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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1893
Page
9
An item announcing The Blue Pavilions by A. T. Quiller-Couch in Cassell's Sunshine Series. Notes price details: paper edition 60 cents, cloth edition $2.26.
In this city on March 3 marriages were recorded by Rev. E N Haridy involving Harry W Williams and bftieks. Also on March 3 Rev Petey Smith recorded James R Meatey and Fanny dolimseon.
Marriage notices from Dorchester South Boston and Denver list on March 1 and 2 weddings. Names include James A Walker Blanch M Sidelinger Herbert Baker Whitney Matel Bearman, Dr. Herbert Baker Whitney, Fawin Walker Ernestine Prohwitter, Harry Williams and Hite Williams with Boston ties.
The Globe hosts Ali Baba beating Sinbad’s record for two weeks with Charles Bloomer James Houston and Mabel Stanley among the cast. A Wild West Show at Howard Park and Mavourneen at Bowdoin headline. Hollis Street Theatre to stage Miss Marlowe and company next week with The White Slave at Grand Opera House and an elaborate scenic production. Box office sales for seats are in progress.
Readers are invited to send upcoming social notices. Mr and Mrs Edwin F Sawyer of Brighton issue invitations for a large card party this evening honoring their twentieth anniversary or china wedding.
Boston socialites and wives of Congressmen have long shaped Washington society. Notable names include Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge and her sister Mrs Luce, Mrs John F. Andrew, Miss Thayer, Mrs Joseph H. ONeil, Mrs Gordon McKay, Mrs M Day Kimball, and Mrs Kehew. Also listed are Mrs Draper, Mrs Elijah A Morse, Mrs Samuel W McCall, and Mrs Leopold Morse, reflecting strong New England representation in the capital.
Miss Helen L Blackwell is physical director in Boston University. Drexel Institute Philadelphia maintains a normal class in physical education under Miss Maude G Hopkins of Boston. Mrs Langtry and the Duchess of Montrose join the Anti Crinvline League led by Mrs Stannard. Princess Margaret of Prussia donates funds for Kaiser and Kaiserin Friedrichs Hospital for Children.
The new Attorney General is one of the wealthiest men in the Cabinet and it is thought Mrs. Olney may depart from her quiet Boston life. Mrs. Olney has wintered in Washington with her sister Miss Mery Thomas and their father Judge Thomas served in Congress. Both Mery and Mrs Olney are very domestic in their tastes.
Mrs Annie E Wilson sets a sea record as captain for twenty one days guiding a Liverpool to Bermuda voyage. Her husband fell ill during the trip and the first and second mates were disabled, yet she navigated the ship to safe port.
A vivid description of daily transformation at a women's hairdresser with figures of society women passing behind the scenes. The silver-haired queen, copper-coated beauty, and married flirt are depicted as their hair is reshaped, dyed, and set. The cost is noted as five dollars per visit.
Boston women endure Lent with sewing circles while New York society moves toward private dancing classes. Over the coming week more such elite gatherings will form, with several exclusive circles ready to open their doors to a select cadre of fashionable danseuses before Easter bonnets occupy minds.
A Boston milliner notes that no small belonging of the toilet escapes a fashionable woman’s thought. Veils vary by complexion and face shape, with round-meshed for sharp faces and elongated looks for full counts. top millinery houses reserve exclusive caprices for their preferred customers.
At a fashionable London wedding the prince of Wales helped. Eight bridesmaids wore pure white bengaline dresses bordered at hem throat and wrists with golden otter fur. The fur outlined bodices, edged cape-like epaulets, and items on sleeves. White velvet large Dainsborough hats matched the fur.
A fragment describes a fashionable woman conserving elegance in both her bank check and visiting card. It mentions fine engraved paper and a graceful monogram, noting the card’s design as part of current social trends, with references to typography and presentation.
Rosa Sonneschein proposes a Columbian Immigrants Home in Chicago to aid newcomers. She plans to raise funds by placing donation boxes around fair grounds where the public can contribute to the charitable effort.
A designer introduces a hip high pair of stockings called the spantella. The garment reaches to the wearer's waist and buttons to the belt or corset. A buttonhole on the border marks the novelty while the gitter is claimed to be harmful to health and limb.
Herr von Donner of Hamburg presents half a million dollars to establish a women's hospital honoring Dr. Michelsen whose medical skill saved his wife from a dangerous illness. The donation reflects the clinic's aim to advance women's care and recognition of the physician's contribution.
Globe audiences enjoy Ali Baba matinees with children in the audience as the show nears its end. New York and Boston offerings include Mavourneen at the Museum, Shore-Acres at the Museum, The New South at the Boston theatre, His Wedding Day at the Columbia, and Stuart Robson's Married Life at Tremont. Faust Up to Date promises a lavish production at Austins Palace with a large company and notable names. Sunday Lyceum concerts attract crowds as the week features Zanfretta pantomime Enchantment, plus a parade of acts from the Reed family to J W Coffey’s Skeleton Dude and other curiosities at the museum.
The Irish hit Mavourneen draws record crowds at Bowdoin Square with orchestra on stage nightly, surpassing Shanghran receipts from New York. Chauncey Olcott leads as Terrence Dwyer while Hoyt's A Temperance Town continues at Park Theatre, featuring George Richards and Eugene Canfield in a standout Madison Square Theatre company production.
Boston’s Tremont Temple hosts a free series by Dr. Greeve of 34 Temple Place March 6 7 and 8 at 6 pm featuring dissolving views and grand illustrated lectures. Lectures draw large crowds with free public access and separate ladies and men sessions in afternoons. Admission is five cents to all parts of the house.
E. E. Brown a live stock commission merchant in St Louis and Chicago was robbed and badly beaten on a city street last night. Three assailants attacked him as he walked home, one hitting him with brass knuckles and fracturing his skull while another took his watch. Two passersby aided him home but he died soon after. Brown could not describe his attackers.
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