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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1916
Page
32
A discussion of why the jack and king face different directions across suits leads to a deeper tale. Ancient thinkers divided life into four quarters: heart for love, shamrock for knowledge, diamond for wealth, and acorn or spade for death, with playing cards symbolizing these divisions.
The essay argues playing cards reflect ancient cosmology linking day and night, seasons, and the zodiac with the four suits and fifty-two cards. It suggests cards encode life stages and moral ideas, from ace as beginning to ten as completed life, tying card layout to yearly and celestial cycles across cultures.
Dr William Lee Howard argues that knee high skirts improve health by increasing air circulation and breathing, reducing strain, and promoting better posture. He claims modesty comes from attitude and action, not clothing, and cites benefits like easier movement and protection of leg arteries in winter.
The article traces the term dumb bell to a primitive English home exerciser resembling a church bell ringing apparatus. It lacked a bell to ring, so users were said to be ringing the dumb bell, a practice tied to attic windlass contraptions with iron tipped arms and a heavy rope roller.
In New York a Free Training School for Hotel Employes trains foreign and American staff to handle dining room duties. Julius Stein leads three rooms of instruction on Forty first Street, teaching table layouts, service etiquette, and progression from omnibus to head waiter, with hands on practice and critiques.
A 1916 Star Company article explains growing diminutive trees in orange peels with shellac coating. Seeds germinate inside, roots are trimmed as they reach the peel, and mature plants are moved to decorative holders. Conifers and some fruit trees can be dwarfed and long lived.
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