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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
4
In Massachusetts last summer farmers rushed to market low priced berries. John Mack used straw to retard growth then removed it in August, producing October berries at 5 cents each. The piece ends with a quip praising brains in farming and a satirical jab at a man who preaches economy.
The piece describes suffrage geography with the east by the great plains and the south by Mexico, noting a solid contiguous block in Wyoming Colorado Utah and Idaho. California has recently joined universal suffrage and is not expected to be the last to do so.
The piece surveys diverse items from training forests and young men, to court rulings on marital scolding rights, Washington socialite designs on bachelors, Jeff Davis’ marriage, a Roman duchess, naval material values, polar claims, land openings in North Dakota, a Connecticut youth suing over ice, a shipwreck recovery, Savannah frogs, and Mexico’s bold deputies questioning a president about public funds.
Sam Bernard shares a humorous, rambling column filled with quips and vignettes on marriage, money, fame, and social foibles. The piece riffs on figures like John D. Rockefeller and Lydia Pinkham, mashes language, and ends with a boast about poker odds and a playful self-deprecating line.
Mr Humbug asks what Mr Pig is doing while Mr Fly admires the finest looking ginas ever skated on. The scene unfolds with playful dialogue and a whimsical tone.
Diana observes photographer life in Osily Squeeze amid a tangled romance story involving Lancelot Scadsborough and Gladys Van Svelte. Mrs Graboff- Van Svelte campaigns to keep the couple apart while the camera lady contends with public gaffes and social drama.
A quirky mosaic of brief items notes Dreary autumn days and dingy velvet collars on last year's overcoats. A Waterloo California widow milks twenty cows daily and seeks divorce. Cald well New Jersey forecasts predict a mild winter after a giant tortoise sighting. Peruvian oil ranks high in lubricant quality. A joke about spouses and appendixes appears alongside comments on poets and Shaw.
A Suburban Life item presents a humorous classroom moment as a teacher asks when Moses lived and a boy replies with a mistaken B C 4000 answer. The Los Angeles Examiner captions the scene as Up to Date with playful misreadings from the audience.
Pearl Sindelar, the Metropolitan stage actress, says in The Star interview that her role in The Girl in the Taxi contains flirtation but she herself is married nine years and disapproves of flirting in real life. She notes a young woman should not marry an older man and cites high society flirtations as a social issue.
Poem fragment describes winter trials and a cherished Southland of the Soul. It imagines birds departing to familiar rose-ways, summer songs, and dream ecstasies, then seeks heavenly rest in memory’s warm, sunlit land. The verse portrays longing, peaceful bloom, and the solace found in recollection.
Dialogue captures a social hierarchy as Mrs Rich probes Maggie about conversations in the kitchen and drawing room. Maggie admits visitors dominate downstairs while upstairs the talk centers on the servants. The exchange highlights class dynamics through humorous misdirection.
A historical remark argues that divorce is no cure for a failing marriage. It asserts that a woman can love only once and that the first love remains the most significant and enduring.
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