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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1916
Page
12
Madame Valentine de Saint Point, renowned French writer, outlines dramatic shifts as women replace men in industry and public services during the war. She discusses potential postwar futures including whether women will retain new occupations and how men might adapt to altered gender roles.
A 1916 Star Company essay argues that educated men should avoid sedentary arts to preserve vitality. It praises female administrative skill, urges reserving law medicine and related roles for women, and warns Europe’s decadence shows danger if men forego action for idle professions.
The ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for bilious or constipated children showing signs like coated tongue and fussiness. It promises gentle, thorough cleansing in hours without griping and promotes a 60 cent bottle with clear directions for all ages. It warns to require the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Company and to beware counterfeits.
An old newspaper ad urges replacing calomel with Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable remedy sold for 50 cents a bottle. It claims calomel causes sickness and fatigue while Liver Tone starts the liver without stomach upset and does not gripe.
A comical exchange unfolds as a patient frets about pain and payment while a dentist plans to anesthetize and extract several teeth. The patient jokes he would count his money before paying, prompting a lighthearted remark about the assured payment after the procedure.
A tale recalls a aging knight who hid baldness with a periwig. While riding with companions a gust uncovers his head. The group laughs and the knight joins, quipping that his own hair would not stay in place.
A clever girl reveals how doll furniture can serve real needs in daily care. Doll bureau galley stores haberdashery while a toy grocery wagon holds threads and silks. a miniature trunk, baking tins, a washing board, doll soap, and a doll hairbrush prove handy for sewing, laundering, travel, and small storage.
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