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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1891
Page
6
John Weston a State Department clerk lives a routine life with his wife in Washington. She secretly learns French to help him and hires a German professor. When a deception is revealed the couple reconciles after uncovering the truth about the letters and the professor vanishes.
A thoughtful essay explores what defines a man's woman beyond beauty and wit. It highlights social magnetism as the core, a mysterious aura that attracts men, while noting many women lack this edge. The piece analyzes how quiet tact, adaptability, and an elusive inner charm trump pure intellect in exerting social sway.
An old gentleman asks about a sick mother while Tommy hopes for improvement and plans to miss school. The exchange captures a quiet rural tone as family care and concern unfold in a small community setting.
The party reaches a pine ridge and glimpses a vast canyon panorama with red walls and multicolored cliffs. They compare it to a celestial city and a dreamlike metropolis, noting endless amphitheatres, temples, and pagoda forms carved by nature. The scene overwhelms with beauty and terror, redefining the landscape.
A dialogue between Arthur and Helen unfolds within a refined, tense social setting. He presses for affection and marriage while she rebukes vanity and selfishness, then softens into tender encouragement as he confesses love and hopes for a future together.
Today I begin with the pyramids and travel by wagon to the site. We buy lunch eggs but eat little as we have many treats. A letter from papa to the sheik, a Washington head decoration, and a photo of papa and mama. Arabs guide us inside the pyramid to the king’s chamber and teen’s, hot and tiring. We lunch outside near Mena Hotel then climb to the top with two more Arabs. We decline old money for sale and watch a camel ride, Sphinx, and tea with the sheik. We say farewell, ride back to our carriage, and reflect on climbing pyramids at ten.
A Ladies' Home Journal piece advises women on self restraint and dignity in daily life. It urges avoiding flirtatious replies and gossip, keeping personal matters private, and striving to live up to an ideal of womanhood rather than seeking male attention.
In reminiscences from the Globe-Democrat a guest recalls a $22,100 stake at a Spokane Falls faro game after a big fire. He describes tents and houses filled with gamblers, chips of gold and cash on the table, and a costly loss before telling of a Christmas night 1883 Tucson scene where a diverse group of players stayed in the long game.
February Harper's depicts Pat aiming for public office by studying for civil service exams. When his former employer asks if he can pass, Pat reveals he answered every question but suspects officials think he knows too much to waste time washing windows.
A child asks what a poorhouse is and the mother explains it as an imaginary place where the father plans to reside next week. The dialogue portrays a family scene with a simple, fictional definition.
The fragment recalls a playful line about who Lafayette represents in naming towns and streets. The remark ties Bobby-Papa to the idea of honoring prominent figures, reflecting a colloquial cultural reference from the period.
A Kansas operator’s telegraph mix up nearly sparked a lynching when a message “Big Bill got me at Wichita tonight” was altered to warn of a kidnapping. The piece catalogs countless telegraph blunders caused by bad handwriting, storms, or misread copy, noting fines, repeated messages, and human folly across the system.
Harry and Mabel return from the opera and, after a long hesitation, Harry proposes. They linger two hours on the doorstep as she drags him to leave and he begs for another kiss. The scene is light, affectionate, and filled with shy banter as they settle into engagement.
Two intertwined monologues reveal a distressed bachelor and a disengaged woman both haunted by a photograph of a belle. The man contemplates self-destruction and aging beauty while the woman rejects old loves as she muses on male vanity and emotional games.
A clergyman asks a convert if conversion cost him. He says he sacrificed earning from singing in the choir. A street corner exchange adds a humorous note about Santa Claus sightings with a wagon and a signed bundle by mother.
A beggar pleads for help while Simeral retorts that a longer thirty eight days could yield a large salary as a dime museum freak. The exchange underscores harsh poverty and sharp social commentary.
In a brief dialogue, Paek voices the wind with a playful remark. The counterpoint notes that the wind does not whistle the tune of Little Annie Rooney, highlighting a comic contrast between the two expressions.
A society man and former actor recount a Chicago stage tryout where water on cue caused a deluge. He improvised a line and the audience laughed as he escaped amid the splashing, feeling the villain and hero roles swapped in the moment.
In a Chicago schoolroom the young Miss Emersonia Osgoodson performs a recitation described as stellar and sublime. The teacher and classmates watch as she declaims lines about coruscating celestial bodies and the vast firmament, leaving the room in tears and wonder.
A St Joseph, Missouri shopkeeper comments on handling children in stores noting that patience with young customers yields long term trade. He recalls a schoolmaster who said rulers lose control when children rule their mothers and fathers. The merchant argues retailers profit from the children s trade by humor and tolerance.
A fragmentary collection contrasts yearned wisdom with playful verse, quoting Sir John Suckling and Springfeld Graphic samples. It moves from debt to love, with lines about debt toPeter and a kiss in a hall. A woman recalls beloved poets as she reflects on past loves and present emptiness.
A nostalgic lyric describes a sedan chair bearing a queenly lady and a knight. The speaker recalls a proud face and a tender glow as love crosses paths with the lady of long ago, with imagery of a fan, a kiss, and a hopeful glance.
A fragment from Thomas Lovell Beddoes presents a struggle of affection and aversion. The speaker alternates between loving and hating a single beloved, seeking a reason that might end the passion, yet concludes that love cannot die. The text blends tender imagery with ardent conflict, ending in a vow that love endures despite the fight.
A whimsical fable from February St Nicholas by Oliver Herford depicts an ambitious Ant inviting Birds and Beasts to a grand ball. She scrambles to feed five score guests, invents a plan, and hosts a night of dancing and misread hunger until the Fish decline and no answers come.
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