Privations and Pride Behind the Actor's Rise to Fame
A historical reminiscence recounts precocious youths pursuing stage fame aided by a ready audience. Tales of early hardship center on W. S. Penley and other stars, including a Christmas dinner pawned clothes memory by Sir Henry Irving, and Edward Terry’s thrift amid theatrical success.
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Ned
Penley
Tauney
London
Charing Gross
Grossmith
Pentey
Sir Henry Irving
Blanchester
Edward Terry
Mal
Terry
Scheme to Evade Pennies On Anherst Sunderland Streetcar
Patrons irritated by the six cent fare devise a plan to dodge four pennies in change. They hand the conductor a dime and a penny or a quarter with a penny, avoiding a surplus of pennies in the transaction.
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Anherst & Sunderland
Mass
Man Nails Sign Proclaiming No Callers At Winchendon Cabin
Charles T. Warthley, living alone in Winchendon Massachusetts, nails a large sign to his cabin refusing visitors. The inscription states that the lonely man does not want callers and adds a curt quip about a prior intruder.
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Charles T. Warthley
Winchendon
Mass
Russian Lovers in Tragedy Describes Self Sacrifice
A Krasnoyarsk tale of Sergei Paikin who corresponded for years with an unknown bride in Russia. He traveled to meet her only to find she had died and a letter reveals she lied about youth and beauty. She confesses deception and dies content as his chosen bride.
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Krasnomarsk
Russia
Sergei Paikin
Palkin
St. Petersburg
Krasnoiarsk
Sergei
Monirea
Umbrella Handle Conceals Toilet Aids In Paris Trend
A Parisian fashion novelty uses an umbrella handle with a round knob top that opens to reveal toilet aids. The top conceals a tiny mirror on the upper side and a powder puff fills the lower hollow. The knob lifts to reveal a receptacle for orange slick and a nail file.
Daisies Follow Railways
An engineer notes that daisies and buttercups follow railways worldwide. He explains that home grass seeds used on embankments hold earth together, creating long stretches of wholesome grass amid diverse tropical flora from India to Brazil, with daisies brightening the landscape.
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India
Central Asia
Brazil
Doornlool South Africa Drilling Milestone Reaches Deep
It took fourteen months to drill a hole 5,560 feet deep at Doornlool in South Africa. Three eight hour shifts were worked daily. At 5,000 feet the rods were raised in roughly three and a half to four hours and lowered again after the diamond drill point was set in order.
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Doornlool
South Africa
Novel Electric Light Shade Imitates Grapes
New glass shades for electric wall lights mimic grape varieties. Some are greenish white like the Niagara grape and others resemble red varieties. Each grape is hollow with a sand blasted surface to simulate fruit bloom. Leaves are carved bronze.
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Niagara
Nuremberg Journey Through Churches Fountains and Art
Special Correspondence describes a Monday tour of Nuremberg, viewing the ancient St Sebaldus Church and St Moritz chapel, the bronze tomb of St. Lawrence by Peter Vischer, Loffelholz chapel paintings, and the town’s historic inns. The author notes Albert Durer’s statue, the Old Meistersingers, and the Rathaus frescoes, with reflections on Durer, Sachs, Krafft, and Wallenstein’s siege.
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Nuremberg
Durer
Sachs
St. Sebaldus
Loffelholz
Stark
St. Lawrence
Peter Vischer
Wenzel
Cologne
St. Moritz
Sadie and Durer
Hans Sachs
St. John's Cemetery
Duret
Wallenstein
Rhine
Danube
Adam Krautt
Albert Durer
Aspe
First Single Rail System Reaches Coney Island Meadows
On the Coney Island meadows sections remain of the first single rail system built to convey holiday seekers to the seashore at a mile per minute.
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Coney Island
le Seashore
Eliot and Wealth and Harvard President’s View
Eliot Elot, the Harvard president at seventy, says true satisfaction lies in having nothing to do with wealth. The remark follows a caution that a mother's judgment should not force a youth to chase material success or think he must be above others for marrying well.
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Eliot
Elot
Harvard
London beauty charlatan to heal American women by suggestion
A sensational claim from the New York World describes Mrs. Jeanette Pomeroy of London arriving to beautify American women without charge through a purely suggestive esthetic method. The piece portrays her as a high priestess of beauty, touting centuries old Indian origin, global success, and plans to study and reform American women’s looks with no medicines or instruments.
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Gooseberry
Jeanette Pomeroy
London
Khabij
Pomeroy
India
Mer
Europe
England
Paris
Threading Bead Necklaces and a Brown University Anecdote
Women rethread old bead necklaces using a strong violin string, preferably the B string, as waxed thread fails and breaks easily. The piece notes a Brown University anecdote where President Robinson asks a student if all understand, and the student replies I don’t again, prompting the remark I can’t furnish braing for you.
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Robinson
Brown University
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Henry VI
Sebaldus
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