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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1883
Page
3
A diary-like survey discusses varied views on women in employment, noting conflicting opinions on telegraphy, photography, and drug clerks. It argues such judgments stem from individual experiences, not gender, and suggests success matches personal capacity rather than sex, with fashion notes on summer millinery styles.
Gail Hamilton argues on economy that patience skill time and coal depend on what a householder has. She says it is better to train an ignorant woman to bake bread than to bake it herself and that administration of a household is higher work than mere kitchen labor. Some minds only do steady work and should be allowed to do so.
Higginson argues women should claim leisure for public affairs and vote. He condemns women’s neglect of politics compared with men and contrasts American and English biographies of statesmen.
A Chicago Weekly Magazine writer notes housekeeping is a monotonous routine. He argues educated women face unrewarding work unless society values domestic labor as a partnership. When recognized and compensated, wife and mother roles could become congenial and enable independent monetary control.
The article describes fashion notes on spring and summer hats and tailor dresses. It highlights country hats using brown and ecru canvas in brim puffs with gilt-edged ribbons, London turbans worn low on the head, and straw hats with wide upturned square brims covered by nets.
Dress trends favor simple tailored outfits without whalebones, in light colors for walking, travel, and leisure. White cashmere serge and pale blue cashmere serges dominate, with new light fabrics from abroad. Styles include box-plaiting skirts, basques, short overskirts, and pearl buttons, plus sans lining skeleton basques for cooler steamer wear.
Fashion notes detail hand run Andalusian lace and heavy embroidery for black ottoman silk dresses, palm leaf patterns on cashmere broches, and waistcoats in diverse styles. Gray shades. new brocaded silks, pepper pod designs, and oriental color harmonies appear in dresses, hats, bonnets, parasols, and wraps. Rich fabrics, lace trims, and bold colors mark spring wardrobes with extensive color names and tunic styles.
Revival of embroidery on linen towels sheets and linens with detailed instructions. Shrinking hot soaks drawing threads for herringbone borders crewel flowers and drawn work on bed coverings table scarves and crib covers. Includes table covers curtains cushions lambrequins and decorative patches with specific stitches and finishing touches.
The piece describes fabric tints and patterns including dark grounds with laurel and arbutus motifs, printed satines for panels, and fancy jewelry featuring jewel-headed pins and silver designs. It notes tailoring for coats in tweed and velvets, basques with various seams, pelevines draped or shoulder-open, black gros grain silk popularity, and Victoria corded silk as a midlife favorite with broche accents and floral borders on new silks in dark brocades.
Scientific prophets predict a future when coal distillate residuals cut gas prices to nothing. A Chester gentleman asserts a device already helps approach that claim, though the full potential remains unproven and uncertain at present.
A description explains an oven that converts coal into coke tar and ammonia plus 14 000 feet of gas per ton, enabling steam production without fuel. The claim suggests profits if coke and by products fetch current prices, but warns prices may drop with wider use as supply expands.
A column extols flower gardening in bleak March weather, urging seed purchases in clubs to save costs. It praises a wide range of flowers including single dahlias, marigolds, mignonette, monkey flowers, pansies, petunias, and fringed varieties, with notes on new colors and forms. The piece urges women and children to grow flowers for joy, beauty, and heavenly peace, citing practical tips and early-season seedbed prospects.
A detailed guide to breakfast and luncheon etiquette, table setting, and entertaining in refined society. The article extols attractive ware, proper service, and measured pacing at meals, contrasts plain versus elaborate setups, and outlines luncheon and tea party customs with emphasis on decor, decorum, and social grace. It argues for moderation, intellect over excess, and the educative value of table manners for children.
The Flotow family tale recalls a dramatic duel sparked by a drunken joke. Count Z and Flotow agreed to a five point card game with life as the stake. Upon losing at noon the next day Flotow shot himself, a tragedy witnessed by his valet after a tense morning by his estate. Concurrently, an advertisement claims Compound Oxygen cures chronic diseases and offers a free treatise from Star key and Palen in Philadelphia.
Lord Byron quoted about a dangerous illness turning benign. An American belief parodies illness as a joke and sells Dr. St. V. Pierce's Favorite Freeennien claimed to banish feminine weaknesses and restore health. Sold by druggists.
A reader guidance note urges readers to mention seeing advertisements in this paper when responding. It requests acknowledgment of THE BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE in advertising interactions.
Advertorial claims list cures for heart disease paralysis dropsy kidney disease consumption dyspepsia rheumatism neuralgia and similar illnesses by purifying and enriching the blood. Included are testimonials from Maryland and Virginia readers praising relief from rheumatism kidney disease heart palpitations and appetite revival in a 19th century promotion.
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