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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1911
Page
7
Warren saves a drowning boy off the beach and endures public praise and a grateful mother. He rebuffs attention, withdraws to his bath, and vents irritation at the fuss and supposed sentimentality, warning Helen he would let another boy drown next time if needed.
The Manicure Lady and Head Barber debate what bohemian means and recount a comical encounter with a would be artist who persuades her to join an art academy. The tale riffs on pretensions, inheritance trouble, and a pleading barber fearing a loss of coin.
Salt can prevent slip and fire by sprinkling on fowls, meat, fish, coal fires, and grates. It acts as a gargle for sore throats, inhaled solution for colds, and cleaner for willow ware, matting, and carpets. It also helps remove stains from teacups and carpets and wards off moths when sweeping.
A recipe details butter sugar flour and eggs with milk and soda in sour milk. Spread thin on sheets and bake into small cakes or a single large sheet. Half baked, move to front of oven and dust with granulated sugar mixed with cinnamon for finishing.
Frances L. Garside sketches the Appleton family and their windows lights and moods. The parlor light means company while kitchen or midnight glows hint at meals or trouble. Lysander John rises at 2 AM to check clocks before settling back. Daysey Mayme reads poetry while parents measure sentiment.
Fashion notes highlight tulle as a dominant trim for hats and gowns. Milliners showcase picture hats featuring crowns built from billows of tulle with mock ospreys for decorative effect.
A narrative exploring how some women claim artistic temperament inside marriage, sparking rebellion against traditional roles. A painted story of a wife who elopes with an artist, endures his influence, then leaves after he takes a younger lover, while a parallel case shows a husband publically pursuing divorce after his wife seeks independence with a poet.
The piece defends Lysander John Appleton’s skimpy meals, blaming his self sacrifice on striving to be an ideal husband. It portrays his nightly dinners as a burden to his wife and humorously critiques the notion that a husband’s weight reflects his spouse’s cooking.
A 1911 National News essay extols New York for free libraries and reading rooms, bustling street life, and social contrasts. It humorously contrasts orderly shelves with worn fiction, notes fashion, romance, distrust, and the abundance of dogs and funerary crepe, concluding Father Knickerbocker’s pride in the metropolis.
A narrative fragment describes a husband who embodies an ideal standard of duty and devotion, even as such sacrifice proves fatal to him. The emphasis rests on his steadfastness and the moral message of selfless commitment.
Wipe and peel 12 medium ripe tomatoes and slice. Place in preserving kettle with pepper and onion. Add vinegar sugar salt ground cloves cinnamon allspice nutmeg and heat gradually to simmer three hours.
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