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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
6
The New York Sun notes fat is a serious concern for women, linking excess weight to health risks and social constraint. It contrasts grace in men who can adapt clothing with women who must fit fashion, recalling a bygone dowager stereotype of rotund homemakers beloved by children.
Jack Wallingford, famed as a conquering charmer, pursues Mary Holly at a resort where he courts with effortless ease. After witty banter and rapid courtship, Mary proposes marriage and, in a twist, reveals Tanner’s prank as she declares she will wed Wallingford, proving the conqueror’s power.
A historical note recalls forks entering use in 1574 at a French royal dinner. Guests avoided finger food, using forks for salads artichokes and beans, then washing hands with a basin and water. The tale appears in Ladies' Home Journal via The Sun.
Brazil hosts a vast snake garden at Batantan near Sao Paulo, a 600 acre facility divided into three departments. Two departments house cobras crotalids and bathrops, highly venomous snakes, while the third contains nonpoisonous species. The garden aims to study snake biology and harvest serum for bites across Brazil.
In a brief dialogue at Karigaturen Christiania, Hilda is scolded for wiping plates with a handkerchief. Mistress Mercy instructs that such cleaning is improper while noting the plate is merely dirty. The exchange reveals social norms and etiquette in asides.
A note on funeral arrangements accompanies a brief explanation of presidential succession. It states that if both president and vice president die, cabinet members follow in the line of succession. The source cites Boys' Life as the origin.
Explorers recount John Bartlett a pioneer trader who settled in Alaska with an Eskimo wife. Four children learned their mother tongue while Bartlett spoke little. He could not teach them to speak his language and later confessed the heartbreak in front of travelers. They “can't speak my language, and I can't speak theirs.”
A promotional poem urges readers to read ads for goods from lemonade to garden seed. It playfully notes you need not beg to obtain items like a railroad ride raincoat bride camel hide coat or a fattened porker. It hints ads offer recompense regardless of wisdom.
In a speech praising hard daily toil, the speaker condemns those seeking an easy path, arguing misery awaits the idle. He extols workers who endure blistered hands and tight budgets, insisting toil sharpens minds and steadies conscience, and calls for men weathered by hardship.
An Albany News editorial declares that men who have never toiled in labor cannot be fit lawmakers or judges. It argues that doctors must endure fatigue and disease to diagnose and heal, that artists need toil to carve beauty, and that a mind unburdened by sorrow or finance becomes a garret for rubbish. It warns that the slogan I won't work will ruin civilization if not checked.
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