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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1901
Page
22
A period piece outlines creating a cozy winter bedroom with warm colors, pine wood finishes, blue velvet carpet, and white fur rugs. It stresses soft lighting, simple white muslin curtains, and coordinated drapes to form a calm, luxurious retreat with a bay window, net and silk curtains, and carefully chosen wall and carpet tones.
A vintage interior feature describes a chintz draped bedroom with pink rose walls, a cream ground, and mahogany furniture, plus a blue and green Robin's Egg room. It offers color guidance for north and city homes, fabric costs, and styling tips for iron beds.
The text argues that outdoor sport clothing should not influence formal wear and condemns vulgar fashion. It claims refined people avoid sport flavored attire and praises a stage where dress excludes sporting associations as society moves forward.
The text notes that formal occasions are central to social life and highlights a formal dress code. Silk hats, Chesterfield overcoats, frock, and cutaway coats dominate, with businessmen wearing high hats with Chesterfields and cutaways all day. It observes tension between traditional attire and the practical dignity required in large corporate banking and professional settings.
In Pendleton a renowned hunter praises Rocket, a liver and white Setter of Lewellyn lines, for retrieving a bird and catching a fleeing horse. Rocket crosses a barnyard fence, pounces the led horse, and guides it back to the farmer, then returns to fetch the bird for his owner, the lone hunter.
Excerpted reflections mix Dickensian Christmas scenes with warmth and social conscience. The narrator recalls greetings, family scenes, and the true spirit of the season amid bells, feasts, and humble kindness, emphasizing harmony and humane hope.
In a Christmas scene, Trotty is urged to share a feast while Mr. Tetterby describes a cook shop purchase including pease pudding and a roast leg of pork with crackling and gravy. The moment blends domestic warmth with a hint of social observation as the family gathers.
A Scotch collie named Bozzie, grandchild of the famed Boz, demonstrates true mind reading by bark counts to numeric prompts. Owner George B. Clason and others witness tests including arithmetic sequences, banknote denominations, and a slippers retrieval incident in Chicago. Bozzie is three, daughter of Flynn Crest and old Bozzie, with Boz noted as a renowned European dog.
In Macmillan's Magazine an essay argues that the flirt is a misunderstood artist of friendship. It cites Ruskin praising six sweethearts and defends women who seek affection while never promising more, countering harsh labels with the claim that sincere friendship is the sole aim.
A fragmentary note describes a porcelain growler that held a quart of beer and was carried home by an unnamed man. The text ends with an unfinished phrase about two low-browed foot halted bir, leaving the scene and context unclear.
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