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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1885
Page
1
A collage of quips on fashion and manners, editors and poets, and urban humor. Jokes on women in fashion, dancing, jokes about courtship, marriage, and social rubrics abound with names like Wilde and Webster alluding to culture and public life.
A refined Austin woman Mrs. McSpilkins, accompanied by her ten year old daughter Maud, experiences a comic mishap in a store while trying on boys hats for a boy at home. The scene blends social irony with a humorous account of Maud’s outbursts and a cattle yard aside.
A narrator recounts a wild evening in the city with a woman, drinking, a roller rink, and a casino style bank game. Chaos ends with loss of money, a near fight, and a hard lesson about not gambling or chasing riotous living. The tale ends with a resolve to stay home and avoid steers until a dream path to fame appears.
A village blacksmith in Clinton's area recalls a customer once named Blodgett who had become Magee after European and English refinements. The tale centers on a shoe repair and a comical mispronunciation of half a dollar, highlighting a humorous exchange as the traveler pays with a one dollar bill and the smith corrects the misread amount.
A Broadway gun store displays a repeating shotgun with a short barrel under the long one that holds six cartridges. The mechanism loads and fires six times in three seconds. It is described for guard use on silver trains and for shooting ducks. A Sultan order is priced at 300 with filigree work.
The piece argues popularity in women hinges not on dress or beauty, money or education, but on a gracious manner, graceful bearing, intelligence, generosity, and above all personal magnetism. It notes charm can outshine wealth or looks in social power.
A legend explains the origin of the fan as a mandarin’s daughter at a feast, fanning herself with a mask to escape the heat. Her quick fluttering inspires others, leading to ten thousand masks fluttering and the fan replacing the fan’s prior use.
Fashion notes describe spring styles as cold and backward with coats short lived due to hard times. Hats with ribbons return as feather trim suits and young married ladies opt for divorce gowns. The Eliza schooner captain seeks to legislate ownership after striking a reef at Martha's Vineyard.
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