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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1891
Page
7
A compact, period style guide on learning fencing with foil and masks. It outlines equipment costs and basic lessons from stance and guard to lunge, carte, tierce, and disengagement. Practical tips cover wrist turns, body position, guards, and the Beat to outmaneuver a foe. Includes four progressive lessons and advanced moves like double disengagement and coupe.
An old Italian school used many guards to cover all points but the modern method uses a sweeping circle to guard the whole body. The guard covers semi circle and circle from right to left, using the wrist as axis, meeting the opponent’s point anywhere. Returns and postures follow, with emphasis on reading the opponent’s eye to anticipate actions. Epwago Rosy, 1801.
A historical account outlines Banting and his diet. It notes his height of 65 feet 5 inches and weight 202 pounds, his 1860s weight loss under London guidance, and presents the steakfast tea and supper plans with allowed foods. The text emphasizes portions by appetite and details the diet’s daily structure and beverage choices.
Auline writes from Lenox Oct 2 about autumn social life and fashion as Misses Brookman and Greenleaf rise as Lenox belles. She details dances, dresses, and the sewing class with 28 to 30 polite girls, noting Miss Parsons engagement to Mr. Barclay and the Lenox girls in white veils.
The enclosed sketch for Tuk Sunpay Guione shows a glove-fitting velvet dress with orange faced cloth accents, brown fur trim, a belt of three buttons, and bell shaped skirt. The article predicts autumn colors from muted grays to royal blue and venetian red, noting fashion trends and critiques of prune color.
A downtown importer sends two women buyers abroad to study London and Paris gowns for winter costumes. One has returned with a score of model gowns and the other will bring back newer confections after her return. The piece notes fashion reform debates and affordable costume options for the winter of 01-92.
A London trained observer notes Paris fashion pivots for winter with fewer Louis Seize coats and more princess gowns, short basques, and centure girdles. Silk and velvet gain prominence over cloth, fur usage rises, with gray velvet gowns costing about $93 in direct or replicated versions, while upscale furred trimmings remain costly.
A narrator teaches a system of dress cutting and fit focusing on waist measurement with a belt, pattern gore divisions for a six gores skirt, and step by step drafting. It covers cutting, sewing, finishing touches, and cost estimates as a seamstress handles sewing while the learner manages measurements, bias and straight seams, and ornamented hems.
The article traces Louis Prang born in Breslau in 1798 through a lifetime of work in engraving, dyeing, lithography, and color printing. From early hardship in Bohemia and Switzerland to exile in America, he builds Prang & Co. in Boston, pioneering chromolithography, war map publications, and album cards while overcoming debts and health setbacks.
Advice from a long seasoned housekeeper on optimizing a kitchen space. It covers cupboards under sinks, shelving ideas, portable castors, hooks, brackets, and clever storage to reduce steps and improve ventilation. It suggests using oil cloth, curtains, rugs, and simple diy fixes to create a practical, thrift friendly kitchen environment.
An amusing tale of a brides mischief and a craftsman outlook on upholstering. A hysteria themed bride uses envelopes as wallpaper and blue blotting paper frieze while a bachelor husband endures witty home making. Novel alcove decor ideas showcase fretwork divans and brass bric a brac displays.
The article surveys evolving decor trends such as wirework vines colored verdant green with leaves and buds, muslin curtains with black lace, ecru net embroidered in silk, and chenille curtains with a broken net dado. It notes movable furniture designs, canopy beds, harmonizing woodwork with wall hues, and a cave-like wall treatment in ivory tones. It also quotes a dealer on women's influence on fashion demand and a custom chair frame sold for $22 insights into bespoke pieces.
Clothier and Furnisher lauds Captain Byrnes of the 15th precinct for his keen judgment in daily attire. Off duty, he favors a low crown wide brim derby hat worn forward, a distinctive feature amid his long, decorated police career.
The vogue for the opera hat, long established in Paris, has spread to England. Londoners have adopted the bell shaped tall hat, reviving older styles once worn by the city’s old beaux. The social atmosphere now carries a renaissance flavor as hats reappear from hiding places.
A simple mouth rinse mixes tincture of myrrh with half a glass of water to cleanse and refresh the mouth. It acts as a gum tonic and helps arrest decay while remaining very inexpensive, costing about 10 cents for four years or more.
A portrait and profile describe Bricher and the Prang chromos trade, noting a studio rebuilt after a fire on Roxbury Street. It highlights Prang's influence on color lithographs, half a million dollars paid to artists, ongoing design purchases, and the industrious, generous factory head known for his white beard and quiet, dictatorial demeanor.
Ella Starr notes in Frank Leslie's that a health bodice of fine white twill with embroidery forms a soft, pliable support over the bust. It can be easily laundered with bones removable, while a loose house gown over this style provides comfort and freedom of movement indoors.
A brief dialogue from Kate Field's Washington notes a Briton chiding a boisterous American. The American retorts that she belongs in cities where Americans are valued, citing London and Paris as prime examples of where she thrives.
The article discusses several methods to prepare beef for mincemeat, noting that the round cut is most common and boiled until tender. It mentions variations like using beef tongue and other old practices, but the text is garbled and hard to parse in places.
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