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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
6
A cream esatin casket features a central Bartolozzi design encircled by forgat me nots. The lid edge shows a silk fringe reproduction of an old pattern, suitable for photos, curios, or small lace collections.
In a tale of hardship and redemption, Ma Philmore endures poverty after her husband James Philmore is accused. A dying confession from a rival reveals his innocence, Dr Montrose secures it, and the couple reunites under the mistletoe as justice and love prevail.
Mrs. Philmore, convalescent at the Elms, awaits the promised release of her husband James on Christmas Day. Interior decor gleams as mistletoe hangs, and Dr. Montrose’s medicine brings a cheerful cheer. Emily, the daughter, clings to hope of a final family reunion today.
A nostalgic critique explores Christmas card trends and home greenery, noting the shift from ornate, painterly designs to simpler colour printing. It discusses decor in grand houses versus modest suburbs, the influence of taste on furnishings, and predicts the decline of Christmas, birthday, memorial, and wedding cards as evolving tastes prevail.
Christmas aboard a warship is described with deck preparations, morning service, and meals of bread and butter with cocoa. Sailors, in white, sing carols, enjoy grog with plum duff, and share tales. Afternoon games and evening songs finish a festive, disciplined day aboard.
The scene describes soldiers feasting at Christmas with hot geese and mutton, dances and concerts in barracks, and officers and bands. Yet work persists for post office staff and firemen as parcels and letters flood in, delaying celebration and forcing officers and troops to continue duties while the holiday unfolds.
A vintage feature highlights crinkled ribbon work in cushion designs and lace borders. Elaborate use of crinkled ribbons, silk threads, and net create raised petal effects, bouquets, and centrs with forget me nots, primroses, and floral sprays.
A poor girl Karen receives red shoes from a kind shoemaker’s wife. An elderly woman adopts her, but the shoes bring attention and social scrutiny. Karen’s vanity leads to tragedy as a church scene and crowd gaze on her red footwear, altering her fate.
A fragment reflects a woman lingering on spiritual ritual, her red shoes slipping from her focus as she seems to drift through a moment of faith, forgetting to sing a psalm and to utter the Lord’s Prayer.
A detailed stage conjuring routine describes borrowing a ring from a spectator, concealing it in a folded handkerchief, suspending it over a wineglass, and then making it appear in the glass. The method relies on a prepared handkerchief and misdirection to reveal the borrowed ring.
A magic routine describes secretly slipping a penny in wax to appear in a tumbler. The performer uses a length of black thread tied to a vest button and wax to trap the penny, then pretends it dances. After audience distraction, the penny is removed and returned to the owner.
A conjurer borrows about a dozen pennies from the audience and places them in a basin. A spectator privately marks a coin then it is mixed with the rest. The marked coin is later singled out by warmth from passing bonds, in a simple illusion.
The Santa Claus Society began seventeen years ago to collect toys for hospitalized children at Christmas and later added gifts for adults and a kid’s home for hip and spinal conditions. The Banta Claus Home stands in Cholmalay Park Thighgate and aims for about twenty four children as funds permit. Readers are invited to visit the December gift show and donate practical gifts for patient wards.
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