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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
9
A humorous yet cautionary piece warns that Housekeepers' Pride is a mania that drives women to overwork themselves to aim for unmatched domestic efficiency. It portrays it as a dangerous impulse, not a virtue, and cites a Washington woman who tried to manage the family wash herself, illustrating the social pressure toward constant housework as unhealthy.
The passage contemplates editorial choices between sensational crime stories and homely local gossip. It argues editors prefer humane, ordinary news about peaceful people but must publish the unusual, shocking events that constitute true news.
In the 1857 monetary panic several New York bank presidents faced heavy specie withdrawals from 50 to 75 percent. Moses Taylor of City Bank reported resilience, with balances rising from $400,000 to $470,000 in a day as public trust shifted institutions. The text argues confidence as a core asset and the lifelong effort needed to earn.
Seattle weighs boosting electric power capacity with the Skagit proposition despite mixed tests and high costs. City engineers urge caution as borings fail and prework runs $20,000 monthly. Dimock quotes a potential $30,000,000 final price if sites are found.
The article outlines two paths for beginners: start with laying hens for immediate eggs or hatch chicks via incubator for longer term goals. It advises starting small with 6–12 hens, avoiding roosters, and using fertile eggs from reliable poultrymen. Hatch timing affects laying start and winter recess, and selection of best setting eggs is crucial.
A collection of trimmed clippings notes quirks in politics food prices and society. References include Tremarck plans for another war discussions of meat prices and Swift Co. ties while a New York landlord bungles rent uniformity. A New York judge allows a wife to search her husband’s pockets and a barroom quip about monotony ends the page.
A reader rebuts a Star editorial titled Ice land, for Example. He accuses it of unfounded statements about Icelanders in America offering help to Premier Magnusson, notes Iceland’s lack of forests, and argues for repatriating emigrants to Iceland. He recalls Iceland's 1918 independence and urges balanced future editorials.
Minnie Frazier attacks Mother Ruth er home design using green blinds as an anachronism from kerosene era. She argues architecture must reflect modern Western and cosmopolitan values and rejects such relics as dirt traps and social signals. A returned soldier warns women to abandon overalls as war jobs fade.
A 1919 syndicated column barbs the League of Nations as a dangerous, alien military power. It argues peace requires avoiding permanent alliances, mocks England’s naval disarmament terms, and warns of enduring European hatreds and wars despite the proposed international court. It notes debates by Senators Phelan and Knox.
The Star notes it is time for women workers to enter the labor force, urging changes in attitudes and opportunities for girls and women in employment.
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