The Geisha Git It Takes Severe Training in Japan
A historical piece describes geisha training in Kyoto as rigorous and lifelong. It notes apprenticeships from ages six to sixteen, strict discipline, physical conditioning, and the need to acquire worldly knowledge for engaging conversation and charm. Also discusses the flying fish, its kite like flight, and limited steering due to non flapping fins.
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Japan
Tin Kioto
Kioto
Eleanor Franklin
Leslie's Weekly
Egg Skin Remedy Claimed To Ease Nausea
Historical note describes using the skin of a fresh egg as a rapid relief for violent nausea and eye irritation. It claims success after standard remedies fail and mentions use in cholera under a physician. The egg skin is said to form a temporary stomach coating and is given with milk or water in small rolled doses.
New Tooth In an Old Saw
A witty exchange plays on words about universal affection for lovers. The speaker counters that many people are drawn to love, while noting that the world often “guys a lover,” suggesting social attention rather than true affection.
Pedantry and Taste as Ents of Gayety and Melancholy
A quip contrasts rigidity and refinement with cheerfulness and sadness, noting the paradoxes in sensibility. The line implies conflicts between strict standards and mood, using playful articulations to critique taste.
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Lavater
Hans Christian Andersen portrait and quirks noted by critic
A critic highlights Hans Christian Andersen as vain yet gifted. He was photographed often in varied costumes and kept notes by his bedside to warn of a trance like sleep. Hosts found him exacting, but his genius and childlike nature forgave his flaws.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Greensleeves Ballad History and Alternate Titles
An O14 English ballad Greensleeves is cited as a long favored tune noted by Shakespeare. The melody predates the words possibly dating to Henry VII, with alternate names The Blacksmith and The Brewer. Cavaliers favored it. a modified version appears in Beggars Opera. it is sung to Christmas Comes But Once a Year and other songs in the same rhythm.
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Henry VII
Ccavaliers
London Playhouses Offer Quiet Luxury and Formal Dress
The London playhouses are intimate with roomy seats and elegant decor. The atmosphere is refined by drawing room style furnishings and the requirement of evening attire for men, creating a formal public ambiance.
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London Playhouses
London
San Francisco
Puzzle on a woman choosing a photo among many
A man gives a woman and several photographs to inspect including her own. The riddle asks which picture she will study the longest, hinting at recognition or emotional attachment as the decisive factor.
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Loughran & Bauer
Colorado Pacific Coast
Black Hills
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Colorado
Denver
Portland
Lewis and Clark Exposition
California
Yellowstone Park
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead
North-Western Line
V. B. Kniskern
Paseenger
Chigago, Ill
the Flying Fish
New York
Bears
Ues
Oregon
Washington
Chicago
Missouri River
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Los Angeles
W. B. Kniskern
Union Py Neal
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Ogden
Monida
Jj.w. Turtle, T.P.A
W. Fourth St
Des Moines
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