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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1892
Page
3
Sir Charles and Matilda quarrel over authority and jealousy. After a tangle with her mother Lady Beauchamp and an uncle’s meddling, a dramatic contrivance by Grace Peabody and a ladder brings the couple together. The ultimatum is rejected and reconciliation ends happily.
Jessie Benton Fremont daughter of Senator Thomas H. Benton and wife of Gen. John Charles Fremont blends English and Scotch roots. Born in Virginia her life reflects the colonial gentility and civic impact she embodied as chronicler and companion of her husband’s explorations and political rise. Her writings appear in The Sunday Globe showcasing her lively humor and humane insight.
Shirley Dare offers a health and beauty column with practical remedies for wrinkles, skin care, pimples, and oily hair. Readers from L. A. Boston and Marlboro send questions. answers cover skin moisturing, steam and cerate routines, coarse brown bread’s link to clear complexions, hot baths, massages, and dietary tips.
A DIY guide explains making a cracker pincushion from cheap cotton flannel strips. The ball is wrapped with cotton batting and sachet powder, topped with china site pieces, feather stitched ribbon, crocheted silk fins, and decorative edges. Final touches include rings threaded with ribbon and a bow, plus feather stitching and arranging short pins for a decorative design.
Flowers and ferns frozen in clear ice create a beautiful table decoration. A block of ice lasts several hours for dinner displays, but should be placed over a deep receptacle to catch melted water and prevent spills.
A photograph case presented as a possible new use for handkerchiefs may catch on in fashion circles. The idea showcases the utility of photographic displays integrated into accessory design and could influence future textile trends.
A step by step craft note describes making a satin photo case with painted flowers on satin, a pasteboard frame, cotton batting layers, sachet sprinkled, lined with china silk, and finished with chenille cord. It suggests feather stitching inside for a flap and a cross cord, with options for ribbons bows and repurposing the case for handkerchiefs or neckties.
A short reflective piece urges enthusiasm for holidays and birthdays, for heroic deeds, unselfish people, scientific discoveries aiding humanity, saints in literature and art, exemplary non tiresome figures, humble attractive women, Wagner’s music, and babies.
A clipped exchange shows a daughter asking about income and a father admitting to a small deception about a salary while noting he borrowed $5. The dialogue captures a domestic moment reflecting concern over finances and honesty.
A curious shelf tale describes a thick bound medical volume in Boerhaave’s library. When opened every page is blank except the title page which proclaims keep your head cool your feet warm and your stomach free and you may laugh at the doctors.
A charming sketch of Louis Wain's cat Peter as a kitten and playful antics from his youth. Peter discovers a mouse, explores a toy-filled home, and performs curious stunts, revealing a bond with his owner through tender, humorous vignettes. Also contains dated recipes for orange desserts and method notes.
A fashion column advocates extreme simplicity for young women's dress. It cites high necks, long sleeves, plain cotton gowns like a Rockefeller daughter's at Vassar, and warns against gewgaws. Corsets linger in life at school, while Delsarte dancing styles and austere robes dominate.
New York fashion notes from January explore spring suit motifs in striped materials and wash leather tones, with satin merveilleux lining for plains. The enduring tailor made coat, diagonally stitched with horn buttons, is praised for its cut. A reorganized tailor-made gown combines velvet trims and a soft waist belt for a more flexible silhouette. Le Baron de Bremont.
A London Gazette tale follows Harry Brittain and Addie Graham as they elope against stern editor Old Graham. After years of hardship, a sub-editor secretly funds a full-page notice of reconciliation, the heartfelt gesture queuing a dramatic reunion at Regent’s Park. The story traces guilt, the power of journalism, and a costly public admission.
At breakfast we were startled to find Peter in a rabbit pie where he had hidden himself. I chased him as he pursued our canary around the room. The canary fled to an old helmet on a shelf, which served as his sanctuary and where he sang peacefully. The linnet’s cage is placed on the window.
A curious cat, after inspecting a gly cerine pot and a power box, climbs stairs and reacts to a rival in a mirror. He experiences wonder at the moon seen from a back garden, remains rooted, and only pines with a melancholy mew that tugs at hearts.
In a Dundee showroom a model tombstone with a phonographic inscription was never placed in a churchyard. At St Mary’s church in Sculcoates Hull a wall tablet preserves a Byron style inscription about Miss Jane Delamotte who died January 10, 1761. It describes her as a pew sinner yet not wicked and notes faith in the Catholic church and the holy passion and resurrection.
The account describes a royal visit by the Queen and court ladies ashore, a barter for tobacco, and natives working in exchange for goods. It notes missionaries’ limited impact, church dues paid in produce, and a satirical view of how English, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches function within the local economy.
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