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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
10
A nostalgic poem traces a grandmother's schooling from home study to a B S for Best Sewer, a B A for Bread Artist, G H for Good Housekeeper, and A M for Mother, noting the ultimate degree as the divine Well done. Edwin L. Sabin.
The piece notes mauve and violet as fall fashion, warns average women may overdo trends, and highlights handkerchiefs as sewing accents. It urges careful canning, clean teakettles, and argues gloves move from practical in heat to silk and satin, while defying comfort in hot weather.
Fashion writers claim trained skirts are out except for weddings and formal events. The author argues long dresses exhaust women as skirts must be held up with every step, proposing a floor-length style that does not drag.
A brief guide notes there are many currant jelly methods but this easy rule is best for hot days. If currants are clean no washing is needed. if washing is required do it the night before and dry the currants thoroughly on a sloth to prevent moisture.
A New York Post recipe guide describes making currant jelly by juicing, sugaring, and boiling, and preserving pineapple by slicing, sugar curing, cooking until transparent, and sealing. It notes using cores and rinds with tart apples for jelly and finishing like other jellies.
A winter encounter recalls a sick child near a fourth story window who begs to see a light lit each night. The narrator vows to keep the back room fire burning, likening personal virtue to a light others watch for in darkness and urging ongoing kindness and truth to honor those who rely on it.
The Department of Agriculture reports new food plants including basella Indian vine with arbutus like blossom and blackberry like fruit, a giant okra, a husk tomato from Mexico for sweet pickles, a Mexican exploding cucumber, and chevril a raw eat tuber. Compared to fifty years ago the modern table is well supplied with vegetables and fruit as new varieties arrive from foreign countries. The Chinese have many vegetables unknown to foreigners and may be borrowed from when European supply runs short.
In a Boston lecture Mr John H Flagg cited ants memory and reasoning. He recounted an incident where ants traced a narrow path through a ring of molasses to a pie. They used an old nail hole as a throughway and labored three hours to haul plaster grains and reach the pie.
A silent passenger aboard an Atlantic liner finally breaks his silence with a riddle. He asks what sets him apart from a turkey, noting the difference is that a turkey is not stuffed with chestnuts until dead. The tale blends humor and maritime leisure aboard the voyage.
A German professor attacks long dress skirts as promoting neuralgic pains from constant lifting. He mocks wearers who let a silken petticoat trail beneath a heavy skirt and says such fashion is fit only for carriage rides. He notes the modish woman would not wear them on shopping trips.
A reflective note on appetite and restraint as the writer concedes a modest serving of life’s lessons. The tone blends culinary imagery with a confession that humility can enrich experience and character.
An Irish woman arrested for striking her husband with a poker offers a quirky defense about temper. A man jokes about oysters fried in a box costing 25 cents, confusing frying method. A mother recalls a pantry mystery as a child explains darkness hid a second cake slice.
A witty exchange features a wife praising Confessions of a Wife while the husband vows to write Confessions of a Husband. The wife teases who would publish such a work, jokingly suggesting The Police Gazette.
Literary Notes surveys new works and author news. William James releases Puerto Rican and Other Impressions from Putnam’s. Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler marries Prof Alfred Laurence Felkin. James B Connolly contributes a sail-carrying tale to Scribner’s July issue. Besant’s London in the Time of the Stuarts is announced. Century prepares Timothy Cole’s Menippus wood-engraving frontispiece for July.
Reports on Gordon Keith sales by Thomas Nelson Page and other authors. Dr. C W Doyle dies at 61 after writing The Taming of the Jungle and The Shadow of Quong Lung. Harper's and Appleton announce new titles by Alden Butterworth and more. Scribners previews Our Feathered Game and a Lamb edition. Gettysburg anniversary feature with Gen John B Gordon. Author Arthur Stanwood Pier's career path and life details noted.
The text recounts a Harvard graduate who quickly proved himself as a writer and earned an editorial post at The Companion. His early short stories and magazine success led him to abandon a law career, publishing The Pedagogues in 1899 and The Sentimentalisty as later works.
The May issue highlights articles on John Baskerville and His Work by Robert K Dent TheMis sale Speciale Once More by E F Kunz London Bibliographical Letter by Alfred W Pollard plus Book Reviews and a Collector's Guide to the magazines The frontispiece presents a Baskerville portrait The sober dress suits the book lover and the publication is a valued house addition.
The June issue of Literary World covers the literary world with reviews of recently published books. Bliss Carman contributes A Canon of Criticism and The Editor's Club adds a literary touch. Letters from New York Philadelphia Chicago Toronto and Boston reveal best selling books in those cities for the prior month.
Norman Duncan paints the life of Newfoundland mariners in The Codfishers of Newfoundland while A B Lueder discusses Building American Bridges in Mid Africa. Other timely pieces cover Russia and the Nations, The Jewish World, English Commercial Gentlemen, Preventing Factory Fires, Typhoid Prevention, A Farmer's Trust, The Day's Work of a Librarian, Preparing College Students for Business, Short Vacations by Trolley, What the Motor Cycle Offers, and a Summer Fiction review.
A study by D. Appleton and Company on Chauncey C. Hotchkiss's For a Maiden Brave, now in its fifth edition, reports responses from nearly five hundred buyers. The data show how readers decided to purchase, highlighting ad exposure, recommendations, previous works, binding, title, illustrations, and general appearance as influential factors.
The Leeds Mercury quotes a London reader who mockingly dismisses New York as a one horse town yet condemns its skyline. He argues London lacks skyscrapers but remains superior in culture, architecture, and sanitation, questioning American claims of urban supremacy. He notes Americans’ pride in New York’s height and laments their confidence.
Concord notes Mrs Walter D Leland piano teacher gave a pupils recital at the vestry of the Unitarian church on Friday evening the 12th. She is a popular teacher with many pupils in neighboring towns and serves as organist at the reformatory. Rain limited attendance.
Rev Dr Mansfield preached at the M E church on Sabbath morning. In the evening Rev W Ferguson delivered the baccalaureate sermon before the high school graduates using Daniel 1 8 as text. His address offered guidance for graduates future conduct. Graduation exercises were held Thursday evening.
Chelmsford reports Principal Clarence H. Knowlton of Centre high resigns effective term end to take charge of Lexington high. He is described as popular and efficient, with regret shared by all in the community. William Mitchell resumes work on George Day's house after a rest in Intervale New Hampshire.
John Terras a Greek worker cut his hand in Collinsville mills and required a physician. A group plans to clear the St Marys mission yard with pick and shovel while parish women maintain interior furnishings. Dracut pupils attended Lowell entrance exams at the high school. The Lobster club hosted a Lakeview pond fishing trip for Lowell young men yesterday.
Miss Sarah Dixon of Tyngsboro will preach again next Sunday after a second invitation due to popular praise. Grange hosts an open meeting this evening at the Grange hall on children s night with a strong entertainment and a strawberry collation to follow.
North Billerica cricket team faces Methuen with H Rowley captain and a full lineup leaving Merrimack Square at 12 30. North Billerica Reserves meet Zion Reserves at Ford Way Park at 2 30 p m with J Gamer captain and a strong cast. Frances Gammon ill at Wilson street and Asa Pollard lodge to hold its first anniversary at Union hall next Saturday evening with banquet and entertainment planned.
Tax assessors set the rate at 12 per thousand, one dollar less than the prior year. The move lowers the levy for property owners while maintaining funding for municipal services. Local officials indicated the adjustment balances anticipated revenue with expenditure needs.
The Birthday club held a gentleman’s party in Liberty hall on Wednesday evening for about eighty five villagers. The program included songs, poems, recitations and readings by local ladies and Josiah Allen’s Wife. Mrs H H Emerson chaired. accompanists were Mrs Parker and Mrs Parkhurst. Following the entertainment, refreshments were served. The Sunday school plans a children’s day concert on Sunday evening June 21.
In Littleton last Sunday children at the Congregational church sang and spoke with no christening service. The Unitarian church will host dedicatory services for a new bell next Sunday with a singing rehearsal for children on Saturday. W F Cate and Mrs Cate plan a vacation abroad. Mrs David S White was brought from Boston for burial. her husband was Dr White's brother. Mrs Eaton of Fitchburg visits, and Laura Woodworth also stayed briefly. The new bell and weather vane were reinstalled and praised. The Baptist church held a baccalaureate for the high school seniors with Rev. Enslin, Ewins, and Brown contributing, and the Back Log club of the Unitarian society will host a strawberry festival next Thursday evening with an entertainments to follow.
Bedford community updates include Myron H. Clark re elected district school head William N. Cragin kept as superintendent at same salary. a wedding trip return. Bedford post office slated to rise to presidential class with 1400 salary prompting office changes. Children’s day observed at Congregational church with plant gifts. Camp Riverhurst serenade for Mr and Mrs Hobbs with love poem, tin gift, and playful verses.
At Lucy E. Brooks home on June 11 the 1900 club met to plan the new year starting in October. In president Jeannie S. Tyler's absence due to illness, Luella M. Bull chaired. Brooks reported the year's work and Bull offered by law fidelity suggestions and a drafted program.
The annual meeting praised Mrs. Bull for faithful service and elected officers including President Jeannie S Tyler and Secretary Lucy E Brooks. Other business announced that Mrs. Crosby, born Abigail Moody in 1822, died aged 81, with funeral by Rev. Edgar S Wiers.
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