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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1925
Page
4
Minneapolis claims the world champion food destroyer after a humorous 1925 eating contest. The St Paul rival loses when a knife slips and a watermelon mishap decides the match amid comical fumbles and disqualifications.
A collection of humorous quotes and quips from Ohio newspapers. The remarks joke about cheese color maids stock market and travel in a light moral tone. Notable bits reference Huguenot families and governors.
A magazine debate argues for broader economics education in high schools to cultivate informed citizenship. It contends democracy requires educated voters to counter government aristocracy and prevent tyranny, noting better citizens strengthen democratic government rather than govern directly.
The cold snap in Louisiana and the South, alongside the regional coal crisis, underscores the value of natural gas. The piece urges stress on cheap gas for individual users and notes Ruston as an early tester of gas heating with anticipated service expansion toward Natchez and Baton Rouge.
The piece argues that public shock over short skirts has faded and notes a broader loss of dignity in modern society. It critiques reformers for overemphasis and suggests self-reflection on modesty amid changing fashions and affluence. It compares car radios and gadgets to evolving social values.
A Wes leyan University professor estimates the nation holds about 10 million morons and 25 million dullards, arguing our population includes a large number of imported traits and a disproportionate share of mental mediocrity.
Brandlessing argues smoking is a learned habit, not natural, acquired by imitation and used to calm nerves. He critiques a Dean’s poll of 675 parents, who mostly oppose girls smoking, and vents that such parental input is misguided for educational training. He asserts teachers must lead in shaping youth rather than reliance on parents.
The piece argues smoking by girls is a medical issue for physicians to judge not a moral matter. It asserts no immorality in female smoking and notes elders often seek notoriety by condemning youth habits. It concludes that today’s girls both smoke and do not smoke, and that is the end.
A News Star visit to the Baptist church builders reveals a planned capacity of about one thousand, with a two floor Sunday school area, galleries around the auditorium, and a dome over the main hall. The layout places classrooms and parlor spaces around the pulpit and baptistry, with dressing rooms near the pulpit and a large two story Sunday school room for Indies.
Sunday observances filled churches with big congregations. At the Methodist church Prof Haden played Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser and Buck and Gounod anthems impressed the worshippers. Tenor Dan McCranie sang The New Born King. Rev Wyatt preached Hatred and Love Seeking Jesus. Baptist services featured Rev J A H Wharton and a solo by Miss Olivette Broadway.
The speaker argues colleges are full of dullards and morons unfit for intellectual work. He mocks higher education and laments that society would be heady without practical labor. He mocks agnosticism and the supposed superiority of professors.
A Weathered note cites one death per thousand autos as a national record and calls for stricter auto safety measures. It warns that thousands suffer serious injuries annually from crashes, equating motorist and pedestrian tolls to wartime casualties.
London plans a snap movement in Regent Street to establish a British fashion hub. Leslie Raymond leads efforts to shift away from Paris models toward a distinctly London style in cloaks and gowns. The piece notes rising overseas holidays, Riviera visits, and shifting English social dancing norms. It also mentions Mgr. Lloyd George enjoying Wild West stories and frontier yarns.
Shapurji Saklatvala, the lone communist in the House of Commons, recalls his Oxford trip after being barred from the U S last summer as an interparliamentary union member. He spoke at the American club where the meeting ended chaotically as he was hurried to a back door for safety. The club invites notable figures from diverse political and religious backgrounds to address university students.
A communist meeting ends in disruption as British student attendance declines. Saklatvala is escorted by police to a railway station amid boos and catcalls. In Chelsea artists report fewer models as young women seek better paying mannequin work attracting public attention.
France faces economic strain yet revelers plan New Year gaiety with restaurant prices rising from 85 to 150 francs last year. maximum plate price now 250 francs. The Lenin street proposal in Vigney-sur-Seine is rejected by the interior minister to avoid polemic public memory. A Paris Almanac list shows authors pursuing varied trades beyond writing. Andre Maurois calls himself a cloth weaver. Jean de Pierrefeu, a US publisher. Pierre Hamp, an engineer. Jean Giraudoux, a diplomat.
The Automobile Club of Western France argues in its annual report that horse drawn vehicles are more deadly than automobiles. Focusing on Le Mans area data, the club presents unusual statistics to support this thesis in its findings.
A period study reports horse drawn conveyances causing 39 deaths and 439 injuries in Sarthe, while 259 people were hurt and 10 died in motorcycle or automobile incidents. bicycles led to 25 deaths and 274 injuries. Road-mafety figures include 11.13 horse deaths per 60,000 miles versus 1.67 for motor cars. Diplomatic leaders Morloff and Carapanos were seen socializing in Paris after a tense League of Nations session on the Greco Bulgarian border dispute.
Parasols bearing owners portraits painted on silk with names embroidered beneath are a notable novelty in Monte Carlo promenades this season. Simple colors emphasize the portraits, which in miniature sizes achieve remarkable likeness to their bearers.
Berlin reports record crowds at winter resorts including Thuringia Harz Black Forest Bavarian Alps and Silesia as Christmas and New Year travel peaks. Train services from Berlin Cologne Frankfurt and others sell out weeks ahead while hotels and pensions run at full capacity. Civil servants doctors and small businessmen dominate trips as early heavy snowfall fuels exodus to the countryside.
Movie stars push back against a moustache revival in Germany while public figures like Frizie Massary and Henry Porten weigh in on masculinity. Dr Hjalmar Schacht’s return from the U S sparks rumors of new dances dubbed Pay de Credit and Pas d Argent signaling social wit and finance era trends.
The German government backs a revival of the lace of God industry in Silesia mountain districts after war hardships. A German woman lace expert says much lace sold abroad as Venetian Brussels or French is actually Silesian made, shown by specimens from the Berlin museum of arts and crafts revealing identical mesh and workmanship.
The Berlin cemetery in the northern city area proclaims no discrimination and features inscriptions in at least 12 languages. Plots cost 615 with 5 yearly maintenance, while marble monuments range from 1000 to 2000. An English inscription notes a dog Rex, died July 20, 1915, “From his mistress.”
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