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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
3
A nostalgic verse recalling a grandmother teaching a grandchild, memories of childhood joys, a gray mare, and a county turnpike. The speaker longs to relive past affection, schoolyard scenes, and the love that shaped youth, ending with a vision of riding to school with grandma. Robert Mackay in Success.
A reflective piece argues against viewing the wedding ring as bondage, praising it as an emblem of loyal love and mutual endowment. It contends modern life devalues sentiment, urges preservation of sacred tokens, and cites the ring’s enduring significance amid changing times, reflecting on fiction’s influence on women and societal norms.
The essay muses on why women crave fresh fiction, seeking romance or new history alike. It riffs that if Carnegie barred under threes, women would resist such limits, insisting on the latest books to escape daily domestic trials and to gain emotional relief.
A Victorian style primer urges sisters of all ages to balance affection with duty. It counsels little sisters to value brothers alongside dolls, warns big sisters against harshness, and asks grown sisters to avoid envy when brothers have sweethearts. It also covers plain girls, dusting, darning, and patient, sincere musical effort.
Advice from the Era notes hanging window gardens transform urban spaces. Build shallow wooden boxes, line with charcoal, fill with a soil mix, and sow seeds. Ivy scarlet termium Carnaee and nasturtiums thrive. sweet peas can climb window frames. The piece blends home horticulture with literary reflections on flukes and virtue.
Practical advice urges proper carpet care not concealment. Use a soft bed of newspapers to protect fibers, renew sheets after lifting, and hire professional cleaners yearly to avoid damage. Avoid harsh brushes. sweep with a clothes brush following the nap to prevent nap loss and track stains daily.
The New York Sun questions a quotation of universal acceptance from a woman's lips. It cites Madame Roland's liberty cry and asks what the matter is with urging that liberty can be used to justify crimes.
Eva Marie Humbert, daughter of the con artists who amassed 12 million dollars in a grand Paris scheme, lived in luxury with 6000 a month pin money and unaware of the crime. Parisians await the next moves of the young beauty as the tale of the colossal swindle unfolds.
A 1910s guidance piece advises avoiding foods stored cold when fresh options exist, notes frozen meats and fish lose firmness, warns on smelts labeling, and suggests ways to store celery, saltwater boiling tips, and balancing saltiness with brown sugar. It emphasizes freshness, proper storage, and practical kitchen tricks from the Woman’s Nome Companion.
The article surveys outerwear preferences across social classes, noting rich women favor cloth jackets for morning wear and short silk coats for afternoon use while evening gowns remain highly styled. It highlights cleanliness, restrained promenade attire, and the distinction between merely well dressed and expensively dressed.
The article discusses smart wardrobe choices for spring relying on durable pieces. It contrasts a covert cloth jacket and a silk short coat with travel and evening wear needs, advising against using one wrap for all occasions and endorsing occasion appropriate attire aligned with English fashion ideas.
Vogue notes small societies and clubs seek economy in luncheons. Guests contribute five cents, hostesses pledge frugality, and every menu item is priced for charity. Sample menu totals two dollars and twenty three cents for a modest meal.
The piece urges cultivating contentment and obedience in children. It contrasts whining for more with a child learning to be content with toys, and stresses teaching science and conscience rather than fear. It advises mothers to foster honor and respect so obedience endures even when not watched.
The piece mocks current fashion trends, arguing that tiny, impractical undergarments and strict attire undermine health and manners. It suggests that clothing alone cannot improve status without accompanying self-control and proper conduct, reflecting era's social pressures on appearance.
In a London Tatler piece, the author recalls past street etiquette where men hid smoking from women. He notes a recent change at a hospitable house near Berkeley Square where a large luncheon party includes only the hostess and her daughter as smokers, who preface their cigarettes with the phrase If you gentlemen dont mind.
A London Spectator note discusses artillery impact noting that newer explosives like lyddite and faster guns revived belief in material power, but rifles gain in reputation. It argues lyddite harms earthworks on soft ground and questions sensational tales of proximity blasts, separating myth from fact in military judgment.
United States Consul Aymes of Guadeloupe earns praise for his energetic relief work in Martinique efforts. He has been among the most favored members of the relief expedition.
Houl Sartout endured confinement in an underground prison as Martinique faced the volcanic disaster. If Sartout had not broken laws he might have died in St. Pierre’s cataclysm, yet his punishment became his salvation as he survived the hurricane of fire.
A boy about six or seven years old, a regular Sunday school attendee, asks his mother if God made the rhinoceros during a circus parade. She confirms, and he declares he will not attend Sunday school anymore. The anecdote appears in the Baltimore Sun.
A Milwaukee collector presents an 1845 Madison territorial issue of the express. The four page No. 5 Vol. 6 issue lists Whig convention delegates for Milwaukee and Iowa counties and includes long legal ads. The verso laments politics with Col. Collins urged for Congress and critiques James G. Birney.
An 1845 notice from PRINK WALKER & CO and partners Davis & More advertises four horse stage coaches on daily Milwaukee to Galena routes via Madison Whitewater Janesville and more. Weekly departures include lineages to Chicago and Prairie du Chien with lodging at several hubs. Passengers may also reach Port Winnebago and Galena via connected lines. Coaches are described as Troy built and several firms listed.
Consul Langerman recalls how Muley Abdul Azziz of Tangier banned automobiles after a French gift car malfunctioned. The vehicle ran free, struck a rock and toppled, injuring the Sultan slightly. To prevent further danger the Sultan ordered the car smashed and forbade import or use of automobiles.
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