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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1888
Page
9
From New York fashion notes, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt embodies the era's dress code with imported gowns in drab draped ete and striped velvet, a directoire melange wrap, and towering hats. The piece surveys walking jackets, evening mantles, traveling wraps, and the era's critique of society fashion. OLtive HARPER.
Special correspondent notes Robert Kidson, famed for Trade Rhymes, continues selling carpets in New York while pursuing poetry. He gained praise from Tennyson and Carlyle in England, wrote editorials in Brooklyn papers, and remains active in labor reform efforts such as the Saturday Half Holiday. Allan Forman.
An actress describes training to fall gracefully on stage detailing knee hip shoulder and body mechanics. She recalls brushes with injury including a near-nose fall on uneven stages and a dangerous iron bar incident while stressing controlled inertness and practiced precision.
Gen I N Stiles declares boarding houses foster immorality during a divorce hearing. He repeats the claim that such houses breed scandal and idle hands invite evil, urging young couples to seek separate homes. The remarks echo from a Chicago News attribution and a Troy Times quip about a boy and tobacco.
A husband recalls his wife reproving him for smoking near her before marriage. She replies with a sharp line about a young lady’s capital, noting that such flattery is part of courting. The exchange is brisk and humorous.
A Globe-Democrat chorus girl writes that life in a company is hard and busy with rehearsals study sewing and little time for letters. She dismisses hype about heart romance noting marriages tend to be with others in the troupe and many keep distant attachments. The truth is cooking frugal meals and mending tights at home reveals a less glamorous reality.
A Pall Mall Gazette critique condemns railway refreshment standards in England. It laments stale displays under glass, tasteless two penny sandwiches, leathery buns, and calls for periodical inspectors to sample station fare and improve bread, butter, and mustard.
A humorous exchange shows a salesman offering a horse to a street car superintendent. The seller boasts the horse performed well as a hearse horse for a year while offering a quick delivery and asking for a price.
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