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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1912
Page
25
In the second act of The Quaker Girl at the Grand, a Parisian dressmaker’s salon is staged with gowns on models and Madame Corday as the salon mistress. Corday extols dressmaking as the root of progress and praises beauty, color, and neatness in attire for women.
Teacher and singer Mme Minna Kaufmann notes a shift in love and marriage from solemn vows to playful, ragtime influenced proposals. She argues contemporary songs mirror a lighter view of romance while still indicating deep affection and happiness for modern couples.
The advert touts Victrolas and records as perfect Christmas gifts with quick delivery by phone order. It promises stock on hand for guaranteed selection and offers monthly payment plans, noting six Texas stores and contact options.
A critique of modern taste in love songs contrasts hundred year old ballads with ragtime and popular tunes. The piece notes Beethoven Goethe Heine influenced lyrics while modern singers trivialize romance, turning love making into comic entertainment and diminishing poetic passion.
Miss Finch a nurse and factory inspector led a health department crusade with state industrial missions to end child labor in Milwaukee sweatshops. Once one licensed shop existed, now many are licensed. inspections reduced cradle age labor while noting remaining abuses. A Chilean province also reports two floating schools for island education.
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