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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
8
Essay urges married women to value self care and personal upkeep as a duty to family. It argues beauty and fitness aid husband and children, promotes regular physical culture, skin care, breathing, and posture, and warns against neglecting self through motherhood.
A Miss Brinkley illustration in Good Housekeeping shows a dainty eighteenth century woman wearing a whalebone corset. An accompanying article traces corset history from Eve to present, noting long stiff garments from whalebone and wood and tight lacing. It discusses social pressure to wear corsets to enter the French court and the belief in beauty despite physician warnings.
A columnist argues that New York women seem vain and imitation minded, contrasting facade figures in cafes and theaters with the real New Yorker who stays home, reads, and supports family. The piece praises authentic New Yorkers and scolds pretenders who mimic urban chic.
New York socialite Mrs William A Hamilton, kin of the Gould family, complained that 565 dollars worth of valuables were seized on the Kronprinzess Cecilie unless she pays duty. The goods included a gown wrap gold mesh bag gold cigarette case lace waist fine china and other items. She may recover them if agreeing to duty. otherwise customs will retain them.
Frances L. Garside recounts a tale of a pampered young woman whose heart aches for a lost lover. Her father rebukes her with a blunt plan to replace affection with practical support and domestic duty, urging her to face reality.
A discussion argues men and women should share authority in marriage as in partnerships. It cites a Georgia Supreme Court decision where the woman earned the wage but the husband remained the head. The piece envisions a happy democracy with equal rights and duties for both spouses.
A Kansas City mother cleans with gasoline and lights a match, burning herself and two children. The piece draws moral lessons about dangerous use of gasoline and condemns fibbing temper and gossip, pairing vivid disasters with social warnings.
In the Bazaar dialogue Bridget asks a question while Delia warns that breaking a pew results in deduction from wages. The exchange reflects a strict shop floor discipline at Harper's Bazaar with emphasis on pilferage and penalties.
Dorothy Dix argues many families overvalue expensive college education while public schools provide adequate learning for most. parents should assess true fitness and avoid sacrificing comforts for impractical aims. She warns against treating college as the sole path and stresses self education and practical talent as alternatives.
In a witty scene the Manicure Lady questions life in Europe while the Head Barber and others discuss royal and political doings. The returning Manicure Lady learns a refined new hire impressed with verse, while she bristles at pretension and humor about poetry and refinement.
Mrs Ogden Weils leader of Newport society faced unease after announcing a dance on the night of a tennis champions entertainment on August 24. A later statement clarified the event would begin at midnight, after the tennis program concludes.
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