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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1912
Page
5
A collection of letters discusses gender roles, marriage concerns, and personal conduct. A laborer balks at supporting a wife, while readers advise against dances for young women and encourage repentance and respectful apology to win back a partner.
A 21 year old asks if she should marry a 25 year old who promises a good home. An anonymous wife asks how to support her 5 year marriage and 5 month old baby, seeking affordable child care and work. Cynthia Grey suggests practical options like day nurseries and nearby housekeeping work with the baby present. cites Seattle Day Nursery and Woman's Free Employment Bureau as leads.
A reader asks Miss Grey about marrying at 16 years old and eloping with a 17 year old. The advice warns that they cannot legally wed without misrepresenting age and questions their readiness to be parents, urging them to reconsider before a risky step.
Billie Burke asserts intemperance harms beauty and urges sane women to be temperate in living and loving. She cautions against overspending on fashion and wasting health through indulgence, noting some avoid cigarette smoking yet neglect other self disciplined habits.
Bizarre home remedy ad promises fast rheumatism relief using bark and syrup in whiskey. Claims quick cures for chronic and acute rheumatism and backache with sealed original formula. Also touts cures for corns bunions frost bites and frostbite relief with foot baths.
The writer argues smoking is a matter of taste rather than morals and condemns public drinking by young girls. They warn temperance in eating and acting will soon show in character, noting societal disapproval of such habits.
A fragmented text offers Q and A style lines about metals and alloys, library reference tips for South America, gift ideas for men, napkin etiquette, hair styling notes for young girls, and archaic forms of addressing old friends, with scattered phrases and quirkily old fashioned guidance.
An old ad promises two ounce and half ounce doses of Globe Pine Compound for colds. Directions urge mixing with whiskey and taking as a bedtime tonic. The ad touts fast stock replenishment from a local druggist and mentions a foot bath for relief, urging readers to buy at any drug store.
A compact guide lists old fashioned cures for perspiration under the arms and nosebleeds. It notes camphor fumes curb closeness, orange burning dispels odor, and painting fumes may leave lead particles. also suggests baking soda and corn remedies for soft corns and a myrrh based mouth wash for cleansing and healing.
The text prescribes mustard plaster mixed with lard as a paste for poultices and advises kerosene on superficial burns to prevent soreness. For hiccups it recommends a teaspoonful of granulated sugar with vinegar and to repeat if relief is not immediate.
Instructions describe dissolving one ounce of sugar of lead in eight quarts of water to soak fabrics overnight. Then rinse in salt water until covered by several inches and leave for five hours.
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