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Newspaper
Lander Evening Post
Location
Lander, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1927
Page
2
Fashion notes describe Tudor era dress with velvet doublets red blue or green, gold crests, trimmed beards and clipped hair. Women wore unbraided wigs with vivid colors and high headpieces, red wigs common for queens. A belt mirror helped ensure hats sat straight, linking attire to language about hats being on straight.
Franklin, America's first song plugger and publisher, wrote many songs including the allegro tempo Drinking Song I Per. A Junto clubroom veteran, he hawked tunes in streets, set type, and performed on harp, guitar, and violin, pioneering sales promotion in music.
The article discusses wills as reflections of a person's character, noting ancient examples from Egyptian tombs and historic rulers. It cites Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror as early English wills, with William the Conqueror bequeathing England to William Rufus.
A Detroit News item quotes a circulating library clerk who debunks the idea that a patron’s book choices reveal character. He cites lawyers with romance novels, doctors with mysteries, and a flapper taking a cookbook, arguing selections need not reflect motives or temperament.
The article notes tea as a core Japanese practice shaping culture and life. It mentions a Holy Scripture of Tea guiding each action. Centurion Rikyu established a tea tradition and codes of etiquette that endure today, as cited by Tea and Coffee Journal.
A tale from a local column describes Herbert aged three who received an orange from a gentleman. The child admires the fruit with rapt attention, but says little. His mother prompts him and he murmurously answers thanks, then asks if there is more.
Fragmentary note discusses ancient Chinw Hwa rites to bury servants with masters to serve in the afterlife. It mentions bar fe customs and sculpted items given to the dead. Later periods show glazed beads and votives replacing human servitors, reflecting glazing influence from the West on burial offerings.
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