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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1894
Page
5
The New York Sun notes that the suffrage push failed in the convention by opposition reports yet gains momentum with 58 of 155 votes in favor. It traces a rapid shift in feminine interest from indifference to organized advocacy, predicting eventual success when women broadly request the ballot.
D. W. Morrell argues in Home and Country that women in professional and shop roles show better health than some working sisters but face moral judgments and economic hardship. He cites insufficient wages, poor health, limited education, and poverty as the core evils shaping mothers of future generations.
Mrs. Burton Harrison’s story A Bachelor Maid appears in The Century, with a character noting the modern “extraordinary capers” of females. A fictional notice, claimed to come from a committee, asks the speaker and “all the adult members of my household” to respond to a call.
On Sixth Avenue below Fourteenth Street, a jewelry firm run by two skilled sisters thrives. They train under their father, mend watches including Swiss pieces, and handle all repairs in house. The shop presents a capable, female-led business with many orders from major New York jewelers.
A portrait of Mrs. Chanler, her strong features and vitality, as she contemplates a future book that could eclipse The Quick or the Dead. Her life abroad and society’s homage have tempered her girlhood innocence, though she remains sincere and friendly.
Isa bel A. Mallon in Ladies' Home Journal notes preferences for cotton over lisle or silk stockings due to foot comfort. Dark blue, black, tan shoe color Coordination, dye sensitivities, and garter use influence choice. Silk stockings offer lower prices than black, but garter wear reduces durability for some.
A London Monday night scene at Tottenham Court Road shows many women in tunics stockings and bicycles attending a reception to form a lady cyclist federation. The group aims to promote female cycling, independence from dining room restrictions, and to enable hiring of machines, seeking parity with men.
A brief note by Consix Madga on how the current hat fashion emphasizes the curve. The author hints at a family of curves shaping style and identity in headwear.
A London Truth note observes that even among nine or ten sisters no two hats suit all alike. It cites a large soft black chip hat with feathers and pink rose, noting each girl requires curve adjustments to best suit her head and features.
The Empress Eugenie accompanied Prince Napoleon to Windsor to meet the queen as her heir, a notable assertion given her history as the former mistress of the Tuileries fortune. A Paris visit rumor claims she went incog to a palmist who claimed her hand foretold extraordinary events, suggesting she could be the Empress Eugenie.
A Womankind writer argues that justice and equal moral standards for men and women matter more than suffrage. She urges treating a man as a moral leper and excluding or embracing both genders equally, asserting greater equal rights in this issue than in the ballot.
Rumors of Princess Alix of Hesse health concerns spread, with fear her engagement to the Russian heir may be broken. The Romanoff law prohibits marriage to those not in sound health, a rule echoed in Austrian and German royal families.
The article notes endless chatelaine belts featuring bang combs as a stylish addition. Newest models use a tortoise shell case overlaid with silver filigree, folding like a pocketknife blade and hung by a silver chain among other decorative and practical items.
Renowned author of Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett, long associated with America, has relocated to London. She came to the United States at age fifteen and later married Dr. Burnett of Washington, now taking a fine house in Portland Place and planning to reside in London.
A London ladies pompadonal or chestra appeared at a recent Royal Botanic Society garden festival. Its powdered hair quaint cut socks and tinted skirts added greatly to the event's picturesque beauty in upper society circles.
Alexandra, princess of Wales, wins hearts by visiting the sick in hospitals. She shows special gentleness to children and is touched when an invalid child in an accident ward shyly calls her Mrs. Princess of Wales.
A mix of style notes and political items. North Dakota Republicans adopt a woman suffrage plank and nominate Emma F. Bates for state superintendent. Other notes mention hair ornaments, a practical shoe drawer, a Danish stenographer, rising participation of women in Denmark, and lamp chimney cleaning tips.
A San Francisco Examiner summary explains how public highways form by dedication or prescription and how highways are laid out, overseen, and funded. It notes the role of commissioners of highways, overviews the duties of overseers, and states that bicycles and tricycles are treated as carriages with full rights and restrictions.
The Philadelphia Press notes New Jersey leads in road improvement efforts driven by wheelmen farmers and market gardeners. It cites a $7,000,000 annual loss due to bad roads and outlines fears that tax increases must be avoided for farming interests to support road plans.
An 8 inch wide tire on a two long ton wagon was tested with a dynamometer. Drafts measured 254 pounds on good earth road, 468 pounds on grass, and 771 pounds on newly plowed ground. Results imply two horses can pull the load on road grass sod, while broad tires improve road leveling and narrow tires worsen ruts.
The piece traces sugar from its scarce ancient mention to Latin terms by Pliny and other classical writers. It notes sugar's early nonbees honey from reeds, Arabia Felix sources, and early medical references, concluding with a tongue in cheek remark about the western corn crop being the smallest on record.
A new catalogue detailing courses such as penmanship commercial arithmetic bookkeeping business correspondence stenography and related subjects is available free upon request. The publication invites prospective students to apply to obtain full information.
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