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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
7
Catherine Talbot reports on Parisian fashion for midsummer: bathing suits, empire scarves, and hats with long tulle veils. Striped linens and black white gowns dominate, with emphasis on flattering silhouettes, color, and coordinated hat ensembles. The piece notes the social chatter around summer costumes and recommends tasteful accessorizing.
Marie Corelli laments the sorrows of woman since Eden while praising Eve as the perfect figure in creation. She critiques male arrogance, highlights women’s trials in love and art, and argues for female influence in politics and society, ending with notes on Patti and a carrot pie recipe.
The article compiles social notes on women in India and America, noting a minister’s remark about heaven for old maids, the mahara jah’s attentiveness, and Miss Margery Hell’s 204 ft 4 in baseball throw. It cites a cat’s divorce joke, advice on children’s meals, and philanthropy funding a home for indigent widows. Grace Hawthorne opens a Paris school for bilingual acting, while a dressmaking machine promises exact skit-length garments.
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