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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1902
Page
6
Fashion notes describe close fitting elbow sleeves with embroidered bands, puffed lace details, and flaring skirts created by gores and ruffled trims. Box plaited skirts, stitched yokes, open front dress jackets with lace fronts, and black veiling gowns with white silk linings appear. Designers Jupic Chollet and Ti Joptic Cno.Le rt.
A net and point d esprit gown is noted as the most useful evening dress for a young girl. The fabric is durable and stylish, with possible frills bound in satin or velvet. Ready made point d esprit and net skirts are sold, often in black, white, or cream, paired with chiffon or lace waists for formal wear. The revival of all lace frocks is also mentioned with rich underlayers and accordin platted chiffon.
An American visitor, long in the United States by circumstance, ridicules a British elevator as slow. In a London office building he suggests speeding the lift by raising the whole building, prompting the Englishman to ask how with solemn curiosity.
Sponges grow in odd shapes resembling warts hands and idols with little practical value. They are trimmed into small pieces for children's sieves blacking shoes and papermaking. The best sponges come from the Mediterranean and Florida with prices from a cent to 20 dollars, some fine specimens reaching 60 dollars a pound. the finest used in surgical operations.
In early British Columbia settlements a practice called the pollatch or potlatch appeared. It is a feast and merrymaking funded by a wealthy individual who distributes wealth in edibles and drinkables to the people. The aim is to gain chieftainship or prestige. Instances feature large distributions and even ceremonial sheds for the feast with blankets and ornaments handed out.
A Sheridan tale recounts a clash between a Celt and a Saxon. An Irishman and a Briton debate truth and mischief, with the Celt challenging the Briton’s view. The exchange ends as Patrick defies the pretensions and the two move to fisticuffs.
Dialogue reflects Mrs and Mr De Style jabbing over money after church. They note a sermon titled Idolatrous Worship of Fine Clothes and mock its impact on their Sunday wardrobe, implying financial strain and social vanity.
A brief dialogue between a Sunday School teacher and a child centers on gray hair as the elder recalls teaching. The child quips that his father does not have gray hair, prompting astonishment from the teacher as the exchange unfolds.
Washington letter reports Senate Public Buildings and Grounds committee weighing a plan for an executive state and justice building north of the White House with a tunnel linking offices. It notes a new rat catcher in town and a humorous anecdote about President Theodore Roosevelt playing ball with local boys. The piece covers a proposed $11 million District loan for Potomac filtration, sewage, streets, and Anacostia park redevelopment.
The piece notes librarians show little demand for statistical literature and that figures are seen as dry. It cites Sir John Lubbock’s silence on useful volumes and argues finished statistical products feel arid. Methods like weighted averages and index numbers are described as hidden cruelties to be avoided.
A scholar recalls a fox outwitting a pursuing dog by luring it onto river ice and waiting as the dog sank beneath the ice. The article then describes the Ita palm of South America, abundant along the Amazon, Rio Negro and Orinoco, whose floods create forested swamps. Indigenous Guaranes depend on the palm for shelter and sustenance, weaving hammocks from palm skins and harvesting edible bark.
A club smoking room tale recalls a contest to tell tall stories about fat and lean men. A winner claims meeting a man so thin he could go through a flute without striking a note.
A playful exchange between Papa and Tommy about a one week old baby brother. Tommy suggests a birthday present and proposes buying a wig, arguing the infant needs it more than anything.
Dr Hole of Rochester muses on ideal careers, naming dean instead of the three other paths. He lists master of a pack of hounds, flower gardener in a large nursery, or a bookseller as desired options, ending that the bookseller would be the best choice.
By the time we get what we want in the world we often learn the true value of restraint and courage. The fragment reflects on virtue, balance, and the clash between desire and wisdom as taught by ancient thought.
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