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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1903
Page
18
The article surveys summer wear with transparent wash waists and lace trimmed gowns. It highlights thin fabrics, white and black predominance, lace and embroidery details, yachting suits with practical lines, and new wash goods with ornate button trims and pearl buttons.
A New York Sun piece quotes a woman boarder describing how loneliness in boarding houses can rival rural farmhouse isolation. She notes women may endure dreary evenings alone unless social ties exist, preferring lively houses with conversation over meals even if food is poor.
A Washington artist recalls a Paris anecdote about a famed New York society matron who paid a fortune to a French painter to paint her portrait. The artist noted the painter enhanced features, resulting in a study that bore little resemblance to the sitter.
A brief poetic fragment notes Hope gathering fruit and making wine while Fate advances declaring ownership and drinking it. The verse evokes personified forces and a somber tone about control and destiny.
A magazine column contrasts college life with home life for recent graduates. It explores how restlessness and unmet ambitions can arise when skilled young women rejoin households, and offers practical guidance on homemaking and salad dressings including French dressing and mayonnaise.
A narrator contrasts the fussy woman who fusses over every slight inconvenience with the easygoing girl who does not mind. The piece then surveys doctors advice on hot cold and tepid baths for nervous women, plus a quirky look at a hobby called keroo using sealing wax to make decorative pieces and enamel like effects.
Filipino mothers use a baby walking contraption built into bamboo houses. A hollow bamboo socket holds a wooden crosspiece with a loop for the infant. When the baby leans, the crosspiece revolved guiding the child to walk. Mothers let the baby cry rather than interfere, turning daily life into a treadmill to walk the child.
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