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American Women Called Too Busy
An English visitor, Thomas Wecil Skeffington-Lodge, tells the press American women are charming but wear too much makeup and are bossier than British women. He notes in Britain the husband is the head. in America the wife rules the roost. Skeffington-Lodge, from Bedford, England, is a member of Parliament. He also mentions sun spots and conical tornadoes said to be 20,000 miles high.
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