Grand Theatre program and cultural notes from October 26
A syndicated column covers a variety of topics from a staged performance at Grand Theatre to fashion satire, timber preservation science, Dante banners in Florence, and the claim that Rome had 600 years without a doctor. The piece blends theater, science, art, and antiquity with period tone and multiple named references.
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Pliny
Rome
No Wool to Dye
A humorous exchange draws a joke about a man named Mr. Snookers described as a red in the wool Republican. The jab contrasts political identity with a mock critique of his hair and appearance in a light local-page quip.
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Snookers
Not a Barber Shop Clergyman Napkin Tale in Lippincott's
A Connecticut clergyman visiting friends tucked his napkin into his collar to shield his clothes from grape juice at breakfast. He recalled a man who rushed into a restaurant and wore his napkin under his chin, asking for luncheon with the waiter replying in a dignified way that they did not provide a shampoo.
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Connecticut
Lippincott’s
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Geo. Ade
Grand Theatre
Worner and
Philosophy
By Duncan M. Smith
Tod
Skiddoo
Bea
Ashas
Hartford Times
Dante
Palazzo Vecchio
Florence
Italy
Aberdeen
Setile
Buck’s Stove & Range Company
Buck’s
Buck
Stratery
Heron Street
Dean’s T and Coffee Store
Becker Block
the Herald