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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1885
Page
3
A Christmas year end feature outlines a felt racquet case and matching lining with stamped or transferred designs. It details cutting patterns and sewing steps for a decorative racquet cover, party bags in cashmere strips, and a plush smoking cap with ribbon work, plus a linen etching silk photo case design for gifts and storage.
Step by step crochet guidance creates a long tidy with a central ten chain motif. It covers chaining seventy seven, forming double crochet rounds, yardage notes, and finishing with fringe ribbons and a turkey red backing. The tone mimics a 19th century home craft column.
Instructions describe making a leaf from green chain work and stitches, with red and yellow threads. A large rose is formed by chained loops and treble stitches, scallops, and several rows, using fine wire beneath the final row and a yellow tuft through the center. Additional smaller roses follow in sequence.
Readable fragments describe small affordable baskets as decorative gifts. Suggestions include gilding inside and out, adding satin trims, and sewing a satin band with a hem for ribbon drawstrings. Also notes on gilding a gentleman's straw hat and creating eight by five inch work baskets with lids and handles.
Instructions describe making a pongee and silk lined handkerchief case with an embroidered or etched design on one end. Use pongee and matching lining silk in colors like pink or blue, outline the design, sew pieces on wrong side, turn right side out, add white wadding sachet filling, fold ends four and a half inches, and decorate with a bow of ottoman ribbon on the other side.
Step by step instructions describe making a palm leaf fan cover from cretonne with a gathered ruffle and rim finish, plus a brass ring hanger and satin bow. Also covers a twine and scissors holder cap with plush and silesia pieces, combining wedge crowns into a decorative cap with a pocketed visor and buttoned back, using twine ball for fastening.
A detailed set of directions to assemble a triangular pasteboard waste box on rustic sticks with a 9x19 inch panels, a 9 inch base triangle, and a fabric cover. Includes tying with waxed cord, securing the top, plus making a half yard orange sarah bag with lace edging and a drawstring casing for a tennis player gift.
The instructions describe cutting pasteboard mats, framing with wine satin and silesia, assembling eight units with satin backs, and enclosing a photograph slit. It details decorating each mat, adding a name area, and constructing a plush iron display with pockets, flowers, and sachet powder on the rim.
Instructions describe sourcing a wooden box from a grocer, disassembling it, planing and smoothing parts, using the box bottom as a back, cutting a six inch shelf, sawing brackets from side-pieces, trimming the lid for the slanting front, ebonizing all parts with ebon liquid, nailing brackets, filling nail-holes, and blackening to conceal them, then covering the trout of the Tack with a neat border.
The article traces wig use from ancient Greece and Rome to the French court, noting Hannibal and Commodus, then Henry III, and the shift from vanity to fashion. It describes Milan points, perruques, and the evolution of wig-making techniques, powder, and notable figures like La Ruivere and Charles VI.
The article reviews a century old farm house with massive timber frame and a seven foot square chimney. It contrasts simple New England living with modern expectations, notes cheap fuel and pine floors, and recalls a rebuilt 1874 cost estimate of 800 dollars versus current 2500 to 3000 dollars in Boston. It also shares a plan for a sub $1000 house from Farmington Maine offering economical options and notes potential future additions without harming appearance.
A brief note describes applying Lincrusta Walton on a rack, with gluing and optional gilding or natural color. It suggests adding a strong cord or fancy name on the back of the rack for hanging.
A craft note explains making a holland shade in aquamarine or cream. Outline dotted circles on the shade with teacup scales, stitch the centers with silk, and secure ends. Finish with linen fringe matched to holland, add a curtain stick and rings, or transfer a pattern using a hot iron for a more elaborate shade.
A detailed craft description outlines making a decorative jockeys cap style gift from dark blue and red plush cloth. It covers cutting a seven inch pasteboard foundation, eight inch cap circle, sewing pieces in blue and red, assembly of the cap, and a back loop for hanging. It also describes a two piece shaving paper cover with a cobweb embroidery and rustic willow setting, lined with silesia and finished with a ribbon bow.
Instructions describe crafting a gift display using four bamboo or rustic sticks, a satin lined fancy straw basket, a plush lambrequin with squared-cut lower edge, embroidered floral spray, and tassels. An easel formed from six cat-tails supports the basket and card, with gilding or natural tying to suit color.
A discussion of low cost houses contrasts New England’s revolutionary era with today’s domestic architecture. The feature presents a New England country house from about 1731 near Boston, once inhabited by priests, with garret volumes heirlooms and autographs. It notes renovations by carpenters transforming the old landmark and shows a five room plan priced from $750 to $900.
The text discusses options to reach the front chamber via a small room near the stairs or by partitioning off storage or by cutting a narrow passage from the square chamber to the kitchen. It outlines two plans with similar cost, suggesting one might allocate the large chamber to parents and the small side chamber to a child, noting a child’s potential discomfort with parents passing through his room.
A range of simple handmade crafts described include a plush mounted wall bracket with a bouquet on a 14 inch square plush-covered board, a tiny emery cushion shaped like a flour bag with a weight label, decorated wooden plaques split and pasted with pictures, varnished and hung, and a decorative rolled rim crown hat cover crocheted from Saxony yarn to fit a round hair box.
Nashua readers learn drive whist a social, mixed-gender game derived from ordinary whist. Eight or more players rotate tables, with winners driving up and losers dropping, scoring to determine top and bottom partners. The piece notes clubs forming in New York and Boston, social charm, and recent gatherings.
An old Detroit ad features a traveling conductor and a dramatic exchange about stopping a car followed by a testimonial praising Liebig Co. Coca Beef Tonic. It claims the tonic renovates strength and health and improves liver, stomach, kidneys and bowels, with a physician endorser.
A busy department invites Pastime Association members to submit puzzles and charades. Readers share numbered items like My 1 6 6 is a stimulant and No 99 Compound Numerical with clues spanning Orland Me and Hudson Mass. Answers column notes solutions and mailing requests.
A compact roster-like listing reads as a mix of names and abbreviations including Idler Goess Cohannet Mrs A J K N R E 8 Tinel C M R A 5 LFA W Yanko Boy ME O C Dick Ens Sally Yum Yum Marian Markland KE M Ry Rua Oph J aalar A C F Tel E Scope Nixey O L C Krook Bolts B F Thinker 4 2 7.
The paper announces next week the original puzzles for special prizes and the twenty largest word-hunt entry lists. Prize winners in the puzzle contest will be announced in two weeks. About forty seven lists have been received in the word hunt contest.
Encouraging reports from New England reach the organizers who draft a constitution and plan a three month official publication. About thirty to forty may attend the convention with Maine Vermont and Connecticut members joining by distance. They seek support from puzzlers and others to fund and attend the first annual meeting.
A challenge announced by the organizers seeks participants in a second word hunt contest. They request the name and address of Eve Word Hunter and Puzzler in the United States. About 600 entries exist so far, with the remainder to be obtained if purchases are required. Prizes are mentioned but not specified.
The notice describes word hunt prizes of 3 dollars for first, 2 dollars for second, and a 7 dollar silver medal for the most words from "Stumbling Blocks" before February 6. Ten cent stamps or subscriptions, 1 dollar, accompany lists. Reports on the Eastern Puzzlers' League convention at Sheare's Club House on Thanksgiving day. The league has eighty one members. next convention hoped for July in Boston. Also references Maud Lynn, proxy ballots, distance, and future prize puzzles. Sally's diamond No. 86 highlighted. LADY VERA
Charles F Barker announces Barker's American Checker Player from Cambridgeport and Boston headquarters. The 179 page cloth bound volume includes 22 openings 534 variations and 35 critical positions with two contributions by Wardwell and Lyman. Price one dollar post-paid orders to Barker at 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport. Three orders provide a free copy.
Publication prints the initial instalment of a repeated match between B Leaver of Blackburn and J Goodall of Leeds for £20 a side, twenty games with wins and draws counting. The seventeenth game ends with Leaver 7, Goodall 3, draws 7, played at the Woodman Inn, Gower Street, Leeds, August 1809, Game No. 2049 Bristol.
The veteran chess master played 155 games from 26th to Sist ult, winning 1265, losing 6 and drawing 26. Opponents and scores include Wyllie, Biase, Crossley, Drake, Dean, Horstall, Hunsworth, and others. A recent 80 game stretch at the Acorn House, Keighley, yielded 70 wins, 0 losses, and 10 draws amid a largely celebratory reception.
The 1885 agreement in Providence and Boston outlines a fifty game draughts match with wins and draws counting toward the total, a four hundred dollar stake, and a twenty five cent admission at each session. It sets match dates, refereeing, stake handling via A J Dunlap, and shared expenses including gas, room rent, and gate receipts for a 19th century competition.
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