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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1893
Page
5
The Post invites letters under 100 words with the best recipe for keeping a husband at home evenings. Write on one side of paper and send to Husband Competition The Post Boston. Early entries win precedence for equal merit.
A brief quotation urges practicing all virtues that define the ideal wife. It argues that if these fail to keep a husband at home in the evenings, he cannot be considered a true husband according to J. McG. Worcester.
A Chelsea woman Mas. F. L. G. asserts that a wife should stay home when her husband returns from work. She describes preparing meals, greeting him with a kiss, and ensuring he feels welcome, noting he travels or goes out as he pleases.
In a RoslIndale letter, Mrs Reasonable argues against treating women as dolls and demands men share duties. She says men must marry for love, face life’s stern realities, and that intelligence is essential to run a home as well as business.
A directive urges meeting at the door with affectionate hospitality then reading the Boston Post as a family cue. If the husband leaves home, the author proposes tying him up with the dog in the yard to keep him in.
A brief note from E. G. Dorchester discusses a single, spartan method to keep a husband at home by fostering the belief that another male visits in the evenings. The piece pokes fun at ethical considerations and suggests the effect irritates him to avoid going out, even in the day.
The guidance urges women to maintain the same behavior after marriage as before, strengthen home appeal, invite a husband’s preferred companions, and accompany him on evening visits to keep him content and agreeable. The note attributed to F. H. East Boston offers a domestic morale remark.
Miss Elien Terry debuts as author with Stray Memories this autumn. Miss Zella Nuttall, a San Francisco anthropologist, works in American anthropology and travels to Dresden, Germany. Madam Van Norman of New York City is elected vice president of the National Institute promoting women’s higher education. Miss M. C. Taylor of New Orleans is named Louisiana state librarian by Secretary T. S. Adams. Miss Mary E. Wilkins, a slender modest writer, often writes in a schoolgirl hand. Women dominate retail in England, Germany and France and lead classes in second-tier schools. Lady Burton, widow of Sir Richard Burton, writes a life of her husband.
A writer claims no fine vocalists exist in meat-eating societies arguing fish and flesh diets dull singing. He cites Italians in Naples and Genoa, Norwegians, Swedes, Irish rural and urban groups, plus English and Scots peasants. He notes grain-eating birds sing while carnivorous birds croak, suggesting diet affects voice.
At a Wednesday meeting, Mrs. Ruffin was elected president and Miss Emma L. Baldwin secretary pro tem of a new Boston branch of the National Colored Women's League. The group unanimously adopted resolutions denouncing a Memphis newspaper’s slander of Miss Ida B. Wells and affirming Wells's purity of purpose. Wells lectured at Wesleyan Hall on “Sufferings of the Colored People of the South” to a large audience.
The Women's Legal Education Society led by Mrs. L Weber has permanently endowed the chair at the University of the City of New York ensuring ongoing law lectures to women. This season's lecturer is Isaac Franklin Russell LL M D CL with the opening talk on Monday November 14. The course runs both afternoon and evening on three days per week.
A Boston girl contrasts a humble hash with a fancy dinner. She fears arriving late to vermicelli lessons, while a companion praises the hash as ideally exquisite. The remark echoes a scene of refinement meeting everyday fare in a playful exchange.
John Drew leads Clyde Fitch's new comedy in an Irish themed production touring Boston. The fifth act presents an imagined independent Ireland and the voyage scenes span Ireland, a mid Atlantic steamer, Castle Garden New York and Congress Washington. Over fifty on stage with Grace Atwell in a strong cast. Includes Wonders of America spectacle and Tremont box office note.
Boston audiences await John Drew in The Masked Ball at Hollis Street Theatre with Frohman producing. The piece follows Blondet and Poulard through comic confusions at a Nice encounter, ending with reunions as schemes unravel and love wins.
A hard boned corset may not fit over a new corset, as the waist size changes with wear. Long, medium, and short corsets exist to fit all figures. A long corset does not elongate a short waist and can cause discomfort and a less graceful gown.
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