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Newspaper
Joliet Free Press
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
10
The Romani's Kiss returns to the Grand Theatre after a warm reception on its first city appearance. Drexel presents a melodrama with a forced check for a fortune, featuring a striking Romani beauty and a notable cast including Jack Johnson and Thomas J. Tynan in leading roles.
An old letter denounces Joliet reform administration as corrupt and hypocritical, arguing that anti gangster rule bred cheap graft and state surveillance. It attacks police as morally decayed spies focused on punishing the economically disadvantaged and regards reformers as complicit.
The Colonial theatre screens The Octoroon today with vivid realism and human interest about the civil war and slavery in the south. Also showing Juliet and Jack and the Bean Stalk, familiar to schoolchildren and readers of children’s fables.
The Massachusetts state board of education meets with superintendents to discuss a proposed bill requiring ninety days written notice before firing a teacher. The measure also demands superintendent recommendation and a two thirds school committee vote.
Mrs Francis B Sayre wife of Dr Bernardo's Home for Orphans in East London visited the charitable institution during her England sojourn. She spoke briefly to the children and showed interest in the work. Winston Churchill commented on modern women s dress noting it as an annoying phase of revolution and urging awareness in dancing politics and charity.
A Chicago letter writer objected to women judges and clerks smoking or chewing in poll places only if the women refrain from using perfume. He argued the perfume is worse than cigar smoke and that many women would agree.
Seven hundred women in Chicago will be appointed as judges and clerks of election to serve at aldermanic primaries in February 1914. By now 500 have been named and 200 remain to be appointed after many more applications than needed.
The article explains corn dodgers are simple to mix with one cup corn meal, half cup flour, and a teaspoon salt but demand practice. It stresses swelling the meal with hot water to form a stiff dough and molding by hand with cold water before frying in a wire basket, with baked versions noted as previously given.
A simple bread pudding method uses a pint of bread crumbs with enough milk to fill the dish three quarters. Mix in two eggs and sweeten to taste with lemon or other flavors, then add a touch of lemon juice to the hard sauce served with the pudding.
Edmond J. Abell and May Abell are sued in an assumpsit action for 1555 dollars filed today by John J. Fer. The case appears in a brief legal notice portion alongside a stray food fragment describing sliced boiled eggs and peppers.
Crystal presents a three reel feature about the honor system for convicts as conceived by Thomas J. Tynan, warden of Colorado state prison. The film showcases the system that has gained recognition worldwide and includes a stirring story.
A feature presentation titled The Master of the Garden screens at the Princess. The play depicts a thoughtless man betrayed by trust in a woman within a serene natural setting that echoes biblical simplicity and symbolism amid modern life.
A lively look at how the tango craze spreads beyond dance to hats colors and parties. It touts tango as a health tonic for all ages, notes debutantes learn it, and warns of messy practice for less skilled partners. It also mentions Nile worship and ancient priestly rituals.
The girl who is taught by her mother in practice as well as theory learns that appearance matters. It discusses the value of neat attire and the dangers of a soiled collar or a tattered bodice in social presentation.
In a Chicago Record-Herald quip a speaker jokes that a son has become henpecked after marriage, with the punchline that he inherited all his father’s weaknesses. The lighthearted exchange reflects early 20th century witty column style.
Old lampposts still in use in London remind of George III era while Joliet reports promotions at Michigan Central and Michigan City yards. Charles Ward rises to general yardmaster, John Farley becomes yardmaster, and Carol Kuehne fills Farley’s post.
The article offers inexpensive yet stylish Christmas table ideas. Use holly, red and white candles, poinsettias at plates, and a central red star or cotton snow scene. Add a candle ice cream, diamond dust, satin glassware, and a hanging holly or stockings centerpiece. End with sleigh and gift centerpieces.
New one piece Parisian bathing suits fail to chill a dozen young women and escorts outside the Parkway baths at Brighton Beach as Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty joins a dip. Fifty spectators watch, while dancers and onlookers comment on the weather and warmth.
The article describes finishing a V neck on shirt waists with a double tube of net frill and a center ribbon, plus single frilling as a cheaper alternative. It warns against a tight fit and recommends a ruck or bow in front to hide neck defects, and showcases a fichu example in white wash net trimmed with edging.
The piece highlights legends of a lost Pacific continent and vanished civilizations spanning Samoa Tongi and Easter Island. It notes ancient ruins and statues as unsolved puzzles and mentions Easter Island statues studying at the British Museum resisting explanation by London scholars.
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