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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1894
Page
6
The Boston Post offers a fine art portfolio titled Sweet Blooming Beauties and Wild Flowers of America. Each portfolio, produced at a total cost of 200000 dollars, contains at least sixteen natural colored plates with names and descriptions. One Post coupon plus fifteen cents per part applies. Numbers 1 and 2 ready.
A collection of aphorisms from the London Truth on gender and conduct. It jokes that women wish for true men and men wish for new women, notes how virtue and weakness shape love, and frames marriage and sentiment in witty, pointed lines.
Buzzards Bay reports a gay week at Buttermilk Bay with Wentworth Brown wedding guests and Bass fishing in season. Mrs Cleveland favors Bostonian hats and navy blue serge outfit as she awaits the President's August visit and the start of the Gray Gables yachting season. Heavy local taxes are listed for notable Bourne residents, including the Cleveland tax at $190.50 and Joseph Jefferson at $485.60. The town hopes the President will arrive soon, delaying peace of summer until Bass season ends.
Bad complexions come from poor digestion and dry skin. Relief lies in improved digestion, perspiration, light wholesome foods, and warm baths. Warm baths open pores soothe pain and relax nerves while increasing transpiration to aid recovery. Hot applications help local pain but can excite the nerves. use warm baths for soothing effects.
A Chicago Tribune quote notes Dumback barely eats for two days. The second boarder speculates his appetite is driven by either love or policy as he courts the landlady's daughter.
The article urges wearing comfortable, cool clothing and undergarments, praising flannel next to the skin for hot weather. It notes prices on summer dresses, hosiery, and lightweight fabrics, and recommends frequent change of clothes, multiple baths, and starch-free garments to save labor and fuel during dog days. The hired girl is due indulgence during peak heat.
In Somerville Journal style a Parlor scene has Miss Alice questioned about her weight. A man defends her, saying she weighs less than 130 pounds while others demand how he knows. The fleeting dialogue captures social gossip and playful scrutiny among young adults.
Mme. Marie de Navarro writes memoirs tracing Mary Anderson from Louisville beginnings to Juliet at the Lyceum, her Paris connections with Bernhardt and Ristori, and later retirement motives. The book, planned for London and New York release, promises early chapters on her youth and managers, with a focus on sensational critiques and private life.
Despite the exodus, residents endure the burning heat with informal teas and simple cool attire. Silk proves the coolest and most practical fabric for travel and wear, with dark India silk and silk waists favored. Ladies continue calling in varied silk shades as a bright note in hot weather society.
A column reproduces dress advice from an English journal, urging avoidance of fashion extremes. It lists tips from Miss Dunlap and others on modesty, fit, grooming, and sensible style, including avoiding over tightening waists and choosing quality over quantity, with reminders that fashion should serve the wearer, not enslave them.
A Philadelphia wedding prank draws crowds as a bride and groom flee in plain clothes with a backPublicity placard reading We have just been married. The article then shifts to Paris Annales Industrielles detailing the global hair trade, including Indian Chinese and French hair, processing steps, and markets, with diverse sources and methods for refining and selling hair for wigs and cosmetics.
Poem by Fannie Bent Dillingham in Anguet Tipnincott a about regret and the sorrow of overlooked loves and missed chances. The speaker reflects on how neglect and cruelty in youth left lasting loneliness as time passed.
The bandeau returns signaling a shift to straight flat hair and a close forehead squeeze. Paris shows women of all ages with smooth banded hair, while Miss Lillian Russell is highlighted as a public exemplar of the style and its appeal to similar figures.
A fashion note celebrates tulle as the season’s sensation. French inspired adornments crown hats with green and brown tulle, ivy, and iridescent birds while tulle collars, bow buckles, and bodice strings define dresses. Designers promote tulle for the young and pretty with white sailor hats featuring large tulle rosettes and an aigrette.
A reflective verse links sorrow and hope with the idea that every lonely night carries a light from the Lord. The poem echoes faith and comfort, centering on divine presence in struggle and longing.
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