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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1882
Page
3
A devotional poem exhorts divine instruction to live righteously. It asks for strength, patience, and steadfastness to serve God in dark paths, endure daily crossbearings, and find joy in holy work, with a hopeful gaze toward heavenly home.
A narrator guides a scene of execution with bow and snuff, a rose at the begoggled button hole, and a jailer receiving his fee as a crowd presses to witness. The man with the mask and axe eyes the crowd, cries God save King James, then offers his neck to the block.
A poem by Mary Clemmer reflecting on yesterdays as gifts taken from memory. The speaker accepts rich pasts and lost chances, cherishing memories while hoping future hearts are strengthened. The verse contemplates how every person carries the sum of yesterdays through life.
The text laments rhyming fatigue with June and river and moon. It riffs on a poet chasing fresh rhymes while repeating near misses like moon, June, river, and various imperfect rhymes. A playful meditation on craft and the limits of verse.
A lyric devotional scene where SAX HOLM contemplates a cherished wish and asks God to reveal if it is right. The speaker wavers between desire and obedience, choosing to refrain from seeking the thing until God directly guides or grants it, trusting divine timing and instruction.
A poem by Matthew Arnold laments a woman’s death and longing for peace. The narrator contrasts her outward gaiety with a tired heart and a restless spirit that finally finds rest in death. The piece reflects on mortality and the quiet finality of the grave.
The speaker trudges through numb air and snow, beard frozen, breath like smoke, observing a silent frostbound land. Moonlight reveals bare trees as longing for rest grows. frost seeks to chill the heart and quell rebellious heat, yearning for final rest in the cold night.
The piece opens with Wyatt verse praising a face and wit while contemplating a knot that should not slide. It shifts to Mrs Belva A Lockwood, a Washington lawyer, recounting hurdles to her admission to the United States courts after three years of practice. She notes the bar’s requires precedents or broad public opinion and cites the burden placed on a woman.
The speaker describes a prolonged campaign to overcome legal barriers to women entering the bar. He notes three extra years spent shaping public opinion, cites newspaper support to block his admission, and records a bill that finally opened the Supreme Court bars to women, claiming a lasting revolution that cannot be reversed.
Practical guide for forcing geraniums and begonias through winter. Emphasizes pinching and light, careful watering to avoid overgrowth, container size guidance, and variety recommendations such as Jean Sisley, Master Christine, Vesuvius, Queen of the West, and several white and double forms. Describes soil mixes, watering with warm water, and placement near light for best winter bloom.
A discussion on whether women may go unescorted to theatres and public spaces, praising American chivalry and liberties while critiquing prudish hotel refusals. The piece argues freedom for educated, professional women and urges respectful conduct, then shifts to fashion notes on shoes and slippers, highlighting comfort, new overshoe designs, and current trends in footwear.
The article outlines principles for decorative needlework including balance, formality, and conventionalizing natural forms. It discusses arranging flowers and leaves to fill space evenly, maintaining unity and repose, and avoiding heavy contrasts that disturb harmony. It also covers practical design strategies for borders, repeating motifs, and avoiding fatigue in execution.
A garrulous sketch follows a man from a rough Pine log cabin to Paris auctions where he buys an old master for five cents and resells it for 500 000 francs. The tale lampoons art worship, fate of a slum artist, and the thrill of rare paintings amid shabby conditions. The closing line advertises girls for general housework at Aly. E A. Office, 19 Winter Street.
A detailed 19th century guide explains amateur taxidermy for mantling recesses with stuffed birds and animals. It covers skinning, stuffing, eyes, shaping, and drying, plus caution about not stretching the skin and using corrosive sublimate. Also includes home decor notes on wainscoting leather papers, curtains, mirrors, and furniture trends.
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