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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1894
Page
8
A playful verse depicts a quirky popcorn man living in a glassy house at a street corner. The speaker portrays his curious appearance and clever corn popping routine with humorous, affectionate imagery.
A mother asks a boy to fetch lettuce on a hot day. The father dunked him in a tub to cool off before he obeys. He learns the rule to come when called and do as bid, then returns for lettuce and changes clothes. The story ends noting the boy is happy and learns discipline.
A 54 foot tall figure in Tokyo of wood and plaster dedicated to Hachiman the war god features a 27 foot wooden sword and a 12 foot ball. The head houses a winding interior stairway with a panoramic view through the eyes. Admission to all parts costs about a penny.
A playful scene shows two children, Toto and Helen, with their dog Raffy using a broomstick mast on a grassy sea. The trio imagines adventures across wondrous lands and hairbreadth escapes. Toto’s father provided the photo and names, with Helen sharing the romp.
The speaker recalls youth as a glossy black curly pup unaltered by art. Beauty seen in nature, childhood innocence praised by poets. Clippings and dye were unknown yet, with memories of growing up and the pain of shaving returning in time.
The Chicago Girls Mutual Benefit club shows progress from a small wage earner group to a self owned clubhouse opened in May 1892. The Jane club a Hull House protegee houses 50 members in a large well equipped flat with shared meals and biweekly business meetings. Miss Addams notes potential for co op clubs with men and women living together, aligning with Hull House practice.
At the Fine Arts building exhibition two life sized figures of a boy and a girl representing the forests of Michigan draw attention. They are by Mrs Theo Ruggles Kitson the only woman admitted to the New York sculpture society formed last fall to encourage ideal sculpture. Kitson is only 22 and has had a notably successful early career in sculpture.
Miss Katharine Cowan of Wellesley leads political economy pupils to the bureau of associated charities in Boston to labor in unions tenement houses and manufacturing. She believes such assignments will push toward a day when women study the great questions of their times.
Nova Scotia and Colorado move toward full suffrage following New Zealand and Wyoming. The widespread talk crosses many places from Big Horn River to Long’s Peak and from the Straits of Canso to the Bay of Plenty, with many voices including Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake commenting.
The Tribune asserts that beyond other reforms, equal suffrage stands as the principal reform, arguing it encompasses many changes. The editorial cites the broader impact of universal voting rights as essential for progress.
A collection of brief anecdotes and remarks about public figures and personalities. It mentions John Hopkins and Chicago, Premier Peters of Prince Edward Island, John Burns on speaking, President Higinbotham predicting a 1910 Chicago exposition, Charles H. Harris offering to defray fines, and others including Senator Voorhees, Lt. John H. Alexander at Wilberforce University, and Chauncey Depew.
A Jewelers' Circular recounts luminous chrysoprase butterflies on hairpins and tremulous sprays, lizard akina perfume bottles with silver standards, and grotesque tastes. Deer horn vases, perforated silver ends, and diamond tiaras showcased at a reception illustrate current ornament trends and apparatus for chatelaines and headwear.
A fragment covers intramural railroad equipment at the World’s Fair used in a New York area suburb. It notes Pennsylvania’s rail mileage per square mile exceeds Germany France and Holland and reports a Pullman line order for 250 refrigerator cars to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. It mentions early railway fears and English station pride, plus a bit of aphoristic life wisdom.
The article highlights prominent individuals including Baroness Burdett Coutts goats, Mrs. E D Watt elected supreme oracle of Royal Neighbors of America, Miss Louise Imogen Guiney appointed postmaster at Auburndale Massachusetts, and Countess of Aberdeen wearing a coronet with five emeralds. It notes records about Minnie Jefferson age claim, pioneering cyclist Mrs. William F Smith, Lady Griselda Ogilvie training as nurse, Mrs. Margaret Reed surviving a 80 foot well fall, Lizzie Beale’s strength, Nellie Bass’s claimed fortune and trousseau, Nellie Dean’s gold medal, Mrs. Dole of Hawaii’s Maine birth, and Miss Ida West’s scientific studies.
A New York Post fashion summary details silk velvets shot and molted in Bayadere stripes of old rose and sea green on fawn silk, reversible shot silks with mauve and pale green or violet spots, Persian brocatel brocade with turquoise accents, and novel silks in white on pale grounds. It notes gold braided trims, peau de soie for sleeves and draped vests, and vivid brocades with petunia, pine cone, nectarine motifs.
A fragment posing as a collection of curiosities notes that fairies supposedly recover lost pins as musical notes, mentions a fossil-shell powder used for whooping cough in Britain and Ireland, cites an undertaker’s sign in Boston, and lists clubs in Berlin and London with humorous names and traits.
Palm leaves on the Amazon grow up to 80 feet long. Cotton with a red color is grown in parts of Georgia. A Tulare County California tree measured 83 feet in diameter at the base. Hemerocallis is called the day lily for its brief bloom lasting about a day. Grevillea robusta is used in California for shade and ornament, and the silky oak timber is valued in Australia, Ceylon, and other tropical countries.
A note on Harvard Brivery costs one million dollars annually. A failed School publication appears in New York, while Schoolmaster and School mistress are cited in England. Ontario hosts 63 public kindergartens with Toronto’s share at 27 percent and 76 trained kindergartners in charge. German teachers a century ago earned little and sang in front of houses at night to supplement income.
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