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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
8
The bulletin notes a Monday tea at Colonial Hall at 4 p.m. under music director Miss Josephine C Coburn with Miss Alice Summers Jenkins singing soprano, Mrs. O A Gelino contralto, and Miss Mae F Stevens assisting.
A column advises husbands and brothers to prepare advance gift lists to avoid unwanted presents. It notes Smith Amherst college frictions and suggests applying discipline rules to Amherst students around Smith girls, while musing on cross-campus social boundaries and non co education.
The article notes modest gains for reform in Boston’s school board, with seven of ten Public School association nominees elected amid Democratic support. It discusses the growing influence of women in public affairs, the caution needed in labor legislation, and urges women to avoid sweatshop products while supporting higher education for women through Notre Dame academy alumni funding a free scholarship for Lowell at Trinity College in Washington.
Miss Laura A. Knott’s sister in Louisiana is ill as Bradford Academy closes for Christmas. Girls from Lowell stage a Christmas tree for Children’s Home, with proceeds from a recent fair supporting charitable work. The Young Ladies' Christian Union leads efforts including holiday singing and Thanksgiving dinners. A Savoy theatre charity program features The Fantasticks and vaudeville acts, with private club members admitted. State Federation presidents’ conference at Vendome in Boston drew about 150 attendees, including Mrs. C. W. Huntington and Miss Helen A. Whittier, reporting progress on club education campaigns.
Leaders urged clubs to cooperate with the State Federation in the reorganization plan to address color questions and present a united Massachusetts delegation in Los Angeles. Reports noted efforts to elevate elementary school grades, civil service reform, and household science, with emphasis on women's legislative involvement.
Consuela, Duchess of Marlborough, will spend the Christmas season with her father, William K. Vanderbilt, at Idle Hour on Long Island. Accompanying her are her two children, including the eldest, the Marquis of Blandford born September 18, 1897.
A period recipe roundup describes Cocoanut Cream Stars and Tutti Frutti Cream Candy with fondant, desiccated cocoanut, and candied fruits, plus sugar handling tips. It explains drying fresh cocoanut, making multi color sugar canes, and preventing crystallization by using tartar and acids during sugar evaporation.
Molly Varnum chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution highlights art in education. Mr Ross Turner discusses primitive art from American tribes, noting indigenous design, the Navajo basketry, and the need for original American art rooted in study of native works.
Winter breakfast ideas with simple recipes including one egg muffins twelve portions well beaten egg milk warm butter baked in gem pans list of variations for butter cakes and biscuits and johnnycake and graham muffins as pleasing morning options
Detailed catalog of winter hats including a pink velvet shirted rose hat with pink chiffon trim, a black toque with tulle crown and gold spangles, a blue tafetta plateau hat with violet plumes, and violets featuring in memory and pale violet models.
Boas dominate millinery stocks in both wholesale and retail with ostrich plumage preferred for street wear, though war prices push many to chicken, goose, and other fowl feathers. Boas range from long to demi-long, finished in puffings, scarf ends, or tassel effects, while collarettes feature graduated ruffles of taffeta or satin often trimmed with fur or black velvet. Street wear favors black, gray, and ecru boas, while white and delicate colors stay for visiting or evening venues.
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