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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1911
Page
7
In a moonlit country walk, Warren and Helen Stevens struggle after a car breakdown. They seek refuge at a dingy roadside inn seven miles from a telelphone, facing damp bedding and growing distance as Helen longs for closeness while Warren remains withdrawn.
A woman in a quiet domestic moment yearns for love while her husband, distant and unmoved, walks on the porch smoking. She imagines the vast cosmos beyond and questions the meaning of her heartache within the broader scheme of life as night settles and crickets murmur. The lamp flickers and she drifts to sleep.
Miss Brinkley continues her account of a visit to the Gould home in Georgian court. She describes a delightful day spent with Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould and their children Edith and baby Gloria. The earlier portion appeared on this page.
Nell Brinkley sketches Edith and her sister Gloria as two luminous children. Edith, nine or ten, is wholesome and bookish with dark eyes and a warm smile, while Gloria, five, is an adventurous, flaxen-maned tot with almond eyes and a keen, curious kiss of mischief.
A San Francisco case of a woman who killed her husband to “make a man of him” after enduring abuse and poverty. The essay condemns foolish romanticism and urges self-respect over sensational love.
A handy method to create a peg by driving a nail through an empty spool avoids tearing or staining fabrics. To untangle hair matted by illness, dampen with alcohol and comb out with effort minimized. For stove polish use a small paint brush to reach tight corners and keep the brush moist with water when stored.
A simple method to restore crusty burned granite ware is to rub the surface with sandpaper followed by a thorough rub with a scouring powder. This process yields a renewed, undamaged finish on the cookware.
To make dill pickles select smooth medium cucumbers wash them and pack in a cask with layers dill vine leaves cucumbers and bay leaves. Prepare a brine of nine quarts water to one salt and cover the cucumbers. After two or three days drain scald and return the brine. Keep bunghole open until fermentation begins then close with a stopper and keep covered with weight to keep cucumbers under brine.
The piece argues a fully made dress can read as unique through at home alterations and affordable accessories. It urges buying bargains and customizing to imitate high priced designs while keeping costs low.
Dorothy Dix argues laziness fuels health and beauty woes among women. A fashionable doctor asserts excess leisure drives insomnia, fevers, and vanity while urging work and exercise as cures. He cites boardinghouse routines and shopping sprees as harmful habits.
An antique recipe describes a lotion to sweeten breath and tainted concepts. It lists ingredients such as sal acid orange flower peppermint water and Ere Mix with peppermint oil and alegholt confusion. The directions mention dissolving acid while warm and fumigated water with tincture and repeating the mixture two or three times.
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