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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
5
Tuesday March 11th features a Polish Hungarian and Russian composers program arranged by Miss Josephine C Coburn music section chairman. Assistant conductor Mrs Ella Cleveland Fenderson of Boston readers Miss Gertrude Edmund and pianist Miss Mary Louise Coburn with pianist Mrs Ernest G Dumas participate.
A long anonymous excerpt discusses President Roosevelt and his daughter with praise, notes on beauty standards, and social norms. It covers women’s club movement history from Sorosis 1889 through the General Federation’s growth, biennial meetings, and the Los Angeles gathering in 1900 with thousands of attendees. It describes lectures on ancient Agrigentum, coin imagery, and Miss Keyes’s water colors reflecting on heritage and art.
Lines written by Miss M. Ella Russell, shared with a personal friend, celebrate her life of self sacrifice. Though she has passed from mortal view, her memory remains a fragrance to cheer friends. F. H. B. requests publication in the Citizen for readers to retain.
A reflective excerpt notes that love grows through giving rather than receiving. The heart is blessed by generosity bringing hope and cheer to the hungry and comfort to the sad. The text urges acts of kindness to feed the soul and sustain true living.
An unusually pretty lavender lawn shirt waist features white ivy leaf appliques from waist to shoulders, remaining plain otherwise. Hand made waists of sheer lawn with lace and embroidery may omit the round collar, finished with Valenciennes lace. Linen gowns in white and colors gain popularity this season.
A New York editorial questions if women jurors would aid fairness, arguing both sides with examples of how gender dynamics might influence verdicts. The discussion widens to women's rights, Alice Roosevelt, and custody bills, highlighting varied views on suffrage and equal protection.
A press committee circular highlights the expanding circle of interest in the General Federation of Women's Clubs and outlines details about the upcoming biennial meetings aimed at strengthening participation, coordination, and leadership across member clubs.
Miss Alicia M. Keyes, art instructor at Wellesley, gave a vivid talk on Ancient Temples at Girgenti, drawing on her Sicily visit. She described daily life, historic lore, and Empedocles, and her vivid descriptions carried listeners to the marsh and ancient sanctuaries. The lecture blended archaeology with cultural context alongside fashion notes on period gowns, hats, and trims.
Sunbonnets for young girls are shown in the usual joke shape with dainties in pink or blue dimity. A pretty trimming features two narrow ruffies edged with Valenciennes lace, which also finishes the ends of the long strings.
The city faces a heated debate over department horses with Overseer Bertrand and Overseer Coburn linked to loaning two horses last summer. Officials defend the practice as saving the city while noting no veterinary review. Bertrand's family ties and political background are highlighted as context for the criticism.
Fraternal Adelbert Ames camp Spanish War Veterans held a weekly meeting in Memorial hall. Two new recruits joined and four applications were filed as the group plans a big smoke talk and a social dance to aid the sick fund. Court Middlesex F of A met in Foresters hall with seven propositions and five initiates. officer elections are set for March 24 and state convention delegates will be chosen at the next meeting.
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