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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
3
Fashion notes discuss lace patterns and motifs seen in London trends. Wreath shapes, ribbons, and floral elements inspire elaborate headwear and decorative trims. The piece highlights design influence and evolving styles in women’s dress accessories.
Instructions advise pinching buds and ends to create a bushy plant before November. Transplant into pots or a potting mix, place south or west windows, and keep in bright light without a pit or greenhouse. In cold winters, group geraniums in larger pots on a porch or grow them indoors.
The New York Observer urges careful glove selection over bargain counters. It warns that cheap gloves are often worthless, stresses the economy of quality, and favors well-made, properly fitting gloves in black or suede with proper care and storage.
The piece argues that geisha are not silly girls but highly skilled performers. It notes their mastery of classical dance and singing and explains how they tailor performances to suit Westerner audiences. The text emphasizes refinement, charm, and entertaining storytelling by geisha.
The narrator recalls persuading a geisha to perform a classical dance, describing slow dignified movements, poses, and the band. He contrasts Western and Japanese dance aesthetics, noting ceremonial costumes, colors, and headdress. The scene ends with a troupe formation and ornate headgear.
A collage of brief items notes Alice Roosevelt depicted in German papers as a “shell girl” with brows, Mme Caire's monument for a grave, Queen Margherita planning a Jerusalem visit, Mrs Martha Harwood recalling Lafayette in 1829, Mrs Howard Kingscote doubting the “new woman,” Mrs Elizabeth Lennon’s Revolutionary-era father, Edith Young as first county woman official from La Plata County, Queen Christian collecting cards, a Prince Eugene ivory token, and Miss Susan M Hallowell resigning after 27 years at Wellchester College as the last open year 1875 Openings entry.
Ruffed parasols look dated as new spring fabrics emerge with voile among the favored textures. Elaterate trimming drives a craze with pendants on backs of hats and white lace replacing ecru tones. Blue panne trims popular tan outfits while violet grows in favor. Sleeve emphasis replaces the mannish shirt waist as the defining style of the season.
Fragmented reflections discuss friendship danger, purpose in helping others, and the cost of kindness. It warns against shallow sympathy and stresses personal relations, suggesting only close ties should be intimate and rightly valued.
The Chicago Record Herald notes crowded Neapolitan cooking shops with dingy rooms and a rear fireplace. Food is served from large pans and bowls, with fish vegetables and macaroni as staples. Prices are extremely low, two cents for a good dinner and five cents for a family meal.
On a crowded Government Street car an evening dress passenger saves a fall as one of three striking girls slips from the crowded platform. The scene prompts light laughter from the trio and the man in the railside, creating a brief, amused interlude aboard the trolley.
A seven year old boy arrives at Girarc College seeking admission. Lodge-keeper Peixoto refuses due to a smoking rule and a quip about needing an orphaned father, prompting the boy to joke about killing his father to gain entry.
The legible portions reference Sir Henry Irving with a long stage career, Clemenceau as a French official, and Jules Taterra linked to a Drorescur Anassiz image. Other garbled items hint at military and political topics with scattered names and figures, but details are unclear.
The article explains centrifugal force on curves and the lack of countermeasures in automobiles. It notes railcars use raised inner rails to tilt into curves and that friction between tires and ground counters slip only until force overruns it. It concludes that braking worsens the imbalance and recommends counterbalancing methods.
A passenger steamer on the Elbe shows a warning to keep talking to the man at the wheel in four languages the English version reads To the helm marine gentlemen try conversa tion ct.
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