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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
9
The piece reflects a sentimental poem in verse about Mrs. Santa Claus imagining a perfect Christmas life. It envisions fairytale scenes of toys, lace dresses, fairy helpers, and Santa delivering gifts after overcoming chimney smoke. The narrator Musings frame a hopeful future marriage to Santa Claus and enduring holiday goodwill.
A discussion of limericks as a verse form comparing them to sonnets, noting five line structure, rhyme pairs, and varied metre. It describes prosodic schemes, named examples, and the role of iambic and amphibrachic feet in English limericks with notes on Greek quantity rules and accent.
Miss Nan M Little of Pinebluff will instruct drawing painting modeling and carving at Pinehurst School between 11 and 12 on Tuesday December 15. She cites Prof J Liberty Todd of Philadelphia whose art aimed education emphasizes manual training nature study and ambidexterity to unite hand and mind and to benefit youth through continuous practice and wide adoption in schools.
A playful verse ponders why everyday workers like bootblacks barbers launderers milkmen and janitors are so courteous. The speaker realizes the cause is Christmas and Santa Claus prompting kindness and cheer.
A fragment describes a woman crying and the idea that any bauble or treasure can placate her. It playfully suggests even the ocean could be melted into tears and scooped up by a man, a humorous image of longing and possession.
A Winchester produced large color print depicts a possum hunt ending badly as five negroes and a dog circle a fallen log. Instead of possum appearing, a proud skunk emerges, a scene the artist captured with deadpan humor.
The second annual Midwinter Handicap Trap Shooting Tournament sparks strong demand for detailed programs across the country. Dates are January 21 22 23. The opening night of the Handicraft Shop is Saturday from eight to ten with Manager and Mrs Fosdick receiving guests and the Holly Inn orchestra in attendance.
A subscription golf sweepstake filled the day with morning contests in approach and putting and driving, followed by a medal play handicap in the afternoon. Foot of Rye and R.M. Hamilton led the approaching and putting contest, with C.J. Dunham and Hamilton excelling in driving. Lincoln Cummings won the handicap with a score of eighty, E.R. Pooley placed second at eighty-one, and Dunham third at eighty-four.
Monthly chemical and bacteriological tests of Pinehurst’s pure water show ongoing satisfaction with the supply now even more abundant than in the past.
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