Women of the era in public life and culture
A sweeping portrait of notable women in arts, education, journalism and public service. It highlights Mme Vinicent on Napoleonic matchmaking, Elizabeth Robins in London theatre, Octavia Williams Bates on dress reform, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi’s presidency, Mrs. Worley’s Indiana dairy leadership, and other female pioneers in voting, journalism, science and philanthropy, plus memorials and gifts shaping women’s institutions.
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Mme, Vinicent
Napoleon
Josephine
Trosseau
Selosens
Mme. Leschetizky
Paderewski
Europe
Arabella Ceeacare
Elizabeth Robins
Ibsen
Hedda Gabbler
Hilda Wangel
Octavia Williams Bates
Professional
Woman's League
Fenwick Miller
English Society of Journalists
London News
Women’s Medical College of London
London School Board
Frederick L. Ford
Mary Putnam Jacobi
New York Academy of Medicine
Laura D. Worley
Indiana
Indiana State Dairy Association
Worley
Farmers’ Reading Circle
Catherine Stearns
Boston
L. P. Hunt
Mankato
Minn
Bloomer
Council Bluffs, Jr
Lotta
St. Augustine
Helen Dinsmore
Katherine Perkins
Harvard College
Perkins Hall
Harvard
Eliot
Highgate
London
The Royal Lovers of Royal Worcester
A poem by MacGregor Jenkins describes a staged scene titled The Royal Lovers. A handsome young man and a demure maiden share a constant, peaceful courtship under a chandelier in a rosy bower. The speaker, in an easy chair, notes their uninterrupted affection and envies the couple for their china hearted happiness and long lasting bond.
The Daily Bath and Its Varied Temperatures
A Harper's Bazaar excerpt discusses daily bathing as a necessity and explores hot warm tepid and cold baths. It notes hot baths cleanse better cold plunges stimulate, but tepid immersion may relax too much. It advises a personal choice and a cold splash after a hot bath to prevent chills.
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Harper’s Bazar
Rich Middle Age Carpets Sparked Royal Splendor in Bazaars
A 19th century description recalls how medieval elites favored magnificent floor coverings. Carpets adorned pres ence chambers, altars, and princely homes with gold and silver threads, vivid colors, and dazzling sheen. The piece notes Baldak carpets as symbols of high style, likening them to artful poems when viewed in illuminated volumes.
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Harper’s Bazar
Two Hypocrites in a Letter Lament from Lovers
A verse fragment from the Somerville Journal presents a woman in a private room writing of longing for her beau and a man in his bachelor den reading the note and replying that he too longs for her. The scene contrasts domestic intimacy with solitary indulgence as both express missing each other.
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Somerville Journal
American Songs David Paine on National Music Origin
Cambridge historian David Paine discusses the origin of American music. He argues the United States lacks a truly national tune, noting Yankee Doodle lacks serious musical merit yet embodies American spirit. Paine cites God Save the King and Marseillaise as foreign models and names Dixie and Battle Hymn of the Republic as sectional or adapted works.
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David Paine
John Knowles Paine
Cambridge
South
Mr. Paine
France
England
America
Columbia
Tom Moore
Carey
John Brown
Forster
New York State
Dixie
Hewitt
Calhoun
Portland
Society
Avid Paine
Washington
Star Boeke
The Girl Graduate
A Harper's Bazar excerpt argues the modern girl faces many futures beyond traditional roles. It weighs marriage and motherhood against careers, praising perseverance and clear focus while criticizing overwhelming domestic duties. The piece underscores evolving choices for women at century end and the tension between breadwinning and homemaking.
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Harper’s Bazar
A Hint to Ye Goode Sainte Valentine Poem Fragment
A humorous verse mocks Cupid and Valentine customs, suggesting modern gifts like a bicycle or a revolver as better tokens, noting that times change and the old symbols miss their mark. The speaker parodies old traditions while imagining blunt, satirical replacements.
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Goode Sainte Valentine
New Books Review Highlights 1893 Titles
A survey of recent children's volumes and adult works with notices of Tales from The Faire Queen Sophia Maclehose Howells Howells and Gaskell and others The reviews praise merit in stories lectures and medical anecdotes and note the books' appeal to young readers and realism in prose fiction
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Spenser
Sophia M. Maclehose
New York
Macmillan& H. Boston
W. B. Clarke & C
William Alexander
D.D
Harper & Bros
Pike's Peak
Anna Fuller
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
W. D. Howells
Mr. Howells
Howells
Owens
Waverley
H. Gasseit
Alfred Barton
Macmillan & Co
W.B. Clarke & Co
Macmillan
School Library
Lamb
Shakspere
Walter Scott
Our Club. A Fun Social Group for Girls
A Harper's article describes a sixteen‑member girls club focused on fun over reform. Meetings run 2–5 pm at member homes with varied games, light refreshments, and inexpensive prizes. Members rotate hosting, spouses invited to dances, costs shared, and excitement over new games remains high.
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la Grippe
Harper's
Napkin means a sleepy family, says Johnny
In a classroom scene from Harper's Young People, a teacher explains spelling and the word napkin. Johnny quips that napkin means a sleepy family, mixing humor with the lesson. The exchange highlights playful misinterpretation by a child in a definition class.
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Johnny
Energetic Manager George Bicknell Elevates Atkinson Furnishing Co
George J. Bicknell of Melrose Massachusetts appointed manager of the Atkinson Furnishing Company. A Boston native with West and European trade experience, he leads with diligent methods and bold ideas, while serving as water commissioner and Melrose Highlands club president. His leadership is described as bringing greater success and steadiness to the firm.
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Willian
Tebb
Tondon
Swan, Sonnenschiem & Co
Boston
the Art Souvenir Company
White City
Potter Palmer
Cook
Board of
Lady Managers
Palmer
George R. Davis
George J. Bicknell
Melrosé
Mass
Atkinson Furnishing Company
Bicknell
William H. Chipman Carpet Company
New England
West Ind
West
Europe
Melrose Highlands Club
East
Chauncey Depews Fourth Recalled by Boyhood Fireworks
Chauncey M Depew recalls his childhood Fourth of July in Peekskill with iron cannon salutes and skyrocket finales. His mother kept open house on New Year’s Day, traditions of patriotism, and a first public address in 1856 at the Depew farm orchard.
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Chauncey M. Depew
John Adams
Peekskill
Depew Farm
James W. Husted
Earth
Culture for Our Girls on Rational Education
Marguerite Lindly argues for disciplined, balanced schooling for girls to ensure physical well being supports mental growth. She warns that excessive brain work harms stamina and readiness for motherhood and civic duties, urging guardians to provide clear lifelong plans guiding girls from youth to womanhood.
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America
Marguerite Lindly
How Beautiful to Live and Die in Moonlit Verse
Florence Earle Coates reflects on beauty in life and death praising enduring love and truth as she bows to the master spirit. The verse contrasts poetic ardor with final breath and laments a misprint in the closing lines.
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Geret
Imogen
Florence Earle Coates
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China Stile
Royal Worcester
MacGregor Jenkins
the Daily Bath
Casey
Huzza
Cupid
Dol
John Cordy Jeaffreson
Dillingham
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co
OUR
Atkinson Furnishing Co
Fortune
Crasterow
Beecham
Remmepdy
ScHenen’s
Manprake
Chauncey Depew
Boston & Albany Railroad
Wagner
Chicago
Michigan Central RR
Utica
Toledo
St. Louis
Michigan Central
Wabash
M.S. RR
Baily
Cincinnati
Big Four
R.R
Cleveland
Detroit
Albany
Hartford
New Haven
Springfield
New York Limited
Bosco
New Night Express
Washington St
Kneeland St
A. S. Hanson
Tains
Norwich
N. Ra
Erie R.R
Poughkee Pai
Newburg
Fishkill-on-Madson
Hopewell Junction
Brewster
Hawleyville
Plainville
Danbury
Willimantic
PacAp
Putnam
New London
Southbridge
Webster
Blackstone
Wvoonsocket
Providence
Pawtucket
Watley Falle
Milford
Franklin
Walpoele
Central Division
Needham
Highlandville
Upper Falls
Medfeld
Millis
Medway
West Medway
Woonsocket
Paeeong
Washington Street
Sumer Street
Gro. F. Raxporen
I. D. Banton
W. R. Bascock
Y'R
Fall River Line
New York and Beyond
Puritan
Pilgrim
Plymonth
Park Square Station
Fall River
Newport
Second Express
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Pier 28
Bost
Hageage
Bkotel
Bertha
Dig State Meuse
Cor
State Streets
J. BR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Man
Gen. Paas
Hoston
L. H. Palmer
Old State House
Tennyson
Massachusetts
Connecticut
J. W. Miller
C. H. Briggs, den
Pass, Agena
J. H. Schalmf & CO
Walnut St
Cinennati
Cornhilds Printing CO
Cornhill
E. H.T
the Post
Washburn Credit House
Washington Smpreet
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Pneumark
Ste
Leathe
Norfolk St
Cambridgeport
Fairchild
Orange St
Chelsea
Boston Misite Clothing CO
Hayward Place
Globe Theatre
Boyle Bros
Portland Screen CO
School St
Porter Screen CO
Utica St
State St
Rockingham House
Market St
Portsmouth
Davis
Emporium
Bays Ward Pl
Wilcox & Gibbs
James Connell
Carlton's Wharf
Sumner St
Ritchie & CO
Paul Gore
Hoare and Froms
Mt. Pleasant St
Winchester
A. R. Andrews
Court St
Dprymices, Stores, Co
Lancaster St
R. Sherburne
Canal St
Fitchburg Railroad
Causeway Street
Hoosac Tunnel
Fitchburg
North Adams
Williamstown
Troy
Saratoga
Binghamton
Hornellsville
Elmira
Ayracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Points
Naily
Fast Express
Daily Pacific Express
Lake Champlain
Keene, Bellows Falls
White River Jct
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Whitehall
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Adirondacks
Burlington
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Malone
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Vermont
Canada
Peichterh
Montreal Flyer
Montreal Express
Vail
Causeway
Watson
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