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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1911
Page
8
Dorothy Dix argues matrimony shifts romance to practicality. Husbands become providers, not fairy princes, and daily acts like reading the paper or sharing meals replace constant courtship. True happiness lies in calm, mutual ease beyond outward guiles and gifts.
Exclusive Paris gowns and hats worn by members of The Pink Lady company are pictured for Light readers. Miss Wilson wears pale green Faille Francaise with an empire bodice and coral bead embroidery. Miss Ida Adams shines in two tone green and rose satin with embroidered bodice and chiffon sleeves. Miss Stair wears a marquisette overdress with blue eyelet embroidery and Persian ribbon.
An essay argues that age gaps do not ruin marriage happiness. The couple should ignore taunts, trust love, and marry if they truly want each other, with patience through hardship and the belief that age is a matter of disposition. It ends urgingto invite Cupid and choose love.
A tired little woman spends scarce leisure reading a newspaper at the kitchen table while she chops and rolls. Inspired by stories of women who gain fame through knowledge, she contemplates pursuing learning as a path to youth and vitality.
A tired mother reads a magazine advice piece urging youth with children. At her daughter's party, teens mock her efforts, smashing a chandelier and ultimately driving her to shoot holes in her husband’s revolver. The guests remain absorbed in themselves, unaware of the chaos.
In this page segment Cynthia Grey answers reader questions on hoarseness oily hair and corn cures. It suggests seeing a throat specialist for chronic laryngeal trouble, hot and cold wash routines, cornmeal root powder, a meat loaf recipe, and notes asthma relief varies with case and requires physician guidance.
In a humorous exchange a wife teases her husband Henry about a dress that fails to button at the back. He circles the room six times before shouting triumphantly and asking how to button it. The wife responds with a witty quip about the back of the dress.
Washington sees a social war as Western wives mount an assault on eastern social sway. Mrs Wickersham heads the eastern side with support from Mrs Knox and Mrs Meyer, while Mrs Nagel of St. Louis may join the western group backed by wives of Secretaries Dickinson Franklin MacVeagh and Walter L Fisher from Chicago.
The piece describes serpentine tag where a leader inside a marked square wields a flour dipped wand. Any child crossing within reach can be tagged and must join the pursuers, forming a long line that grows funnier as more players are tagged, with flour marks as proof.
A woman rejects a standard window box and achieves a charming effect by placing an ordinary red clay pot holding English ivy on a plaster bracket bought for 35 cents. The bracket is classic in pattern and ivory in tone.
In New York on April 6 a member of the committee of public health of the American Women's Medical Association speaks in defense of the harem skirt, praising its hygienic aspects while critics call it scandalous.
A New York scholar argues Harry Furniss is correct that the term harem skirt misleads. He says the conventional wide skirt, not the trouser style, was worn by eastern concubines to distinguish them from virtuous women, making the wide skirt the original harem garment.
Dr Belle McDonald of this city champions the harem skirt as hygienic and practical noting freedom of movement and protection from damp skirts. Women doctors on a local committee back the style predicting better health while criticizing corsets and large hats.
Kilted skirts return for girls this season. Evening cap and turban head dress have disappeared. Chemisettes switch to plain colored chiffon. Satin tops suits and coats. Gir dies and sashes rise in summer vogue. Cottage crepe waists gain popularity. Embroidery remains a favored trim.
Warren returns home radiant after earning 250 dollars by a safe stock tip, sparking a debate with Helen over risk and future purchases. He reassures caution while planning to invest, then agrees to spend part of the money on personal items for Helen, including furs, prompting her worry about his speculative resolve.
Little Mary visits grandma and discovers a peacock in the garden, mistaking it for an old chicken in full bloom and rushing to share the sight with excitement.
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