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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
3
The Berkshire Pinehurst in Pinehurst North Carolina has enlarged its facilities doubling capacity and refurnishing for health and comfort. It offers running water from Pinehurst Springs baths steam heat electric lights and open tres. The Eagle Inn proprietor Orwell Vermont will manage during the upcoming seminars.
A tasteful Pinehurst building caters to residents with a Ladies Parlor and Cafe on the lower floor and a second floor Reading Room with daily papers and popular periodicals, plus a Game Room Smoking Room and Bath Rooms for guest use.
Prof Oliver Lodge describes electric cohesion in a magnesium smoke jar affecting fog and wireless telegraphy. He suggests large scale electric dispersion of fog may be possible, but warns London fog largely depends on not burning coal. He envisions future gas stoves and coal import bans to curb pollution.
A local scene unfolds as matinee girls confront a roof-garden hat in the audience. One observer urges “shoot that hat” while another complains about the millinery display, noting the hat distracted from the performance and that the owner was merely an incidental presence.
Spanish is praised for its musical phonetics and near phonetic spelling and is spreading across the twin continent. The Philippines Cuba and Porto Rico are noted as areas increasing interest, with winter lessons offered by the undersigned at fifty cents per session to Pinehurst guests.
In a Detroit Free Press item a haughty girl objects to a rival's elaborate hat that blocks views. The valedictorian hopeful calls it selfish and tasteless, then the offender tears up and exits the theater leaving other girls to crane from the balcony.
Reverend Upson recalls rusticating with Dr Timothy Dwight who resigned Yale’s presidency. They borrowed a horse and failed to remove the collar, insisting it must have been fitted when colt. A passing milkwoman advised turning the collar, Dwight quips that they knew even less than the woman.
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