergyman and an illiterate member debate religious topics. The member quips that total depravity applies “where it’s lived up to,” reflecting bemusement at doctrinal strictness.
A Petit Parisien correspondent abroad reports a picture postcard showing German troops entering Paris. The image depicts uhlans marching under the Arc de Triomphe with the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame in the background.
A Chinese government plan will establish a forestry school at Nanking University. The program will be supervised by two United States experts.
A brief reflection quotes Thomas a Kempis urging patience with others and focus on self improvement rather than forcing change in people around you. The warning implies humility in expectation and steady personal growth as a virtue.
A Washington Star quote ponders heaven as a private possession with the remark about some people who act as if a No admittance sign were being prepared to block others from the realm above.
A college graduate answers his father about future plans. The son plans a postgraduate course in economics, while the father parodies the field by asking about economy and aptitude. The exchange highlights skepticism about pursuing economics after college.
A humorous reminiscence lists moments from a man's life, ending with the humorous twist that his proudest moment was when he wore his first pair of long pants. The passage contrasts common milestones with the comic center of childhood clothing as the peak memory.
An Ohio woman recounts her four year battle with heart trouble and nervous prostration caused by coffee. After switching to Postum she reports renewed energy, steadier nerves, and full recovery, praising the beverage and citing its forms and prices.
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