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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
6
An evening costume supper invites guests to come in character and in grandmother era clothes. Candlelight enhances a simple table with bread, butter, apples, nuts and homemade candies. Menu features broiled oysters on toast chicken and sausage, corn bread, waffles with syrup, and lemonade.
Advice on choosing a fulfilling career: happiness comes from loving concrete work, not avoiding duty. A person who enjoys their task sits with purpose while a discontented worker shows fatigue. Seek work you love, perfect it, and beware idleness as the true danger.
A handmade art portfolio crafted from taut brown wrapping paper stitched along one edge with regular crossing stitches. It features a flap that fastens over the top, red water color paint decorates the surface, and a monogram appears on the front. The item is noted as inexpensive.
The article advises an economical bath using a basin of clear water with a tablespoonful of spirits and a quart of cool water. The body is sponged with this solution, using the water slowly to avoid chilling, producing a refreshing and restful effect.
Descriptive profile highlights Mrs. Hall Caine as a pretty, frail but capable wife who manages Greela castle on the Isle of Man and serves as secretary when husband, author of The Final City, travels, performing duties with equal skill.
The article argues that some women seek to exchange sharp outlines for softer curves through diet and lifestyle. It contrasts slender, anxious women with plump, relaxed peers and advises a diet rich in fruits milk cereals starches vegetables and moderate meat, with chocolate noted as fattening and nutritious.
The article urges reviving grandmother era crafts like crewel work to teach girls proper needle skills. It argues small projects keep busy hands productive, reveal latent talents, and keep interest by allowing personal designs and short, regular practice. It warns against exhausting beginners and destroying cherished dolls too soon.
A guide to decorative sewing tasks for girls with skilled hands. It covers making ribbons into shoulder straps and garters, hip draperies for slim figures, various neck finishes, and inexpensive blue linen table and sideboard covers edged with Irish peasant lace. The lace is described as beautiful yet heavy, best suited for household furnishing.
The article recalls Hans von Bulow’s fiery leadership at Hanover. A famous tenor struggled to sing as the conductor repeated bars. Bulow angrily quipped that a tenor is proverbially stupid. He then rebuked a fan in a box for fanning during an intermezzo, demanding she keep time.
In Harper's Weekly a club debating the order of perception, Todgers notes the Englishman hears a joke before he sees it, contrasting a professor's claim about sight outrunning sound. The tale ends with the professor's exit and Todgers provoking a laugh at modern cars.
A reader reports a cheap method to waterproof ordinary parlor matches by dipping in cooled melted paraffin. The coating scratches off and light quickly after immersion, and additional rubbing is needed to strike. The waxed matches resist moisture, useful for camping or canoe trips and unlikely to ignite from accidental drops.
In an uptown club a man jokes about naming children with a banker who chose a novel five year scheme ending with three boys named Tom Dick and Harry. The tale echoes the well known Tom Dick and Harry phrase from the New York Times.
A distressed youth cries “In vain in vain” as his hair falls and his countenance turns pale. The crowd pushes in as he finally blurts the reason for his anguish the letter V.
A London Sketch ponders the English hotel waiter, noting his dwindling race and regal bearing. The piece observes his ceremonial restraint and the rare grace with which he accepts a tip, likening him to a discrowned king.
The New Zealand Herald notes Auckland shows a notable shortage of women with far more men than women across the country. Many men remain without wives, reflecting a broader demographic imbalance.
A playful exchange from Tit-Bits shows a British boy musing on becoming prime minister while a youngster jokes about selling his chance for a shilling. The quip reflects light social satire on ambition and value.
The New York Tribune describes the shillalah as a sapling formed from root stock grown in Shillalagh County Wicklow. After harvest it is seasoned in a chimney, oiled, wrapped in brown paper, and buried in a hotbed to develop straightness. The owner monitors daily to prevent warp and ensure a perfectly straight piece.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat anecdote recounts a dinner misstep when a wife misidentifies hot Scotch as hot oatmeal. The guest Mr Dash questions the term, and the couple share a blush of embarrassment as the misunderstanding unfolds at the table.
The London Chronicle recalls how Cromwell tried to fund Charles II era expenses by selling Holbein's field of the Cloth of Gold. The buyer found Henry VIII's head cut from the Last Supper style masterwork. The thief confessed after the Restoration, returning the head to its original position, with the knife circle still visible.
An attendant marvels at rats found in cold storage rooms at freezing temperatures. He notes their comfort in dry, well lighted plumbing and aboard the ship Lutitania, comparing them to historic voyages. The rats roam and feed on meat frozen to rocklike hardness.
Fires in Japan are common and a national institution with a specialized vocabulary. The piece lists terms for incendiary and accidental fires and phrases describing origin, sharing, extinguishing effort, and condolence visits after a fire.
A Chinese doctor who caused a patient's death was fined ten loads of wheat as punishment. While transporting the grain, a man asked him to treat a sick relative. He agreed to come soon and suggested the man prepare his barn for cleaning in the meantime.
A clipped exchange from the Washington Herald quotes a remark on human convenience. The first line asserts nature serves mankind while a second praises practical devices like spectacles hooked on ears, highlighting a playful editorial tone.
A humorous exchange notes women and men heights. He claims five feet four for women and she retorts she is five feet nine. The dialogue playfully contrasts divine standard with personal stature.
A 1754 letter from Lady Coke to Mrs Eyre mocks modern vanity as women ditch traditional caps for hair and pink dress. It notes fashion shifts, French styles, and a Northumberland entertainment with an artificial goose and a landscape dessert. A light anecdote about a boy's pride in pants and a chicken yard scene follows.
A brief exchange from Ex change contrasts pursuit and possession. The speaker in a motor car says possession thrills but suspects police derive more amusement from his mischief.
Library of Congress records note two depositions on October and November 1908. Arthur P. Schmidt of Boston claims copyright in Choice Songs O Margery by F H Brackett and Salve Regina No 2 by Henshaw Dana, with Librarians Herbert Putnam and Thorvald Solberg signing. Renewal terms extend 14 years from November 3 or 15, 1908.
Class C XXe No. 193411 lists Arthur P Schmidt of Boston with Children’s Pleasures and Easy Compositions for pianoforte No. 4 Bat and Ball march by Muller Schmidt. claimed as proprietor, registered November 15, 1908. Also Class C XXe No. 193408 shows Librarian of Congress November 3, 1908, and Herbert Putnam November 23, 1908.
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