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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
7
Romulus L. Trowis recalls a rural scene of spring joy with bullfrogs calling to go fishing at the mill pond. The narrator details farm life including a newborn mule colt, lambs, a shorthorn calf, a shepherd dog, hens, goslings, butter making, eggs, and garden work as the family prepares for a lively season.
James A. Henshall, author of Favorite Fish and Fishing from Outing Publishing, ranks black bass highest among game fish and traces angling’s history from Berners to Walton. He extols salmon, trout, grayling, and Florida bass, notes limited free water, and highlights the sport’s literature and illustrated guide.
Maude Adama stars in a rhymed French comedy The Jesters in four acts. The Baron de Mautpre hides from neighbors in a dilapidated castle as his retinue maintains grand martial pretenses for hollow pomp.
In a Sixteenth century French setting two noblemen Rene de Chancenne and Robert de Belfonte elude embargoes to visit Solange, daughter of De Mautpre. Oliver the loyal steward aids a ruse to hire a jester, while Chicot and Narcissus duel wit and beauty for Solange. A light, comic plot with theater flair.
A discussion of pure milk, its importance, and how to obtain it notes John Spargo’s The Common Sense of the Milk Question. It outlines chapter topics, the book’s appendix on dairy scoring, and praises Nathan Straus’s drive for infant health. published by Macmillan New York at $1.50 net.
A dense catalog listing by publishers and authors includes investment guides by George Garr Henry and fiction titles by T Jenkins Halas and George Barr McCutcheon. It details prices, publishers, and brief notes on plots, settings, and regional color across diverse works.
The passage lauds women in Montevideo and Pocitos for beauty and elegance across social classes. It notes visitors repeatedly remark on their beauty, calling the climate and lifestyle a factor, and contrasts Uruguayan charm with other South American styles.
Violet remains a constant in fashion with gowns and accessories described for brides and hotel wear. The article details a gray violet trousseau with a cutaway coat, violet hat, and amethyst accents. a pale violet pongee dress with lace, sabred cuffs, and a jeweled belt. violet morning jackets, blouses, and accessories. and notes on white fabrics with subtle violet touches and fade resistance in laundering.
A fashion note observes violet remains scarce in fall millinery as dyes improve and flowers like lilac heliotrope wisteria and clematis join the palette. The gentle violet is underused, seen mainly in winter velvet petal combinations, and readers are urged to await another season from Emma Jaguveurn.
The column lists requests for poetry, advising readers to send name and address for publication and noting available poems in stores. It also highlights a shift of diplomatic residences to Colonia Roma, Mexico City, including the American embassy home of Ambassador and Mrs. Thompson and legations of Japan, France, Austria, El Salvador, and Colombia.
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