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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1884
Page
3
A 19th century discussion argues pockets fix women’s wardrobe woes and social equality. It cites Harper's Bazaar and Chicago Weekly Magazine editors praising pockets, criticizes handbags, and imagines near invisible, numerous pockets like men's, for safety and convenience.
The article surveys spring fabrics and styles from satines and ginghams to nainsocks and sateens, noting patterns, colors, and draping. It discusses bodice gathers, flounced skirts, polonaises, and the polonaise for indoor wear, with mantilla wraps, mantles, and jackets in Jersey cloths and cheviots for warmer days and summer use.
Shades of brown gray blue and green dominate Jersey cloths while cheviot jackets feature small checks large blocks and fine stripes. Short stagie breasted jackets with high-shouldered sleeves slim figures and Jersey webbing versions with velvet trim lead spring ensembles. Long cloaks become less fitted with passementerie bands belts and simple capes.
A guide to decorative satin painting using eight colors with turpentine and gasoline prep, hints on materials, design sources from nature and embroidery patterns, and cautions on pigment handling. It surveys painted dresses, collars, cuffs, fans, and Japanese silk designs, stressing neatness and a love of beauty as elevating art.
Instructions describe starting with eighteen stitches using Saxony yarn in a fluted edging pattern. Rows alternate plain and purl, with turning and slipping stitches to form a quill or flute pattern, repeating to complete the second quill and continuing in sequence.
A silk handkerchief folded into a bag forms a delicate crochet or knitting case. Use pale blue or pink brocade, fold corners, hem, and stitch matching silk seams. Create a half inch ribbon channel around the edge, thread a narrow colored ribbon to draw, and finish with a lace top ruffle for a convenient, decorative bag.
Crochet pattern describes starting with an eleven chain, twenty seven rounds with two stitches in the middle of each row, increasing to thirty eight stitches. Keep sides straight, then work thirty six rows of ten stitches on one side leaving eighteen between sides, sew sides together, finish with a close round, sew a flannel lined leather sole. Materials listed: one quarter ounce black and one and three fourths ounces crimson.
The hood is knitted with white double wool. Start by casting on 150 stitches at the longest edge. Knit 30 rows back and forth, then transfer 30 stitches to a second needle and start the 31st row, leaving 30 stitches on a second needle for the opposite end.
The article explains shaping a hood by decreasing stitches at the sides to form the point, then knitting 30 stitches to a suitable length to tie under the chin. A white silk border is knitted around the edge and a ribbon row pulls the hood toward the forehead.
A Boston shoe dealer of Jones, Smith & Co discusses family foot shape trends, the shift away from French heels, and the social spread of ill fitting footwear. He notes aristocracy view and shop girls following the trend, with strategies to fit customers and avoid discomfort. He compares Boston to New York and Philadelphia, highlighting high demand for four and four and a half sizes.
A proprietor discusses opening a specialized barber shop employing eight to ten attractive and skilled women. The plan includes strict rules, deafmute-like silence for artists, and a female head barber trained from a Vassar graduate. Opening hoped within three months.
A collage of curious reports details Dr. Al Watts of Boston claiming to have killed 4052 dogs over seven years, a Maine horse racing a quarter mile on ice in 36 seconds, a Manchester terrier pocketing sixteen pool balls in three minutes, and various veterinary wealth tales. Diverse animal antics include a cow yielding milk and butter, a Sayreville horse hauling loads daily, a fox chase ending with a fox hole rescue, and Help the Scotch collie’s death after years of service. The era’s whimsy notes also advertise a rat repellent product and a charitable epitaph tone.
Mrs. Harbert in the Inter-Ocean shares home guidance for dyspepsia colds and mumps treatment. She recounts remedies from beefsteak on the throat to gentle care for children and cautions against overreliance on medicines while stressing diet outdoor exercise sunshine and careful observation of stomach strength and digestion.
Practical medical guidance covers eating habits for dyspepsia, including slow chewing, avoiding meals with fluid foods, moderate temperatures, and limiting meals. The piece explains mumps, its contagion, incubation, gland swelling patterns, age susceptibility, prognosis, and simple care like steaming cloths for invalids.
A simple cure for eye cinders is one or two flaxseed grains placed in the eye where they swell and dissolve a gummy film, removing irritation. Also advised are pocket flaxseed for emergencies, open windows for ventilation, and warm bed clothing with hot bottles to keep a patient comfortable and well aerated in bed.
Directions advise using bromochloratum mixed with one part chemical to eight parts soft water to dip cloths and hang in rooms to purify sick rooms of foul smells. Surfaces can be cleaned by washing then rubbing with a diluted solution.
A weak solution is an excellent rinse for mouth odor and a wash for sores and wounds with offensive odor. The remedy is described as effective for cleansing and deodorizing affected areas.
Early Sunday morning Gustave Rotzler of Evansville went hunting with his dog. The dog returned alone, triggering a posse on snowshoes. They uncovered an open shaft where Rotzler had fallen to his death, the snow concealing the shaft before his fall. A coroner's party lowered a man to confirm the gruesome discovery.
A patchwork of humorous lines and vignettes from a Philadelphia Evening Call page includes caricatured conversations with the Prince of Wales and Miss Anderson, wedding banter, hotel and clerk quips, Lent observations, and a long list of quirky local notes. It weaves playful dialogue with brief biographical and historical scraps from New England and beyond.
A clergyman plagued by years of catarrh finally found a prescription that cured him, saving his life after failed remedies. Sufferers sending a self addressed stamped envelope to a Brooklyn street address will receive the recipe free of charge.
The article lists three graded breakfast, dinner and supper menus for six, with costs. Breakfast No 1 costs 76 cents featuring fried bacon and baked potatoes. Breakfast No 2 costs 120 cents with oatmeal steak corn fritters and coffee. Breakfast No 3 costs 150 cents including fricassee of chicken creamed cracked wheat and egg omelette. Dinner No 1 390? cents features pea soup roast beef scalloped macaroni and cottage pudding. Dinner No 3 470 cents includes lobster soup halibut batter sauce roast turkey orange pudding sponge cake and ice cream. Supper is listed as 2890 cents.
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