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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1892
Page
3
A New York note on morning dress favors vigorous color and practical style for breakfast robes. Text favors dark rich hues inspired by labor scenes, with unlined or loosely lined garments, full cut from the shoulders, trimmed in lace and delicate embroidery, and splashes of bold color for character.
A detailed guide on creating blouses from India silk and sarah silk with color contrasts and shadows. Describes silk patterns, plaiting flannels for morning wear, pinked ruffles, and Turkish robes with embroidery and sashes for stylish house gowns. ADA BACHE-ConeE.
Describes a coarse marked black net of mixed mohair and silk or all mohair as a practical dressy morning gown fabric. Instructions outline wearing over a colored slip, gathering at the back, neck shaping, carp icé style cross and tie, a folded neck wrap, and sleeve shaping with a pink sleeve gage and ribbon.
A period fashion blouses feature a gathered neck blouse with a long sleeveless jacket over the body, worn open or laced. Textiles include India silk wool crepe or astrakhan cloth for the blouse, velvet cloth or corduroy for the jacket in dark tones. novelty fabrics like agarose cloth noted as cheap.
Mrs Richard Watson Gilder wife of Century editor raises five children with mixed schooling and social exposure. daily routine includes breakfast at 7 30 and education from 9 to 12 30 at home and at kindergarten. children forbidden pork and veal and no sweets before early dinner. they pursue fencing carving music and dancing with care for tasteful clothing and individual needs. Dorothea nine Francesca three and others attend schooling and playrooms reflect a cultured home life.
Gotham society thrived during two gay weeks with grand New Year’s balls. White satin gowns led, many finished with crystals, londe lace, and pearls. At Iselin’s 52nd Street reception, red and white halls and crystal balls highlighted couture from Worth, Felix, and Fifth Avenue ateliers.
The article extols suede as a versatile material for personal adornment and home accents. It provides step by step guidance for making a suede card case and a prayer book cover, detailing cutting, lining, and embroidery with Turkish gold, silk threads, and beads. It also suggests designs for a suede waistcoat and bonnet crown, with stitch choices and color ideas.
Redfern Fashions in New York notes silk jersey may return and dresses may mirror jersey styles with back buttons. Early spring millinery favors violets with hats and muffs in Paris richly adorned. Skating costumes remain in demand, shoes affected by mild winter, Russian lined fur edged styles praised as pretty andjuvenile without being childish.
A braided coat with feather trimming represents the next sketch in the fashion page. The piece showcases intricate braiding and is a favorite design for its display of craftsmanship. Colors favored this week include turquoise corn yellow pansy mauve and creme for evening toilettes and walking costumes.
An article outlines the structure of a permanent orchestra led by long term conductors, with the New York Symphony Orchestra as a key example. It notes 67 musicians, roles from concert master to various sections, and explains tuning, practice habits, and the prominence of German born players while highlighting figures like Adolph Brodsky and Jules Jonas.
The article discusses historical conducting gestures and score-reading methods used by orchestras. It then shares multiple recipes and cooking notes for hominy dishes, roe cake, hoe cake, and bread, reflecting 19th century domestic guidance and economical meal ideas.
In a playful exchange, Uncle Phil offers Tommy a dime and tests his plan to match or quit his wager, exploring a child’s understanding of value and decision making.
In Brussels the Duke of Wellington and officers attended a ball hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. Wellington requested the ball proceed to avoid alarm as Napoleon's advance loomed. By midnight generals were warned and departed, while dancers remained unaware of the fate about to unfold.
A quip attributed to Dean Swift imagines a tax on air in England. The speaker praises Ireland’s air, warning that praising it in England could provoke a tax. The remark reflects satirical fear of levies and economic meddling.
James Ross of Pittsburg acted as Washington’s land sale agent in Pennsylvania and visited Philadelphia to settle accounts. He found the Custises and Mrs. Washington alarmed in the parlor before Washington entered with a dark gaze. The secretary of war then inquired about Randolph’s pamphlet, and Washington responded questions lingered.
A speaker denounces a man as the damnedest liar on Earth and pounds the table with force, causing cups and plates to jolt from their positions.
Horatio Bridge cites a sealed 1834 wager involving Nathaniel Hawthorne and Johnathan Cilley about Hawthorne's marriage status by 1836. The agreement, kept sealed until 1846, was broken when Cilley later died in a duel with Graves, settling the bet.
The letter cites Rev Robert Collyer arguing marriages should be performed by ordained clergy not civil authorities He says marriage is a church sacrament and only holy wedlock with proper fitness of heart and character saves nations He notes some expect civil law to govern marriage like other church ordinances and protect rights and property through courts
A humorous exchange shows Mr Mercer lamenting losses from advertising while declaring he sought a wife and ended up with one instead. The banter highlights the ironic twist of the advertisement yielding an actual spouse.
Royal customs keep the late Alfonso XII buried in a cavern within the mountain beside the Escorial. His remains rest on a rock slab near a stream, awaiting full mummification before transfer to a niche among Spanish kings and queens beneath the Escorial dome.
The Roanoke, under construction at Bath, will exceed the Shenandoah as the largest wooden sailing vessel. It will be about 812 feet overall, 49 feet beam, 29 feet depth, and measure roughly 3600 tons gross.
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