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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
2
The writer muses on Christmas presents and urge to plan early, noting how both the rich and poor face many choices. She describes affordable gift ideas from painting sets to calendars, and reflects on busy social lives, spending versus saving, and the idea that happiness comes from purposeful time rather than waste.
A reflective piece imagines Christmas in a male mining camp where few women exist. It contrasts the hard work and loneliness of the miners with memories of motherhood and tenderness. The writer extols women’s quiet strength and gift of care, urging practical romance and considerate gifts as a meaningful Christmas present for every woman.
A writer laments the loneliness of men during Christmas in all male camps and praises women who run homes, aid crippled children, and support shelters. She urges kindness, noting mothers’ care and charitable acts lift spirits despite hardship.
A poem about a hungry child asking what Christmas will bring, juxtaposed with a cold night and a plea to Santa Claus. The verses describe snow and sleet surrounding a solitary figure on a stone, the child praying for mercy and warmth as winter tightens its grip.
The piece lauds women as the drivers of Christmas charity across homes hospitals and settlements. It honors college and city women, Jewish and Gentile, who fundraise, bake, and distribute baskets to the poor, referencing Emme Booth-Tucker as a model and noting Lillian Gray’s tribute after Booth-Tucker’s death.
Baroness von Oertzen Barber, president of the New York German Housewives Society, contrasts her work with intelligence offices and speaks on servants. She says most foreign servants, especially German, are industrious. trouble arises from harsh treatment, not the servant, and suggests treating maids as humans to avoid conflict.
A royal marriage scene leaves few strawberry-leaf wearers. Duke of Roxburghe wed Miss May Godet and the field of eligible bachelors narrows. The Marquis of Bute risks a Roman Catholic constraint, while Lords Hardwick Granard and Howard de Walden remain unwed and unengaged.
Miss Sniffy frets at ungrateful relatives while gifting a lavish ostrich cape to her niece Gwendolin. She lectures poor children on morality, funds a stained glass window memorial, and brushes off a request to help a singer with a private loan policy.
A Turkestan wedding engagement starts with a sulestan Hal payment to the girl's parents. If the girl jilts her lover, the engagement gift is returned unless the parents provide another daughter as substitute.
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