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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1891
Page
7
Noted Blue-Stockings and their husbands are explored, pairing Marian Harland Mrs Terhune with her scholarly clergyman spouse. It surveys Frances Hodgson Burnett’s physician husband and other partners, highlighting how husbands shape careers, morals, and domestic life of writers and stage figures.
A new fad for artistic women is glass painting, with lessons and kits marketed for home use. The piece discusses Joseph Jefferson and a church window as inspiration, outlines basic materials and steps, and highlights inexpensive aluminum and leaded glass panels for DIY stained glass projects.
The piece surveys May 30 New York fashion, praising women’s dress and detailing sea voyage attire. It highlights rich fabrics, hats, and accessories, from blue lavender gowns and imported cloths to straw sailors, ulsters, gauze veils, and silk cushions for steamer chairs. It also notes Paris battles over fourreau gowns and paniers to sculpt the figure.
A survey of 19th century interior trends urges color harmony with personal style, noting Marie Antoinette’s white and gold, deep tones in oriental cultures, and future shifts away from prevailing fads. It covers tapestries aboard Pierpont Morgan’s yacht, medieval screens, brocatelles in light tints, and affordable copy fabrics.
An article details burlap wall coverings using brass, ornate nails, and lace netting to create textured designs. It notes luxuries like a $100,000 rug, cloth of gold items, and an Orient-inspired furniture trend including carved cases, feathering, and new stand and seat combos. The piece also mentions a shoe-and-stocking-stool, a hospital use bed table, and fashionable wood finishes like bird's-eye maple.
An old black gown can become a pretty evening toilette with simple additions like fichus and lace. Instructions from the Tribune suggest white mull draped fichus, lace cuffs, and silk shirts for young girls to brighten family evenings without heavy expense.
New York May article highlights approach of summer fashion for women with lawn lace ribbons and flower hats. It notes Newport cottages opening and seaside resorts inviting boarders as women finalize gowns and fabrics. The piece showcases a new foulard gown as a key wardrobe piece.
A fashion description details a black foulard gown with green velvet girdle rosette and puff sleeves, plus a lace hat and field flower sprays. It questions French gloves mostly made in England, noting Dent makers stamp Paris names for profit, and remarks on chic small hat styles for year ahead.
This sketch shows Redfern's cricket gown in white flannel with blue stripes. The blouse waist features a sailor collar and cuffs in dark blue striped with white. A narrow dark blue braid trims the hem.
The young Chinese emperor Hwangti turns twenty and takes a new wife, part of a selective process sourcing Mantchu maidens from ten provinces. Mandarins and mothers scrutinize candidates, with final choice by the Empress Dowager and the emperor. The outcome includes consent, ritual, and the fate of the other maidens.
A sharp exchange centers on marriage for a bargain as Miss Lovering questions the motive and Lady Bankrupt replies that the husband was irresistible at the bargain price. The wry dialogue hints at social satire and domestic irony.
A dramatic verse piece depicting a proud man who ignores charity and the poor. He passes the needy with scorn while funeral rites paraded near him. In the end death comes, mocked by the punch line about an elevator to hell. The piece critiques moral hypocrisy through vivid scenes and indirect scorn.
A country woman who is not too stout can mount a horse without aid. An equestrienne should need no more help than a man, skirts add mild hindrance. Steps include lowering the left stirrup, using upper and lower pommels, a side step, springing from the right foot, and swinging into the saddle, then adjusting the dress.
A dramatic scene unfolds in a library as a mother confronts Maud over alleged misbehavior. Maud sobs and insists she was following her father's instruction, while W.M. and F.D. react in shock to the accusation and implied impropriety.
The article argues bangs are eternal in women’s fashion, citing figures from Cleopatra to Empress Josephine and Mme. Roland. It notes prominent ladies like Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. James Robert McKee adopting bangs, with fashion experts in New York affirming the bang’s lasting popularity across eras.
The text discusses how German princesses gifted to Russia, notably the Saxe Altenberg line, use clothing to enhance beauty. Grand Duchess Constantine learns styling from a French hairdresser who advises dresses should either conceal ugliness or support beauty, acting as a tasteful accompaniment rather than a vanity.
A Paris dispatch to the Chicago Herald traces tights to ancient Gallic brales and medieval haut de chausses worn by both sexes. A curious note cites Heloise writing to Abelard about nuns at Paraclete wearing them as fashion evolved, though the text trails into fragmented discussion.
In a gay city scene classic Greek and Roman furnishings inspire costumes. Mme Tallen wore roseate tights with golden bangles above and below the knee at a ball at Salle Frascati. A gauze robe completed her attire as diamond rings glinted on her fingers.
The Osages grew rich by selling their Kansas land when moved to an Oklahoma Territory reservation. One Indian kept his Kansas land, reportedly worth 1,000,000 today, possibly the richest Indian, while ostracized from the Indian office. The rest’s land was bought by the government and opened to settlers without direct payment, with mock credits and no secure deposits on the purchase money.
Fragmented lines describe a summer scene with bees, partridges and lovers beneath the moon. The verses hint at romance and nature in a Chicago Tribune page fragment, preserving period tone and imagery rather than a full narrative.
A 1920s report notes the Chippewa Indians, about 5000 people, will become the world’s second wealthiest tribe once treaty provisions are fulfilled. Rich lands along Minnesota’s small lakes are cited as the source, with government payments contributing to their wealth this year.
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