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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
1
Poem by Herbert J Lansburgh expressing a mother’s vow to protect her child. The speaker comforts the child with imagery of lilies, a garden of love, and a safe waking in a mother’s heart.
Louise Alden doctors Bernard Holme for grip mistaken as influenza while he woos Trix Holme. A jealous bedside vigil leads to marriage plans and an elopement by Trix with Frank. Louise and Holme marry quickly as he recovers, with the family’s shrewd notices and comic misalliances unfolding.
The article discusses Onoto Watama’s Harper's Weekly essay on Japanese life focusing on home life and the role of women. It argues against the view that Japanese wives are mere slaves, citing their happiness and burdens shared with husbands, and contrasts the typical household with a visiting guest who brings calm stories and thoughtful mending during lull moments.
Harper's Bazar outlines changes in dress for summer wear including broader stock collars and collarless necklines. It highlights satin bodices in all colors, veiling gowns, and dainty round collars with front tabs, plus fashionable coats, muslin frocks with embroidery, and elaborate shirt waist suits with boned linings.
A note from Woman's Home Companion suggests a prank: carry a reel of white cotton and a needle to a party. Thread the needle, slip the reel into your breast pocket, pass the needle through your coat, detach from the cotton, leaving two inches outside. Friends will try to remove the cotton and be astonished by the seeming endless thread.
Attention shifts to the evening coiffure with ornate headpieces. Wreaths of geisha rosettes, black velvet bows, gold bands, enamel leaves, and seasonal flowers shape a luxurious look. Wings and colorful paillettes on flat mounts offer new variation.
Evening and street gowns feature flounced skirts and plain skirts with trimming bands. Numerous accessories including stocks collars belts sashes and bodices create wide variety and alter waist effects. White kid belts are considered very smart this season as chiffon velvet and other fabrics expand options.
The Rev Dr Donald Sage MacKay preached on The Value of a Day at Collegiate Church Fifth Avenue and Forty eighth Street. He urged recognizing twelve hours in the day to complete duties face trials bear burdens and serve God. He warned against regret over the past and wasteful future planning and urged daily prayer and purposeful use of time.
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