Little old women and belles in tales of leisure
A verse sketch contrasts little old women with mature manners and aging flirts. It observes belles bored by travel and fashion, weary of male attention, and seeking novelty nowhere to be found.
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
5
A verse sketch contrasts little old women with mature manners and aging flirts. It observes belles bored by travel and fashion, weary of male attention, and seeking novelty nowhere to be found.
A renter in Laburnum Cottage befriends Mrs. Fraser, a quiet neighbor. A village station tale reveals Mrs. Fraser is a long widowed woman who, in her mind, remains a young wife awaiting her husband Edward, with tragedy and mercy shaping her days.
Mrs Arthurs Simmons reports rapid relief for her three week old with colic after using Dr Hand's Colic Cure prescribed by their physician. She notes a calm, bright baby following nearly three doses. The firm markets Dr Hand's remedies for children through druggists at 25 cents.
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