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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
4
The article notes Fijians eagerly treat visitors with extreme deference. Guests who stumble are quickly followed by others prostrating themselves to share the misfortune. Locals volunteer to entertain and supply for feasts. Rulers may command resources for guest comfort and reward loyal subjects.
In New York hundreds honor departed pets by taxidermy rather than burial. Taxidermists perform annual pet preservations, mounting cats dogs and birds as cherished keepsakes. The practice provides steady seasonal work for those in the trade, with canaries often mounted perched on a branch.
The passage notes how the same grasses and artificial ornaments remain in fashion, still protected by a grass bell and valued just as highly as in past generations.
Lytton Strachey extols Racine as more than a stiff antiquity. He argues that hearing Racine’s voice reveals intense beauty and depth, enlarging art’s boundaries and offering new happiness. He invites gratitude and sharing these discoveries with others.
A food expert warns the public against the Ben Davis apple calling it flavorless and has poor keeping quality. He claims it looks like an apple but is tasteless and good only to look at, a deceptive vegetable noted as Nature's joke from the New York Daily News.
Some English meteorologists argue that more daylight may reduce efficiency rather than boost it. They note people feel and perform better in winter when daylight is scarce and the sun is dim.
Notice to taxpayers. City taxes for the year 1922 are due and payable. Please call at the city hall to make settlement. J. H. Duggan, City Clerk.
The Marshal Islands natives are described as modernized by missionaries with schools and a wireless station on Wotje under Japanese possession. Yet the men reportedly shun work, leaving tasks to women, and the chief dictates from a floor-typewriter setup. The piece also notes Indian botanist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose's claim that plants have heart and pulse like animals, with water transport and a nervous response observed in trees.
Three unfurnished rooms available with water lights sewerage and bath. Convenient location. For information call at the Bakery or view rooms at 121 Morris Street.
Anna Steele Richardson argues in McCall's that Christmas sparks a rush to marriage as men seek a home and wife while women, especially over thirty, worry about pursuing. The piece contrasts Victorian norms with modern hopes for marriage and the perks of being married.
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