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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1893

Page

5

Foreign notions of the fair impress French exhibitors

Visitors, especially ladies, applaud French fashion and gowns at the fair. The French section draws broad interest as guests examine displays and remark on the beauty of creations.

Social calendar notice for upcoming weddings

Readers are asked to send briefs of forthcoming events. On Tuesday June 20 a wedding will be held for Miss Mary Alice Butler and Mr G Everett Giles at 75 Green Street Charlestown with a reception from 8 to 10. A second wedding is planned for Miss Mary Fuller Jordan and Mr Edward Blodgett Parker at St Marys Church Newton Lower Falls at 3.

Mary Alice Butler G. Everett Giles Green Street Charlestown Mary Fuller Jordan Edward Blodgett Parker St. Mary’s Church Newton Lower Falls Central Rostindale Stations Beach Street Brandon Street Dudley Devens Bradford Central Station Welles Boston Real Estate Exchange 7 Exchange Pl Washington St Cor Beach St Ward 23 Bostom Rostindale Mayo, Kittredge Washington Beach Sts Cornell St

Notable Women and Activists Highlight Early American Ideas

Harriet Martineau would find 400 occupations open to women today, and notable women like Mrs Stannard and Lottie Collins are cited for their independence. Mrs Kendal seeks sun and flowers on holiday while Mme Parren joins the Chicago Congress in stylish France inspired gowns. Sarah H Cooper leads kindergarten promotion with earnest philanthropy in San Francisco.

Harriet Martineau John Strange Winter Stannard Johnnie Mme. Parren Chicago Lottie Collins the Tivoli London San Francisco Cooper

Travel wardrobe tips for light baggage

The article advises packing minimal belongings for travel. It praises adaptable fashions like a serge travel skirt and jacket, a dark non-crushable skirt, silk waists, blouses, ties, and a few embroidered jackets. It suggests tagging the bag with Multum in parvo to avoid surprises from friends.

Vassar alumni recalls old beer mug custom

An ex Vassar student recounts a long standing practice among Vassar girls who prized a large glass beer mug as an indispensable yet stylish college property. She notes the tradition arose from an era when the mug symbolized a fashionable education accessory.

Vassar

Timely Dawn Visit Shatters Love Triangle

A poem frames a lover lament about timing and fidelity. The speaker contrasts imagined dawn noon and dawn arrivals with a real encounter when another man was present. She declares two were company and ends the relationship.

Detroit Free Press

Special train to Epworth League meeting via Boston & Albany

Special train for Epworth League meeting at Cleveland on June 28 via the Boston & Albany. Tickets at lowest rates to Chicago with stop in Cleveland. For details contact Merritt C. Beale, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

Epworth League Cleveland Boston & Albany Chicago Merritt C. Beale Bromfield Street Boston Mass Alaska Wellonstone National Park Colorado Yellowstone Park Rocky Mountain California Eo Ae Raymond & Whitcomb Commercial Wharf North Pier Provincestown Cape Provincetown

Febvre's Retirement Draws Paris Celebrity Farewell

Paris correspondent notes a full Francais as Frederic Febvre retires and plans fishing and shooting trips. Dumas, Sarcey, Magnier, and Rothschilds attend, with 38,000 francs earned in the farewell show proving Parisian appetite for stage star power.

Paris Jacob Co. Rogers Bristol Prince of Wales Princess of Wales Rogers London America Liverpool Majestic Ralph Curtis Boston Florence Miss Cummings Brookline Rue de la Pompe Bois de Boulogne Kenedy F. A. Kennedy Cambridge Neuilly Co. J. Prince Hotel Continental Frederic Febvre Alexandre Dumas Francisque Sarcey France Sarcey Marie Magnier Palais Royal Jodie Mme Raphael Sisos Gymnase Victor Koning Jean Hading Baron Hirsch Febvre Clarkson Etrangere Don Salluste Ruy Blas Fritz England Jennie Bullard Waterbury

Temple of Arts Exterior Like a Necropolis Inside Truly Well Arranged

Correspondence notes that the Temple of Arts presents an exterior resembling a necropolis while the interior is well arranged. The exhibit showcases art from several nations, illustrating progress in the past five or six years.

Paris Temps Temple of Arts

American style prize sale alleged at fair managers

The Berliner Tageblatt notes there is clear suspicion that fair managers would auction prizes to the highest bidders to profit personally, reflecting a corrupt American practice.

World’s Fair risks lives in construction

The Courrier de Londres warns that a successful World’s Fair may cost many lives, noting more than a thousand deaths in the construction of the fair buildings alongside large money losses.

Courrier de

German Merchants Seek Chicago Trade Boost

The Danziger Zeitung notes German merchants hope to widen trade by showing goods in Chicago. Yet few strangers visited Berlin this summer, and Americans have largely stayed home, reducing spending in Germany.

Danziger Zeitung Chicago Berlin Germany

Awards disputes at Chicago World’s Fair spark protests

Paris Figaro notes that the Chicago World’s Fair faces quarrels over awards. An American committee seeks sole judging rights, drawing protests from other commissioners and from several hundred American exhibitors. International exhibitors threaten to boycott if the method remains unaltered.

Paris Figaro New World

Send in the Dimes for Boston's Sick Babies Fund

The Boston Post reports a child health fund drive starting July with donations from Sympathizers and many named supporters. It notes yesterday’s receipts totaling 310.46 and urges continued dime and dollar contributions to aid sick babies and the needy.

Post Boston

London Society Traveler Prefers Europe Over United States Trips

The writer notes Americans should not overestimate a dollar value and warns that travel costs abroad mirror British prices. He would choose Switzerland France or Germany over a lengthy U.S. holiday, joking about gout and liking European options more than Stars and Stripes.

London Society Chicago Switzerland France Germany

World’s Fair Buildings Draw Mixed Reactions in Pall Mall Gazette

The Pall Mall Gazette notes the World’s Fair architecture impresses few fully, prices of living remain high, and crowd chaos may drive hundreds to ruin. It predicts supply outstrips demand and many hotels exist beyond visitor needs, with prices likely to fall later.

Pall Mall Gazette Brother Jonathan

Marvels of Architecture at the White City

The Dundee Advertiser praises the World’s Fair for its architecture. It lauds the White City structures as beautiful and impressive amid a smoky urban backdrop and notes a remark that their grandeur resembles Parisian style more than Chicago.

Dundee Advertiser White City Chicago Paris

Plight of a Porter Street Family in a Rainy Aug 1892 Night

In a Porter street basement two sick children and a sick baby strain a family. The father is out of work with rheumatism, the mother works daily and laundered to help, while the children attend a nursery until illness blocks work. The Post’s doctor is thanked for relief.

Porter Street

Boston and Albany Announces Rate Reduction to Chicago

The Boston and Albany railroad reduces rates to Chicago and return effective June 18. Call at 232 Washington Street city ticket office or write to A. S. Hanson, G. P. A., for full information.

Boston & Albany Railroad Chicago Washigton Street City A. S&. Hanson, G. P. A

Baker Opera Company at Bowdoin Square Opens Third Week

The Baker Opera Company began its third week at Bowdoin Square Theatre with Said Pasha led by Irene Murphy Maude Dickeson William Wolff and Arthur Miller. Bartholomew's equine paradox returns to the Boston Theatre with a schoolroom court room and fortress capture.

Baker Opera Company Bowdoin Square Bowdoin Square Theatre Normandy Black Hussar Wea Diavolo Bartholomew Boston Boston Theatre

New Parlor Cars for the White Mountains

The Concord and Montreal railroad adds two new parlor cars to its equipment this year. The cars will run between Boston and Jefferson, placing the line's parlor car service in a condition second to none.

Concord & Montreal Railroad Boston Jefferson

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