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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1902
Page
2
Kate Clyde surveys summer styles with Persian prints and feathered hats. She advises shoppers to buy soft muslins, dotted fabrics, and Persian reveries, highlighting colors, trims, and the Lent timing for dressmaking.
Photo notes describe a velvet gown with a fringed fichu by Chickering, Boston, highlighting wealthy society women and a famed actress. The piece laments costume demand exceeding supply, prompting greater activity among women workers and a social scene focused on merriment and contagious cheer.
A German society aids needy actresses by supplying costumes and securing engagements. By its second year branches have opened in Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Charlottenburg and Mannheim, with plans for a branch in every major city.
A survey of sixty as a life stage contrasts male and female experiences. The piece argues men aged sixty stay active and capable, while women over sixty face pressures of aging, striving to look young, and a largely unfulfilling social role, with midlife discomfort and artificial rites.
The queen of Noumbria known as Carmen Sylva loves outdoor writing. She supposedly crafts all her Mary works outside in a roofless yard, amid hedges of rose bushes. A birdcage, perfumed fountain, hammock, and mossy bank surround her, with a stone desk carved as a writing table.
A vintage style reflection extols laughter as a social good. It urges a hearty, hearty laugh that fills a house and lifts spirits, promising benefit to listeners and the wider community through merriment.
A London press strike against women journalists sparks debate over gender, pay, and ability. American editors and writers are cited among newcomers, while men resist competition and seek to curb women’s roles to niche outlets. Contemporary female editors and publications are highlighted as successful counterpoints.
A discussion on English women in journalism contrasts the London Times and Westminster Gazette. It highlights Mimy Flora Shaw and Max Eliot Mrs Anna M B Bills, praising their knowledge, editing skill, and influence. The piece notes gender barriers and the rise of women editors in English papers.
A historical note describes the St. Petersburg palace kitchen with black marble walls and gold pots once owned by Catherine. The head chef oversees about 270 staff as royal women across Europe take pride in culinary skill, from Victoria to Wilhelmina.
A satire on a tyrant husband as Mrs. Golfondo Goldfogie narrates her misery to women friends in a club. Fellow members urge divorce while she defends her spouse as a good provider and resists outside interference, defending domestic authority and personal autonomy.
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