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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1884
Page
3
A column extols child charm in public spaces and debates women’s independence, pairing praise of a baby’s effect with discussions on women’s work experiences. It then shifts to Parisian fashion notes, praising Frau Materna, and detailing alpaca dresses, silks, and tailored suits with jet bead trim and vivid color combinations.
The author argues for affordable color and varied jewelry over ostentatious diamonds in theatre wear. Beading, enamel, and mosaic sets offer suitable alternatives for stage attire, while color and individuality elevate indoors social life.
A fashion writer notes broad changes in bridal toilets for June weddings. Creamy satin remains popular but gauze and silk fabrics like sarah and nun's veil, embroidered mull, and lace nets gain favor with pale pink rosebuds, orange blossoms, and other flowers. Bridesmaids favor short bouffant dresses in bright tones, while veils, gloves, and garnitures use matching lace and beads. French fashions bring new spring alpaca tallor dresses, with simple trimming and severe lines for Easter.
A detailed survey of decorative needlework and linens including velveteen screens with peacocks and silk beads, Kensington stitch central pictures, owl motifs, plush novelties, and linen tidies. It covers table scarfs, Lanerusta-Winston borders for toilet mats, German cross-stitch covers, and monogrammed doilies, plus dress linens like sheets and damask options in light and heavy fabrics suitable for refined bedchambers. The piece notes evolving tastes toward plain linen and white damask, and mentions cheaper cretonne alternatives and silk-and-plush edge finishes.
Captain J M Buddington, in charge of the coal barge Cornelius Grinnell at East Boston, recalls a lifetime at sea from 1832 to Arctic voyages. He notes whale hunting, rescuing the Resolute, ice navigation, and lessons on rock messages for long range survival. He speaks of extreme cold, long detentions, and shipwrecks rarely caused by his own crews.
Harrisburg Independent notes an indecent trend in how politicians discuss Samuel J. Tilden. The piece says he is repeatedly speculated about, his private life exposed, and his condition misrepresented. It argues that knowledgeable people know him as a dignified, courteous gentleman demanding respectful treatment.
An eminent London authority warns that most world sickness stems from adulterated essentials and that poor cooking from impure spices. He notes that 90 percent of bad cooking in pies and puddings is due to adulterated spices and urges purchase of pure spices. Davis Sacker Perkins of Boston guarantees their Gold Medal spices are free from adulteration for grocers.
A long reader friendly collection offers breakfast and dinner ideas with Welsh rarebit and scuffles. Includes Remnant Breakfasts with lamb scallop, snowy potato, and chocolate churned froth. Provides soups and fish preparations, orange cream pie, and budget supper options.
An English decorator suggests printing wallpapers to hang horizontally plus borders. He explains measuring lines to ensure upright filling on long walls, describes using a two foot ring line to test pattern alignment, and notes potential design changes for horizontal sheets to improve accuracy. He also mentions matching vertical edges and a different character for horizontal wallpaper in designs. Spider Cake and bay rum recipe details appear afterward.
Instructions describe preparing spinach with a salt boiled leaves drained, then a gravy of flour sour cream and pepper, served with fried eggs. Also details making potato cakes from mashed potatoes, cream, flour, and bake until browned, with flour optional.
A shoulder of lamb is seasoned with forcemeat and bacon, then filled and sewn. Place in a stewpan with fat bacon, herbs, onions, stock, and seasoning, simmer gently for a little over two hours, glaze, and serve with green peas around it.
Mix three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder into one pound of fine flour rub in one-quarter pound of granulated sugar one-quarter pound of butter a little caraway seed cinnamon and grated orange peel dry. When ready to bake stir in two eggs with half a pint of milk pour into a well buttered tin and bake Currants may be added at discretion.
Roll four large potatoes through a sieve and mix with powdered leaf sugar to taste. Add yolks of two or three eggs, a few drops of lemon essence, and fold in the whites whipped to froth. Bake in a buttered crumbed mould for twenty minutes and serve with sauce. Patties use remnants of cold meat with fat ham or bacon, lemon peel, parsley, bread crumbs, two ounces butter, and pastry. Fill patty-pans, cover, bake briskly for supper.
A fragment describes mixing sour milk sweet milk soda melted butter sugar and Indian meat into a thin batter that bakes into a custard like dish. It notes the batter will seem thin but thickens when baked for a short time and tastes very nice.
A collage of cooking formulas for desserts and pies such as Apple and Carrot Pie, plus kitchen tips and home decor notes. Instructions cover sugar ratios, spice suggestions, and baking times, followed by hints on finishings like marble mantels, brass candlesticks, pressed leaves frames, linens, and plush piano covers. Glimpses of fashioning screens, towels, and wall hangings appear as seasonal ideas.
The article lists crafts and home decor ideas including a memorial Washington city teapot with a removable lid, a fringed ecru satin scarf with holly accents, satin thermometer panels, floral painted corners, lace dotted with gold spots on white shades, and a cretonne centered table cover with a linen border. It notes dust resistance and easy shaking from the spread.
A health article by Dr. Lauder Brunton argues against habitual light drinking and late work. It cites mortality tables showing better odds for temperate individuals and stresses the dangers of overwork, especially for the young, urging study earlier in the day, adequate sleep, and balanced habits for a sound mind and body.
Warm weather brings appetite shifts and changes in blood quality. The piece urges reducing heavy winter “heaters” and sugars as spring arrives, favors berries and early vegetables, and stresses moderate bread butter and lean meats. It then reports on a Tremont Temple lecture by John E. Russell on rational horse management, stressing that good feet are vital and describing abuses in horseshoeing and practical methods.
A prominent Pittsburg physician told a sick female patient to try Hop Bitters as a cure. She followed the advice and regained health, leaving the doctor with a lost patient and a humbler view of his own joke. The incident ends with the patient improving while the doctor laments the lost practice.
An English prescription claimed to cure drunkenness gained fame through John Vine Hall, commander of the Great Eastern. After months of faithful use under medical guidance, he stopped craving alcohol and shared a detailed remedy, including iron sulfate and magnesia, plus dietary counsel to eat slowly and stay cheerful, noting strong passions harm health.
Two hundred years ago one in five people had sound teeth. A century ago one in twenty five had perfect teeth. In the nineteenth century, during reform, the latest statistics show only one in eighty possess perfectly sound teeth.
In damp winter conditions the hoof softens and sponges. Shoes should be light and short, with minimal nails, preserving natural hoof needs and preventing toe wear on the sensitive fibre.
A February regulation limits passenger luggage to trunks under 250 pounds. Any item over that weight must be sent by freight, with a suggested charge of about seventy five cents per hundred weight. A puzzled traveler questions how to shed pounds and comply, while a porter explains the new wrinkle and its enforcement.
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