Why Can t They Do It Dressing on $40 a Year Debate
Readers debate dressing on $40 a year with letters from women detailing budgets outfits and cost saving tricks. Some defend frugality while others argue the sum is inadequate for modest daily wear.
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1891
Page
7
No Man In Sight For Her Ideal Marriage
A reader letter discusses Ella Wheeler Wilcox's stance on single women and marriage. She argues educated women may choose careers over early marriage, but insists her ideal mate must meet high standards, and she may remain single if no suitable partner appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pepe
Olstoi
Zola
Polar
Marta Cal
Satan
Angel of Light
Ane Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Mena Clary Aims to Shine in Opera Comique
Boston-born soprano Mena Clary, praised in Paris as destined for artistic brilliance, seeks roles in opera comique or grand opera. She trained with The Gondoliers in Boston, befriended Geraldine Ulmar and Agnes Huntington, and vows to debut as a leading artist, studying music and French intensely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mena Clary
Opera Comique
Ena Clary
the Gondoliers
Miss Palliser
The
Bostonians
Geraldine Ulmar
Agnes Huntington
Clary
London
Mother
Pratts
Vermont Opera Queen Mrs Pratt to debut at Paris Grand Opera
Mrs Pratt of Brattleboro Vermont becomes a Parisian contralto after years of study in Paris. Though admired socially she devotes herself wholly to singing with Gounod's encouragement. She hopes her husband Ed Pratt, a tenor, will debut with her as he studies with Sbriglia.
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Mrs. Pratt
Brattleboro
Ed Pratt
Brattleboro, Vt
Pratt
Paris
Gounod
Sbriglia
Queen of Washerwomen of Paris Crowned in Pageant
Rich and powerful Paris washerwomen form a 88,000 member corporation and elect a queen for a one mile reign. Siccard, a 26 year old brunette, leads the procession amid pagan myth and medieval splendor as a grand coach, camellias, and red velvet drape the parade through public wash houses along the Seine.
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Paris
Seine
Corporation of Washerwomen
Siccard
The
Republic
Women Inventors and Patents in the Nineteenth Century
A New York Herald summary traces women patent activity from early 1809 to 1890, noting rising numbers as higher education spread. It highlights diverse fields from corsets and cosmetics to locomotives and submarine lamps, and cites Mary Kies, Mary Brush, Sophia Usher, Nancy Johnson and Elizabeth Oram among notable patentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Government
Connecticut
Mary Kies
Mary Brush
Sophia Usher
Julia Planton
Lucy Burnap
Elizabeth Oram
Nancy Johnson
Model Room
Mary Griswold
New York Res
Isaiah
Hannah Johnson
Harriet May
Pepastle
Mary Reis
I - Invalids
Patent Office
Expe Enice
Mr. Gill
Ieould
Pele
Spring Dress Goods Arrive for Delayed Shoppers
New York shoppers face a brisk spring, with buyers who delayed purchasing urged to select from remaining fancy suitings embroidered Parisian robes and imported silks. The article notes plentiful printed silks and challies for hot weather wear, while Southern travelers and New Yorkers alike seek featherweight materials, as orders and sketches indicate renewed demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gentlewoman’s hat parasol and belt described in delicate detail
A refined fashion note describes a pale blue bonnet with dotted silk and a black velvet clasp, a fluted straw hat with velvet trim, and a china silk parasol. The ensemble features borders, dotted accents, and a decorative clasp, all in black and blue tones.
Amusing cork birds flee from Golden Days craft page
A home crafts note invites families to entertain juniors by whittling cork birds from matches and hairpins. The birds, shown in Golden Days, are described as comical and designed for playful amusement with simple materials like corks.
The Girl He Loved or Continued From The Third Page
A serialized tale concludes with Cyril Claridge repaying debts to the Sisterhood by offering diamonds, winning Marjorie’s heart, and transforming through hardship. The Sisterhood dissolves as wives rise, Cyril gains land and success, and a final moral reflection on forgiveness and virtue closes the story.
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Cyril Ganced
Ater
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Wolfe
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Aesate
Alge
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Ata
Clarge
Bo’sen
Genevieve
Cyril Claridge
Lo Lane
London
Othoeere
Jim
John Langton
Mary Osborn
Weanga
Tesuas
Agg
Ant Illikins
Angeia
The Benediction of Beatrice excerpt touches romance
A Harvard Lampoon piece portrays a man courting a naive woman, weaving improbable stories she eagerly believes. He praises her openness, while she remains earnest and captivated by his imagined tales and charm.
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Harvard Lampoon
Taffy for Man Rats for Woman Etiquette Tales
A Times writer Margaret Sangster elevates real tact as the essence of kindliness and consideration. The piece questions who has caused a woman to blush or shed a tear by tapping social sensitivities and hair or dress choices. It contrasts male and female tact in private and public life.
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Weekly Globe
Tom Joses
John Colton
John
Providence
Washington
Godiva
Onson
Margaret Sangster
The
Times
James Gordon Bennett Ought to Know
A fragment from a periodical lampoons James Gordon Bennett with a wry aside about a pot of red and its dregs, reflecting editorial tone of satire and social commentary.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Fleur de Lune an Amazonian vine makes New York display
The New York Journal notes Arnold Brinkworth's private collection near Mt. Sterling Kentucky shows a rare Fleur de Lune specimen. Found in the Amazon, it is the only alive plant ever brought to the U.S. It flowers with a moon shaped yellow shadow in first quarter and closes as the moon wanes, thriving in hot houses or palatial air.
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New York Journal
Arnold Brinkworth
Mt. Sterting
Brinkworth
Cbydos
Brazil
Flowers in London Markets. A Covent Garden flower sale spectacle
A Good Words chronicler describes Covent Garden wholesale flower stalls open to private buyers at 4 AM with sales ending by 9. The three quarter acre display features tiered blossoms, with higglers buying in lots for small retailers. Flower girls roam nearby streets seeking best wares amid brisk trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent Garden
London
Telegraph slang travels from New York to nationwide
The Sun explains telegraphers share slang from New York to Chicago and on to Galveston Denver New Orleans Ogden then to Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond and Boston ensuring rapid spread of fresh phrases. A bright day orator in New York may be echoed across the country the same day as cable operators stay as slangy as ever.
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New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Galveston
Denver
New Orleans
Ogden
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Richmond
Boston
Loddities and marvels from distant lands and time
A collage of curiosities notes inventions, natural wonders, and oddities. It mentions water wheels, meteorites, spider anatomy, steep elevations in South America, and varied global trivia from postage to cannibalism rumors and old mills.
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