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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1904
Page
2
The speaker laments a charity fair experience, describing debt and gifts spent, hypnotism of ticket sales, and a string of purchases and misadventures. She recalls selling chances, losing a dollar, and flirting less than ever before with many men, while questioning guidance from older women.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes a charity fair with ticket selling by eager sellers and a humorous wheel of fortune. The narrator recalls encounters with vendors, blessings in tickets, and a private autopilot of chances, ending with blurred reflections on the day’s missteps and memories.
Mrs Marcus A Hanna wife of the Senator and Republican committee leader is described as charming and decisive. A Cleveland native born Augusta Rhodes she shapes her husband's political career and oversees Washington society at a grand mansion. The piece also records a humorous dialogue about fortune telling and a bizarre Arctic hair-growth note.
The Japanese opera cloak, first shown by Bire at Vanderbilt society events, is now a centerpiece of New York fashion. Lavender silk, lavender embroidery with a royal dragon motif, and a plum satin lining complete the elegant cloak.
A travel essay extols genuine immersion in foreign life over hotel routine and comforts. It contrasts typical tourists with adventurers who study local customs, schools, churches, theaters, and everyday life. The piece then profiles Bessie Johnson, daughter of Tom L. Johnson, and her early stage promise at a New York dramatic school.
Explorers in the Arctic Circle die from cold but not from a cold. The article argues nasal catarrh is practically unknown there and asserts ordinary colds are caused by a specific microbe. The far north cold either kills people or prevents nasal infections.
A long standing royal wedding custom traces back to Queen Victoria. Sprigs of wisrue were used in bridal wreaths, evolving as royal brides from Victoria’s line wore cuttings from the family tree. The practice spread to Wales and across the royal family as marriages continued through the dynasty.
AlicH W Mortimer profiles Mrs Adna R Chaffee wife of General Adna Romanza Chaffee. She recounts their years of Army life from 1900 onward, the China Boxer episode, campaigns in Cuba and the Philippines, and their settled Washington home after his rise to major general.
An English newspaper notes Reading England hosts Gardening for Women, an agricultural school for women offering a full horticulture training expected to take at least two years to complete.
Julia Martone ranked among the stage’s most graceful women, its gait once awkward until training and long country walks built poise. Author Mrs. M. Landon Reed outlines correct posture, chest up shoulders natural arms at side, weight shifting to the balls of the feet, deep breaths for a lighter stride, to look youthful and confident.
An article fragment discusses an original crocheted stole and muff, detailing zephyr fabrics and decorative stitches. It then shifts to six week short courses for gardening training priced at £1 weekly, with two year hostel options, leading to Royal Horticultural Society or Oxford and Reading committee exams and posts as gardeners or teachers. It also offers pearls and walking posture tips by Mary Gould Lytle, emphasizing pearl protection, posture, and natural hand position while walking.
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