Duel Foes and a Writer’s Tangle in a Paris Tale
A fictional excerpt follows Fougeret a young journalist drawn into duels and debt. He fears for his wife and children as he contemplates fighting to honor his name while nursing a sinking fortune and a failing novel. The scene shifts to a publisher and a domestic life at home with a new crisis looming.
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Vezinet
Asmeras
Yugghgars
Gnac
Fongeret
Clavignac
M. Lavinie
Fougeret
Saint-Landry
Madeleine
Saint-Lazare
Larer
Savigny-sur-Orte
Noirville
Apui
Bute
Noirville Fougeret
Nalists
Odeon
Claudine
Armand
Baby
Warriers
Ono
Georget
George
W Patr
M. Armand Fougeret
Argonaut
Pierre Decourcelle
The Shop Girl Talks of Tight Shoes and Work Blues
A New York Tribune excerpt portrays a shop girl venting about long days, painful feet, demanding customers, and bosses who scold while she laments wages and the pressure to upsell. She describes ill fit, customer tricks, wraps, and the grind behind cloak and shoe departments.
English Woman of Vivid Skill With Mouth and Pencil
A historic note describes an English woman who used her mouth to wield a pencil and brush, sew, cut with her toes, and paint likenesses of the royal family. After forty years of practice she died aged sixty six. The piece also recalls Irish MP Kavanagh, noted for symmetry, wit, and resourcefulness despite lacking arms, who served in the House and excelled in riding and artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplain Roe
Fortress Monroe
Society of Artists
Kavanagh
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George D. Loud
North Side Main Street
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Paas GS Nt
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