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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1903
Page
8
The piece surveys social attitudes toward women’s behavior and appearance, contrasting the cheerful, natural, self confident girl with the self conscious, popularity seeking type. It describes fashion notes, modest dress, and a preference for earnest sociability over posing. It includes anecdotes on small waists and streetcar mishaps, with emphasis on ease, good nature, and mutual reciprocity.
A German professor links mate choice to music tastes noting waltz lovers are frivolous while Wagner fans are egoistic Saint Saens readers intelligence. The Duchess of Albany’s cloak tale recalls a health lecture audience mishap as W S Peabody is named for a position.
A newspaper editor asks husbands why they wed and publishes their candid replies. Answers range from lack of experience and fear of breach of promise to finding companionship, luck, fate, money, and the desire for guidance. A perfume piece notes scent preferences among women.
Florence Hayward the American woman commissioner for the St Louis exposition faces British officials and merchants with bold wit and practical diplomacy. She built support for a united exhibit approach, argued against a separate women’s department, and helped attract international displays while promoting industrial progress and art work over gimmicks.
A clipped reading from a 19th century page asks what are the three quickest means of contact for women shoppers in a department store setting. The exchange mentions telegraph and telephone, with a light note on club life and social seclusion. The fragment hints at evolving communication norms and women buyers debating efficiency.
Ailing woman climbs stairs to encounter an Indy at the top. Inside a barroom she feigns distress for attention as a seasoned observer evaluates the performance and the audience reaction. The piece portrays women craving sympathy as a social ritual among some in the crowd.
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