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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
3
A description of very low cut afternoon wear features black and white gowns with tunics and pet black over white. The corsage uses flesh colored nude tulle, praised over lace for evening gowns. The effect resembles semi nude looks, causing astonishment when seen in public.
Curing colds with inexpensive kitchen ingredients and folk methods. Remedies include bark tea from hore bound leaves hops and wild cherry bark plus chestnut leaves for whooping cough. Additional tips cover throat glycerin camphor gargles and sugared syrups for relief and sleep.
The article describes fashionable evening wear featuring pale green gowns paired with black accents. Jet and black tulle decorate hemlines, with options like jet bugles or velvet poppies. Matching shoes, jet-embroidered toes, and a complementary hair ornament complete the look, with alternatives in black gowns and jade green embroidery. Next in line is Rose du Barry pink.
An old household tip explains restoring faded stockings by soaking in hot water with blueing and dissolved alum or by recoloring white stockings with added dye. It suggests reviving faded pinks blues and tan hosiery to extend wear.
A public school teacher was tried for assault for caning a pupil but was discharged after the magistrate ruled the punishment not overly violent. The boy’s father reported fifteen wheals, while observers note the visible marks outlast the initial pain, arguing the act appears harsher than its real sting.
Sir Francis Vane recounts two English travelers guided through a Tuscan pass by an elderly Innkeeper who turned out to be their destined reader. She led the ascent with a military stride, advancing ahead along a difficult ford as the route climbed Rondinajo to Trelotenze. The old woman pressed on despite plans to stop, ensuring their safe completion of the journey.
A reflection on a father's lifelong habit of provisioning and safeguarding wealth for his daughters, ensuring they receive their rightful share and are protected from hardship or coercion by any future suitors. The piece portrays paternal duty and fairness toward female heirs.
Dr Chariton Wallace studied 400 hip joint disease cases and found 70 percent from tuberculous families or homes with active TB within a year. He concludes exposure to infection cripples when the tubercle germ cannot kill, urging personal vigilance to keep homes free of TB.
An Albany Knickerbocker Press quip features a man confessing to smoking his wife's birthday cigars to aid his effort to quit smoking for good. The exchange presents a humorous twist on giving up a vice.
A brief vignette set in a pawnshop features Frau Meier and an unnamed speaker exchanging wary dialogue about money. The exchange hints at tension over time and payment without detailing the outcome or broader stakes.
A Cincinnati Enquirer line notes the adage that success hides a lack of ability. The exchange frames a sharp contrast between folly and wisdom as a lesson.
The article compares Japanese theatres with Western venues noting the revolving stage and dressers in black acting as invisible aides. It describes morning attendance, front tea houses for ticketing, and actors entering from sidewalks with flower-bordered walks leading to the stage. It praises Japanese pantomime as highly developed.
The rotifer vulgaris measures about a thousandth of an inch, a water midge visible only under a microscope. Tens of thousands can live in a small ergoup of water without disturbance, yet they share their habitat with even smaller accompanying species likened to rats and horses. The tiny attendants are one one-hundred thousandth of an inch long.
A reflective excerpt describes a flawless moment in life when the world seems suspended in nebulous light. The text centers on a first kiss or first word of love as the pivotal experience that transcends ordinary perception.
Mme. Tetrazzini recalls touring days with her sister leaving lodgings. The landlady, after thanks, looked at them kindly and condescendingly and remarked that she is generous to theatricals hoping her own children may join the stage.
The feast of the dolls is the quaintest of Japanese girls festivals. In the storehouse boxes hold family dolls from grandmothers and great grandmothers. Each new bride takes her dolls to her husband’s house and keeps the feast yearly until her eldest daughter can begin the custom.
Three days after a stern warning a servant Sarah returns the vase unharmed saying she could not have broken it more carefully. The exchange highlights cautious handling and high value of the ornament in a household.
A monologue artist recalls a busy day of family life led by a loving mother. He honors her memory by describing how she rocked nineteen children to sleep and still rose to prepare breakfast for the father, even as the alarm clock rang.
A partial OCR snippet shows a domestic moment with a mother asking about the baby’s welfare. Dialogue mentions a woman's troubles and a parent’s effort to wash or care for the child, though most of the passage is unreadable.
The piece describes colonial Quebec measures showing government paternalism. It cites limits on horses, deportation risks for urban migration, and bans on movement from the countryside, plus harsh penalties for speaking ill of royalty as illustrated by 1671 Dupuy case and the council’s punishments.
A Regina club tale recounts a man swept aloft in a cyclone while bathing. He grabs the hot and cold taps as a helm and steers toward the waterworks, then returns to finish his bath, unscathed after the airborne commute.
Tom Wallace of Woodbridge notes a byelection in South Bry where an old-timer demanded a ballot for Sir John A. Macdonald. The returning officer warns he is dead, but the voter declares a dead man better than Truax or Cargill and spoils his ballot.
Miss Ostrom of Ottawa closed a Postoffice Savings account and found a one cent credit. The tale notes New Jersey’s four cent two cent check as the smallest state payment, but Ottawa beats that with a one cent check from the department.
Huron County Ontario claims the best and most economical House of Refuges in the province. The institution sits just outside Clinton with 96 inmates. Feeding costs under full management have been reduced to 2.2 cents per day per patient.
A belated wayfarer returns home to find Mrs. Jones awake and speaking with John Jones below stairs. Mrs. Jones reveals the model she bought to fit her dresses, and the pair laugh at the awkward moment, noting the model woman did not turn back.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer humorous bit recounts a father advising his son about a suitor for his sister. The son explains he fears the dark and declines staying in the room, revealing a playful clash of ages and parental teasing.
A nine year old asks his mother how many cut glass ice cream dishes she owns. She explains they amount to two dozen from grandmothers. He bets she has more than twenty three, then breaks one, concluding New York lost.
A witty exchange overheard by the Washington Star features a remorseful young man confessing his failed attempt at elegance. He notes the chrysanthemum smell, silk bat, and a cane tangled at his ankles, preferring to return to work over further vanity.
A humorous exchange depicts a husband returning home in a frail state and his wife scolding him, suggesting he should seek his mother’s advice. The dialogue captures a domestic moment with regional speech and wit.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item quotes Mr. Gabb and Mrs. Gabb arguing about neighbors. The husband recalls a remark about two women gabbing while Mrs. Gabb disagrees, mentioning Eve in a light domestic exchange.
A Yonkers Statesman item quotes a verse writer declaring completion of a poem while his wife notes the work remains unsold. The exchange captures a writer's pride and the market aspect of poetry.
A playful exchange notes a washerwoman charging 48 cents per single torn piece, while the other woman points out that many items arrive torn in multiple pieces. The brief dialogue captures thrift and practical pricing in a domestic setting.
In a London Sketch, Kate vows to marry Mr Planks to reform him. The joke hinges on her finding his vice, a strong sting of thrift, as he is described as a notable miser. The piece lampoons reformist aims and social pretensions.
A quoted exchange shows Wilfred asking about Miss Curey and Ernie noting they were the same age in childhood as the judge recalls.
In verse dialogue a wife laments she has walked for a year while her husband promised an auto ride. He responds that he will arrange one now after meeting friendly local car owners. The piece unfolds as a humorous domestic exchange from the Fratroit Free Press.
In Bulala junior’s account a leopard assault on a hunting party ends when he grasps a knife and kills the cat after the leopard mauls his horse and a buffalo. He describes crawling injuries, blood, and a desperate stab that saves his life and wounds the predator.
In a Chicago Record-Herald item a father comments that at his age he waited at the second table when guests were present. The child Robert quips that this explains dad’s table manners, while the mother reflects on where he learned them.
The passage extols practical labor as a path to mental riches. It links rowing discipline and farming effort to harvests of knowledge, insight, and worldly rewards.
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