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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
2
Billy resents bread and butter and pleads for candy. A candy dream turns his kitchen and mother into sweets. He wakes relieved and decides bread and butter will do, savoring the real bite at last.
A humorous misphrased reader note claims a hem crossings road bike incident involves assault and battery. The line suggests a pun about fowl and a foul proceeding, implying a joke rather than a real legal action.
A discussion of neckwear trends notes the rise of the Byron collar and the Gibson collar, favoring unadorned lines and a comfortable, artistic look. low necklines reveal the ear-to-shoulder curve, with high collars suited to long necks and low collars flattering shorter necks.
A pretty bodice pattern for voile or light material with a tight fitting sateen lining fastened at the back. Trimmed with filet guipure in the material color bound with silk. Silk tucked strip runs from waist over shoulders, puffed sleeves gathered into a silk bound guipure band. Materials: 2 yards 46 in, 1 yard silk, 3% yards trimming, 1% yards sateen.
A new hat named the lamp shade arrives from Paris with a huge brim sloping over the head and a tall crown frill of lace. Another new style, the Botticelli hat, appears and its potential success is debated.
The American Register notes airy chiffon broadcloths in fresh colorings lighter than last year. One tone fabrics and woven satin or chevron stripe broadcloths are plentiful in the new season.
The article describes serge as the preferred material for school frocks with jumper styles and piping outlines. A dark blue serge dress features a plaited skirt and waist, wide armholes, and brick red braid trim. The yoke repeats the plaited motif and brick-red buttons fasten the dress.
Hand embroidery is not essential for color in a blouse yet a touch is desirable. Fine batiste embroideries with colored vines or dot patterns can trim sheer white fabric, paired with valenciennes or clung lace. White mull frills edged in color suit finer machine embroideries.
A mid season and theater fashion description details a huge plaited tulle toque, half as large as a great sailor hat with a mob crown and small box-plait brim. Black or colored satin wraps the crown, plus a single black gauze rose with gilt center. A framed handkerchief picture square, laundered and pressed, completes the wall piece.
A New York Times quotation describes a woman and her husband planning to save 500 dollars for travel back to England and buy a gypsy wagon. She praises the freedom, bunks and kitchen, comparing it favorably to houseboats and bungalows, citing nightly outdoor sleeping and starry skies as ideal living. Her artist friends also wander from place to place in such wagons.
Albert White reflects on ballooning and cloudscapes as safer than standing at great heights. The piece contrasts arctic icebergs’ beauty with skyward vistas, noting the lonely sensation of falling without a visible landing spot, yet emphasizes safety and the uncommon dizziness in ballooning.
A compilation of disparate events from 1920s crime and disaster reports. Pasquale Dercardi’s New York home wrecked by dynamite with Black Hand letters noted. Joseph Georgeopolis shot in Chicago by Jennie Dempsey. Typhoon deaths estimated at 500 in Luzon. Proclaimed poisonings in Schenectady leave three dead. Newark murder case with jury mercy. London suffragettes jailed. Slabtown post office aide charged with embezzling 2500.
Maud Ballington Booth, chief speaker at the New England Woman Suffrage Association annual meeting, argues women should have political power to protect the home. She asserts a woman’s home role remains central, but emphasizes capability to influence policy and improve family interests through suffrage.
The nation spends about 360 million dollars annually on illumination, averaging four dollars per person. Electricity accounts for 156 million, kerosene 133 million, gas 60 million, candles 11 million, and acetylene 6 million, with candles making a surprising comeback due to eye comfort and lower fire risk.
In a witty exchange from the Memoirs of the Earl of Nugent Lord Nugent praises M. as a fine actor. Goldsmith counters with a playful critique, labeling him Goose M for waddling like a goose bull frog and croaking, until he concedes only after listing several faults.
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