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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
6
Arthur Symons presents a New England girl whose Puritan conscience causes difficulty while studying arithmetic. She admits repeatedly failing mental arithmetic after miswriting the answer on her slate. A mother questions, and the tale frames how error and discipline shape learning in a colonial milieu.
Classroom activity describes a blindfold drawing contest with a director and players. It also explains an at home electrical demo using tinfoil wrapped around a lamp chimney, silk cloth, and a broom to create a spark and move tissue paper, noting humidity and dryness requirements.
A player, blindfolded with a handkerchief, is set before a chalkboard and asked to draw a hero. Each line provokes laughter from others, and one person laughs hardest when the handkerchief comes off and the drawing is revealed.
A historic note describes specially imported stationery for Uttly maidens to use for sending invitations. It mentions two styles: one with heavy white sheets adorned at the top in color and a small bag fencing motif, and another featuring two wee women in bloomers exercising with dumbbells and Indian clubs. A third notepaper bears a Hay Hammer Welle motif with a cavalier on a yacht, plus a harlequin elephant playing the trombone with an long trunk.
The monarch butterfly stands out among airborne creatures on a sunny June day. Its wings shimmer with gold and copper tones as it pursues light, while the male monarch displays a dandy flight on the wind. The creature carries a sachet bag with a strong perfume, attracting others nearby.
A game for two players uses two paper cornucopias with large openings. Each is threaded with a string stretched two feet between walls. Players blow across the room to move the cornucopia along the string in one strong blast to reach the opposite end first.
A classic coin illusion uses a wine glass coated with mucilage on its rim. The glass is inverted onto paper, cut away, and covered by a paper cone. A penny rests beside the glass. The cone is placed over the glass and the coin, then the cone is removed to reveal the coin seems to vanish, then replaced to make the coin reappear.
The article discusses frost cracking the earth and the powdering of rocks as water expands when freezing. It notes chalk soils hold more water, explaining road damage and erosion in cold weather. It contrasts the front’s work and a cryptic two-name hint seen in a mirror.
The article surveys trimming styles such as broad double folds and zigzag placements on skirts, with fabrics matched or contrasting in silk or velvet. It discusses eye color guiding dress choice, advising white for blondes and cream for brunettes, plus color pairings. Also mentioned is a Ping-Pong souvenir box novelty and fashion details like wide turnover collars on Russian blouses.
A graceful visiting gown features soft blue cloth with buff embroidered chiffon yoke and sleeves, appliqued front panel and belt extensions with graceful scrolls in Corticelli silk. The skirt has wide tucks and a tabber front showcased in an imported four division bias cut with up standing frills and rosette bows.
For Little Boys the season shows sailors and Russian blouses remaining popular for the small man. A noticeable tendency is toward more elaborate trimming than before, reflecting the broader fashion trend of elaboration. Some of the sailors
A jaunty garment described in black broadcloth with an exquisitely fine texture and white Corticelll ilk stitching. It features a long turn-down collar, white malre reyers, and varied trimming including Corticell stitching silk, perforated straps, peau de soie or ratin, moire, and braids.
A recipe outlines a fruit salad using bananas and pineapple in a citrus syrup and jelly garnish ideas. Separate fashion notes describe All White gowns with lace, embroidery, and ribbon bows, detailing pouffant effects and flounced skirts.
The two flounce skirts feature embroidered edge white muslin with two design styles. One shows the top frill just above the knee and a deeply training lower flounce. the other places the top frill about fifteen to sixteen inches above the lower. Plain muslin versions have the flounces laid in fine tucks within twenty inches of the bottom, bursting into frills. The longer top frill version is dainty and troufrou-like, usable for either pattern.
The latest fashion notes describe screw pleats that blend straight and horizontal stitching across the skirt front to knee level before dropping vertically into the back breadths. A June wedding idea features a flower girl’s arm basket woven from Porto Rican matting, lined with maidenhair fern and filled with dat tles.
Thomas J. Shryock grand master of Maryland Masons led 167 on the Cel Uc voyage to the Mediterranean. He presided at a lodge under Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem, was named honorary member of the Royal Solomon Mother lodge, and titled honorary grand master of the grand lodge of Egypt with Ah Idris Bey Raghel’s backing.
Statesmen led by Senator Depew and Senator Burrows create the Inferno club meeting daily at noon in a Washington restaurant. The group, born from Philippine bill debates, shares blood and thunder stories to liven the dull press coverage. Depew recounts a railroad ride with robbery murder suicide and a wreck.
Senator Depew, seen yesterday with Mrs. Depew in a sleek auto en route to the capitol, displayed wary grins amid near misses with streetcars. The veteran politician, an avid automobilist, pegs the omnibus claims bill as the automobile claims bill, quipping that only an ante diluvian would coin the other name.
A dialogue presents a man claiming wealth and experience as he pleads to become a husband. The woman notes his earned points, acknowledging his suitability as a father but clarifies she seeks a husband, not merely a guardian or provider.
A man seated with a false mustache asks his partner what she would say if he could never be hers. She counters with threatened leverage from his letters, implying she could ruin him financially. The scene ends with a reflection on leaving things to God.
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