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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1905
Page
7
A lively column explores inventive Christmas party themes such as a mislaid presents game, theater ticket swaps, and playful decoration ideas. It also critiques laziness among women, praises practical fashion like green cloth with gold buttons, and describes new Russian cap trends and urging more activity in social life.
A discussion of Rembrandt portraits contrasts the impact of his faces with Velasquez, arguing that great portraiture inspires deep reverence and noble emotion beyond mere entertainment. The piece frames portraiture as a supreme education for humanity.
A vintage black and white confection features a velvet bow trim with two black ostrich feathers. The design centers a black velvet ribbon mat securing the embellishments for ready wear or display.
Burmese women enjoy rank and personal property rights long seen as advanced. They marry for love, are courted rather than handed as chattels, and keep earnings. Social norms emphasize modesty and propriety, with laws allowing free, comfortable life within marriage.
Freshly rolled water only for tea. Do not boil water twice. When boiling, remove from heat to avoid steam, then add one generous teaspoon per person and one for the pot. Let the tea draw for seven minutes, stir, and allow to settle for a half minute before serving.
A feature on women breaking barriers in labor. Joplin Missouri showcases women running a bank, led by Mrs V Frank with Miss Tite Muller as assistant cashier and others in key roles. The piece also highlights female miners superintendents and tradeswomen in wagon painting sign making and construction. Various success stories including Mrs Morgan, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Shieppy, Mrs Ayer, Lena the Hungarian cobbler assistant, and Kentucky oil magnate Mrs May Rafael. The article celebrates independent women achieving wealth and leadership across industries.
A Chicago university professor proposes exam questions to test character alongside intellect. He asks candidates if they love a fit child, can meet the gaze of a honest person, if a lonely dog would follow them, if they see beauty in simple things, and if they can eat sunshine in a muddy pot. The quiz aims to judge heart over mind in degree candidates.
A schoolgirl bursts in and scolds her mother that she and others will never speak to Hates again. She explains she copied samples from a classmate and every one of them was wrong, a moment of frustration over copied work.
An article extols turning old gloves stockings ties cigar boxes and neckwear into unique Christmas gifts. Readers are guided to cut sew embroider and repurpose items into pinch cushions pillow covers footstools and decorative boxes, with playful notes on frugality and creativity. Jane Moses, Children’s Hands.
Fragmented column notes say Princess Marie of Luxburg is an 11 year old heiress being raised Catholic by her mother while her Protestant father has died. Mentions Rev Emma Nutter in Atlantic City and college founders shifting toward western institutions. References Daughters of the American Revolution aiding Jamestown exposition and two Rhode Island senator’s daughters opening cooperative factories for women in Providence and Georgetown. Mentions a London report about Christmas fashions, theater makeup, and a Kentucky woman operator striking, plus Miss Velma Swanston Howard in New York and Maxim Gorky’s Russian correspondence. Also notes Helen Could winning a prize at Liege for public philanthropy.
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