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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1897
Page
2
Annie Laurie Woods surveys festive boating fashion aboard for the Fourth of July. Yachting gowns in blue and white dominate, with navy serge outfits, pink pique accents, and white serge blouses. Accessories include yachting caps, patent oxford ties, elbow gloves, and clever belt-skirting fixes.
In Rome's art world a pretty young woman copyist moves among the Vatican Borghese Barberini halls, appearing endlessly in galleries without ever painting. Her work remains unfinished as she talks of prices, while others wonder if she profits from photographs or chicanery in a strange art market.
A columnist advises young women to gain favor with elderly veranda watchers at summer hotels through simple attentive acts. By showing consideration, they avoid interfering with their plans and earn indulgence and less adult disapproval for playful outings, rewarding their efforts by summer's end.
Folding wicker baskets with French design offer light lunch transport without dishes. They fold compactly for easy storage and travel. Large models include compartments for dishes sandwiches and cakes and can be carried flat in a trunk.
Miss Gertrude Longbottom, formerly among the Wranglers in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos, has been granted a one year fellowship in mathematics at Bryn Mawr College. The award covers a value of Sve hundred.
The article notes a trend of bicycle friendly church events like Sunday school picnics and Epworth and Christian Endeavor social gatherings. It describes routes, leadership by a captain and lieutenant, a color bearer, nurses for bikes, and practical bike logistics for al fresco meals and travel.
Physicians warn of elevator sickness a modern ailment tied to rapid lifts. They note brain fever and nervous disorders rising with more elevators and frequent rides. Repeated short descents cause dizziness headaches and possible nerve trouble for regular riders.
A thrifty New Jersey summer boarding-house keeper built a wall of green mosquito netting inside his house. Netting is tacked from post to post, stretched canopy like across the top, and a netting portiere covers the entrance. Breezes flow in while insects stay out with reasonable care.
A new typewriter writes whole words at a time rather than letters. It aims to speed original dictation as a replacement for stenography but may worsen spelling since it types phonetically. The invention appears to threaten traditional spelling norms for reporters and typists.
The article notes a decline in Number 8s and an uptick in larger hosiery sizes. Boston and New York dry goods houses report scarce No 8s and salesmen often offer eight and a half in the smallest size, signaling shifting foot fashion among American girls.
The article explains how common house flies have large bulging eyes that allow them to detect threats from all directions. It notes that flies react by flitting away when approached from behind, comparing their vision to the legendary Argus.
The summer cottage lacks mantel pieces and shelves for antique china. A family member could craft a substitute to avoid buying a glass-front china cabinet. Commodore Perry platters and New England blue pitchers tempt purchases at summer resorts where fashionable women spend.
The article notes many shirts waists are made of gingham this year. Ten cent a yard fabric yields three and a half yards as ample for one waist. Embroidery costs about two yards for a pretty waist, totaling around fifty five cents. Gingham avoids need for a corset cover underneath.
A sponge vendor urges readers to buy multiple sponges and soak one in cold water to suspend from the ceiling. The damp sponge is said to cool and moisten a room, offering an effective remedy for hot days.
Instructions describe building a corner wall shelf unit from pine boards thirty by sixteen inches at the top and five eighths inch thick. It details cutting two wall plates, three shelves including a quarter circle edge, fastening with screws, painting, and optional brass rods for drapery and hooks for cups, aiming to display books bric a brac and antique plates securely.
The corner cabinet design offers an artistic effect and pleasing manner. It can be built to fit the corner size with any number of shelves and proportions adjustable for special purposes as required. J. Harry Adamb.
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