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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1893
Page
5
A fragmented catalog shows markdowns on jackets long garments gossamers and plush sacques, with prices ranging from 1.98 to 123.00. Items include silk waists tea gowns and all wool suits and skirts among various markdowns and descriptions.
Reported to the City Registrar on January 23. In this city on January 18 Justice 7 Peace F. W. Hager presiding Llewellyn W Brown to Catherine agon. January 19 by Reverend G. Con verse Benjamin J Holmes and Elizabeth Bell.
Obituary column lists multiple deaths in Massachusetts communities from Jan 20 to Jan 23 including Armstead Babcock Bailey Brooks Dame Drake Folsom Godfrey Hull Magee Monroe Nash Page Parker Pratt Smith Taylor Whitcomb with ages from 36 to 82. Burial and residence details appear for several entries.
A high Mass for the repose of the souls of Lafayette S. and A. Club members will be held at St Mary's Church on Endicott Street Wednesday at 7 o'clock. Members and friends of the deceased are invited to attend per order, Committee.
A fashionable audience witnessed Good-Bye enter its second week at the Museum with rising patronage. Faithful James opens the bill as curtain raiser and the double bill continues until further notice. Park Theatre closes tonight for Mrs Hoyt funeral. exchanges or refunds offered. Wonders of America matinees and Urania spectacles at Tremont wrap up soon. Babes in the Wood marks ninety consecutive Boston Theatre performances. A Country Circus to follow.
The Post invites readers to submit the best recipe for keeping a husband at home. Prizes include a gold eagle for entries under 100 words. Send to Husband Competition The Post Boston, on one side of the paper, earliest if tied.
The Columbia Theatre offered Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan in its first American production with a strong company. Wilde's dialog and dramatic climaxes received praise, especially Miss May Brookyn and Miss Julia Arthur in key roles. The cast included Palmer, Barrymore, Bell, Holland, and Bowers, with a fashionable, critical audience noting the performance as a season highlight.
A letter advises wives to keep homes neat and attractive, greet husbands with a kiss, serve meals on time, and occasionally try new dishes or crafts while staying economical. It urges cheerful attitudes and affectionate farewells to ensure happiness and longing to return home.
A fragment advises wives to cultivate love and discipline, then to obtain divorce papers from Bromfield Street and serve them at saloons and gambling dens. If the husband returns late, take his key and clothes or remove him for years, so he stays home. A Boy of 16 Years. 16 East Windsor Street.
Let the husband always find you cheerful, try to take an interest in whatever he likes, talk to him, let him read the Boston Post to you, exchange ideas, and seek the key to household happiness. Learn that a woman's happiest kingdom is home and her highest honor the art of ruling it as a wise wife and mother.
A house guidance letter urges maintaining a clean neat cheerful home for the husband. It advises prompt meals pleasant welcome, kindness over scolding, and praise for good acts to encourage his return home. Julia Knapp, 45 Milford Street, Boston, signs the advice.
A compact classified note advertising G. A. & Co at 88 Sheridan street Jamaica Plain offering a product to “buy him a Post” and tie him to it, implying a humorous or promotional line about domestic life. The ad reads as a lighthearted home remedies or household gadget tease from a local Jamaica Plain business.
Advice urges women to keep home inviting and cheerful to encourage a husband to stay. Tips include neat house, tempting supper, warm fires, pleasant conversation, asking about his day, and rubbing his head for headaches. Read or play a game if he wishes.
A short verse urges unwavering support and trust in a noble partner. The speaker counsels confidence, avoiding jealousy and hindrance, and taking pleasure in his happiness. The lines emphasize steadfast assistance and loyalty.
An anonymous note from Somerville urges trust in his efforts and warns against pressuring him to remain home every evening, reflecting community concern about his routines. The message stresses supporting him without demanding constant presence.
The article extols cultivating healthful habits and diet to avoid constant change. It links health to noble thoughts and to the strengthening of confidence and love between spouses, fostering desire for each other’s company. W. Cambridge. ars
A short exhortation urges doing one's duty at home as one does at work. It advises learning a superior's preferences, acting accordingly, and proceeding without complaint when others depart, claiming personal success by steadfast effort.
Marriage advice urging wives to welcome husbands with an orderly home, pleasant appearance, and thoughtful routines. Encourages showing interest, offering advice, and creating domestic charm to keep a husband from outside attractions. From E. E.., Egleston Square.
Francis Wilson made his first Boston appearance in two years at the Globe Theatre last evening and was greeted by a wildly applauding audience.
The new operetta The Lion Tamer fills the house five deep in the foyer and receives praise for its plot, sparkling staging, and Wilson's entertaining performance. Cecile Kissing Angeline and cast members charm audiences, while scenic changes from cathedral moonlight to city square delight spectators. Hoyt's A Temperance Town continues at the Park into its eighth week, with strong audience draw and extended run.
Dr Frank Carver presents The Scout blending Wild West show and comedy drama at the Howard Athenium. The production features realistic action, Indian and cowboy characters, dramatic river and bridge scenes, and Lena Salinger as the heroine. Strong support from D R Berkley, FE Sowertill, Empire Quartet, and skilled horses enhances the lively performance.
The modern Niobe returns to the Tremont in Boston drawing old and new friends. George R. Edeson directs the comedy with a capable cast led by Beatin Isabella Coe as Niobe and Cornelius Griffin played by Charles Coote. Marion Stevenson Ruth Hamilton Minnie Monk and others provide strong support.
The Park Theater hosted souvenir night for Hoyt's A Temperance Town with 50 performances since its debut. Manager J A Crabtree and Hoyt & Thomas presented each coupon holder with a keepsake as the crowd packed the house. Demand was high with many attendees left outside due to full seating and the show drew wide notice for its latest Shlerry of New York creation.
A large audience last evening saw Charles H. Yale's Devil's Auction staged by a competent company with Mai Estelle as Carlos and Jean Mawson as Madeline. The production featured fine dancing, spectacular scenery, and a grand Oriental ballet, with a week only run and matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Austin's Palace Theatre also drew big crowds for the program led by George Milbank including The Judge The Soubrette and the Jury and The Miser and the Bells plus a notable ballet and several specialty acts from a long list of performers.
Mr. Crane continues his engagement with The Senator at Hollis Street Theatre last night entering week three. The cast remains similar to last year except for T. D. Fawley missing as Lieutenant Schuyler. Miss Hattie Russell remains vivacious and Anne O Neil charms as Mabel. The Senator plays again this week before John Drew performs The Masked Ball.
The Lyceum Theatre presents a circus style show with tumbling, horizontal bar and trapeze feats, jugglery, foot and hand balancing, and a noted dot and goat act. Specialists include M Lovneberg family, Keating, Gardner, Genfield, Mason, Titus, Ray Wilson, Nankeville, and minstrel tenor. Performances run continuously from noon to 10 30 PM.
One of the season s best bills drew a large crowd at the Grand Museum corner of Dover and Washington streets yesterday. A five act drama Checkered Life, a strong dramatic company led by Edith Crolius and actors including W A Langan and J McElroy, plus a vaudeville bill and a one act farce, formed the program. The drama featured Mackie and Lillian Kennedy in She Couldn t Marry Three with Kennedy portraying Buss the fisher maiden and delivering realistic character work that recalled her Vermont roots. Supporting turn by John J Kennedy as Bob Bacus and Davenport Bebus as a fisherman drew laughs. George W Barbier played the villain with polish, while Miss Mate Stevens and others filled key roles in a lively, crowd-pleasing evening despite minor plot exaggerations.
An adjourned meeting of Harvard College board of overseers will be held at No 5 State street Boston on Wednesday January 25 at 11 o’clock a m. The meeting will consider free or open scholarships. Secretary Alexander McKenzie Cambridge January 18 1893.
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