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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1893
Page
5
The Post invites readers to submit a one hundred word or fewer letter offering the best recipe for keeping a husband at home. Mail entries on one side of the page to Husband Competition, the Post, Boston, with earliest entries preferred when merit is equal.
A speaker recalls thirty nine years of marriage with a wife who has never spoken a harsh word. The verse narrates a young bride in a white dress seeking guidance as she sails life’s sea. A cautionary line, only one harsh word foretells danger, then a request for a chart to guide. Soirac.
A short note advising wives to welcome their husband home, share daily amusing events, and talk about the baby’s acts. It suggests entertaining him as before marriage, avoiding weariness, and aiming to make him happy, with a light tone on family contentment.
A column encourages fitting in with male peers by embracing humor games and camaraderie. It advises sharing drinks and stories, playing poker, and accepting losses without complaint while staying ready for socially sporty evenings. It frames manliness as relaxed sociability and hospitality.
Mrs. H. A. Baimey of West Swanzey New Hampshire seeks to secure seven pretty girls to spend one evening each week alternately in his home and arrange that he is to escort each home.
A domestic advice note from Mrs. W Harpine Chelsea urges wives to make mornings cheerful, serve meals well, greet husbands with joy, train children to welcome dad, and avoid nagging or dictating. Encourages him to enjoy outings and promises he will stay at home.
A dated home guidance note urges wives to make the house inviting and cheerful. It counsels smiling greetings, tidiness, and frugal living within a husband’s means, stressing confidence and catering to his preferences to discourage social outings. It ends with the line there is no place like home.
A brief domestic advice note suggests that harmony home life rests on a loving marriage where the wife is kind cheerful and indulgent The card signs off with Mrs L Van Elderen likely a social or household column snippet.
A domestic verse urges wives to keep husbands content by cooking supper, warming slippers, and offering a welcoming home. It warns against singing or painting the future too brightly, and against allowing him to stumble into wandering after being denied simple comforts. The poem extols a loving spirit and supportive partnership.
A Newburyport reader notes a husband who nightly read The Post for six evenings, using it as an excuse to stay with friends, and now prefers to keep the paper at home after tea. The letter, signed by Mrs. E. L. G., reflects on Sunday publication and domestic routine.
A fragment urges near perfection of a woman as key to a happy home. Attributed to Dr Jiwaica in Jiwaica Plain, the text proclaims there is no home without a woman and that home life attracts a man in his right mind.
The article profiles Mme Marie Goegg of Geneva, calling her the Lucy Stone of Europe. It chronicles her 27 years of women’s work since 1866 with Le Journal Des Dames, founding and leading the International Peace League involvement, and her role in Les Etats-Unis d' Europe. It notes her gold medal at Paris 1889 and contrasts her modest, refined home and dress with her bold, international activism.
A Chicago Inter-Ocean item reports a millionaire’s poker exploits in hotel rooms with guests. His wife, seeking him to dinner, sent a package containing new cards and a taunting note, hinting at a altered game. He answers by mentioning familiar backs and the prior schemes.
Mrs Increase Sumner of Starke Bradford County Florida reports growing tea in her garden. She harvests three crops a year and cuts the bushes every three to four years, contrasting with China where plants are pruned about every seven years.
An old method proposes burning ground coffee on a shovel to fill a sick room with a pungent aroma. Two hot coals on a fire shovel, with three teaspoonfuls of coffee added in portions, allegedly creates hygienic air that helps prevent spreading epiccanic diseases. The aroma is said to be soothing, while many shop disinfectants are only deodorizers.
The upcoming state campaign centers on ending the cantankerous and usurping council’s authority. Citizens debate reform, governance, and the future structure of local leadership as the issue emerges.
The Tremont Theatre hosts Charles H. Hoy in a fresh triumph with encores as Boston theatregoers note the presence of many sedate lawmakers. Hoyt’s A Temperance Town returns for the fiftieth time at the Park Theatre with souvenir tickets promised. Hoyt, Thomas, and J A Crabtree plan a handsome Boston theatre souvenir for every ticket holder.
The Sea Serpent Club honored Hoyt in his own play A Texas Steer with a New Hampshire Legislature delegation presenting a diamond scarf pin. The Globe Theatre opens a season with Francis Wilson in The Juon Tamer while other venues showcase Lew Dockstader, Sam Devere, and future runs of The Senator and Hamlet. Nearby stars include Miss Merington, Elisabeth Marbury, and Jessica Storey departing Niobe at Tremont Theatre next week.
The piece Niobe features Hattie as a rebel and a long engagement, with Essie Storey now retired and married to the younger Paulton. Amelia Bingham stars in Meg Judson in the Power of Gold at the Grand Opera House, while Charles H Yale presents The New Devil's Auction at Bowdoin Square Theatre with a large cast and premier dancers from major European stages.
Paris dispatch notes Mlle de Luynes marries Duke d Ayen, joining two old families and prompting a yachting trip to Corsica. A playful essay compares a rose and a chrysanthemum as rivals, with Parisian society amid political unease, the Panama gossip, and public figures like Cornely discussed.
A Haverhill Gazette contemplation laments James P Frost’s suicide by overwork and questions the neglect of newspaper workers compared with clergy. It argues clergymen get Europe rest while reporters face ruin and are discarded after years of brain work and low pay.
In the Saturday Evening Gazette a note argues for deploying an ocean greyhound to Boston. The plan would cut transatlantic time, with a five day or shorter voyage to England, boosting speed between the two countries.
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