New Year Resolve to Be Selfish and Build Your Life
A reader essay urges women to prioritize personal goals and self development in the new year. It argues for individual choice, pursuing one’s own talents, and not sacrificing authentic paths to please others. The piece stresses independence, resilience, and building character through self-reliance.
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Kate
Jane
Sarah
Ani Anproyer
Mra. A
Tealice
Chey
Boseijah
The Old Year Describes a Cold White World
Fragment from a poem reflects a withered year and pale scenes. Vivid imagery of red zones, halls, ivy and mistletoe frames a mood of loss. Lovers’ eyes meet in a winter night as bells and laughter fade into silence.
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Pais
New Year's resolutions lead to social chaos for Mrs Bumble
A040113 Woman clings to punctual promises while planning a refined New Year ritual. Her strict schedule clashes with guests and social deadlines, causing a cascade of missed events from a concert to a New Year’s reception. The episode ends with Mrs Bumble’s social embarrassment as timing slips away.
Growing Laddie and Nervous Children Care Guide
A period article discusses how to guide boys through childhood changes without ridiculing them. It stresses praise, quiet correction, and trust to support confident growth, and offers a diet plan for nervous children including meals, snacks, and balanced foods for better digestion and appetite.
Fragmented medical tip from Narcory column
The readable fragment advises caution in trusting unconventional advice from a wombat figure with many children. It notes not always needing a child at the moment and mentions other grief causes besides hunger. It describes two child cases put to bed after warmth and milk, plus linseed mustard plaster for stomach or feet aid.
Women In Music and the Rise of Female Musicians
A discussion of women as interpreters and composers in music noting figures like Mme Murchest and Miss Jain O. Bowersock. It highlights barriers, evolving roles, and examples such as Ethel Smyth, Emma Steiner, and Josephine Grove, with emphasis on health, education, and public recognition.
Mantilla Fashion Drama Captures New York’s High Society
The Maltese mantilla, a current fashion among New York’s Four Hundred, commands high prices. It is a revival noted for its luxury, with the showcased piece taking eight months to craft, signaling exclusivity and time-intensive workmanship.
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New York
Washington society girl nurtures violinist to national stages
Alys Howersck and Bowermock children shaped by Lawrence roots, with Jean Bowermock’s gift taking her from Lawrence to Chicago Conservatory and Washington as her father serves in Congress. Jean’s training spans Europe and studies under Schradteck, leading to public performances and a life in music. Mrs Ada Landon Hand heads the Landon ladies quartet, a prominent all female orchestra. The movement toward women instrumental groups expands from eastern cities to nationwide engagements, with Caroline B Nichols guiding a fifty member ensemble and a repertoire of six hundred pieces. The Buffalo World’s Exhibition notes this evolving scene as women become concert performers across the country.
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Mmt
Murchest
Paslerewski
Moe
Julia River King
Theodore
Thomas Orciestra
Anton Seid
Pauene
Linet
Camila Urso
O. Bowersock
Hion
J.D. Howersock
Oa Rats
Kansas
Mins Howerkock
National Capital
Washington
Chicago
Board of Regents
Koviets State University
Here
Iielf Imale
Alys
Howersck
Lawrence
Bowermock
Site University
Jean
Benne
Musical Conservatory of Chicago
Addie
Schradteck
Europe
Mra Ada Landon Hand
Geyera
Mra Hand
Landon
Mtre
Hand
United States
Caroline B. Nichols
Nichols
Ssachusstts
Atlantic
Pacific
Buffalo World
Leading Women Orchestrate Harmony in Wind and String
A prominent display featured an admirable orchestra of women, praised as a promising professional field for capable women of character and intelligence who can draw harmony from both string and wind instruments. Miriam Starbuck is highlighted.
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Miriam Starbuc
Artificial Flower Making Draws On Japanese French Skill
The article reports that French and especially Japanese craftspeople excel in artificial flower making. It notes painstaking fidelity to blossoms and even branches, with cotton or silk flowers that deceive critics. It suggests girls could pursue flower making as a profession, with silk velvet flowers fetching high prices and depots selling decorative blooms.
Leap Into Matrimony Advice To Young Women
An editorial urges caution in marriage stressing lifelong happiness at stake and advises knowing a man well before commitment. It notes men often rush to charm and young women are won by attentions, but true suitors decide after careful deliberation to avoid ruinous mistakes.
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Pete Wall
Setichnes
Myren
Celine
Ana
Leteure
Married Woman's Property in France
French women express broad dissatisfaction with national laws on property and wage control. A petition to the chambers urges reform to grant women authority over their own fortunes and earnings. Current practice ties dowry and joint fortunes to the husband, limiting a wife’s access to banks without consent.
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France
Macedonian Woman Soldier Katrina Arnautova
A 26 year old Macedonian woman named Katrina Arnautova serves as a soldier against the Turks. She wears a gray tunic and tar cap, carries arms, and notes five of her comrades fallen. One brother died in battle and another was exiled to Asia Minor. She states men treat her with respect and cleanliness is requested for her gear.
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Katrina Arnautova
Asia Minor
Turkish Ladies And Domestic Workers Unite In Holyoke
A period piece notes Turkish women smoking and prowling social life and questions immortal souls. It also reports the American Federation of Labor chartering a household employees union in Holyoke Mars with Mary Walsh as president. The union seeks eight hour day with afternoon evening and part of Sunday off, detailing wage scales for cooks chambermaids apprentices and rules on washing and ironing. Gail Laughlin urged making housework a trade.
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Household Employees’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Holyoke, Mars
Mary Walsh
Gail Laughlin
Japanese Sailors’ Friend Awarded Imperial Order in London
Miss Margaret McLean founded the Japanese Christian institute at Tilbury Dock to aid hundreds of sailors. The Japanese emperor has decorated her with the Imperial Order of the Crown, a rare honor shared by fewer than twenty Japanese ladies and Miwa McLean as the first European Indy to receive it.
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London
Margaret McLean
Japanine Christian Institute
Tilbury Dock
Miwa Mclean
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Coftie
Mrs. Bumble
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Tabitha
Women In Music
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Jean Bowersock
England
Ethel Smyth
Germany
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Josephine Gro
Kipling
Mandalay
China
Rowersock
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