On the French Stage and the Face of Beauty
A discussion of French feminine charm contrasts physical appeal with magnetism and wit, praising Sara Bernhardt’s dramatic presence. It notes Parisio beauty around the Bois de Boulogne and Gymnase, and argues beauty plus talent can empower actresses while cautioning against vanity without intellect. It weighs American and French ideals of charm and liberty shaping modern women.
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Sara Bernhardt
France
Bois de Boulogne
Juvenal
Rome
Paris
Aspasias
Duchesse de Longueville
Ninon de Lenclos
Molieres
Marquise de Pompadour
Rul de la Valliere
Mme. de Mai
Agnes Sorel
Poictiers
Niere
Adrienne Lecour
Marquise de Montespan
Atenon
Marion Dea Diane
Otte
Corday
French View on American Girls Marring European Aristocracy
A French correspondent discusses American women marrying titled Europeans, noting wealth transfer and social tensions. The piece cites Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome’s union, and traces public interest to a 19th century trend with a 1894 milestone list of American brides in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rench
Europe
Matthew Porter
Finance and Lawea at a Chicago Debate Assistant
Josephine E Hix private secretary to Col Harvey played a central role in the Hart Harvey financial debate a skilled assistant who produced authorities from Col Harveys table and managed a daily flow of letters from readers statesmen bankers and ministers She guided the discussion on the silver question and aided Col Harveys correspondence while Horr sought citations and authorities amid a lively exchange about Cain s Financial School. The piece also includes a moralizing sketch of youth and ethics from a separate column about the boy of seventeen urging firm guidance and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hart- Harvey Financial
Col. Harvey
Josephine E. Hix
Cain
Financial School
Miss Hix
Horr
Remarkable Kentucky farmer unravels nocturnal mischief
Archibald Clark of Greenup county becomes convinced neighbors steal into his potato patches at night to work his fields. He shadows them but never catches anyone until a night his wagon is found loaded in his own patch with horses hitched. His wife later sees him digging grubs in night clothes, proving the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Archibald Clark
Greenup
Origin of a Phrase Scrapes and Getting Into Scrapes
The New York Ledger explains that early English deer made holes called scrapes in forests, causing travelers to fall, especially after imbibing. The phrase got linked to heedless people returning muddy, and Cambridge students adopted it to describe getting into various difficulties.
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England
Cambridge
New York Ledger
War of Wealth author cited as six productions prove craftsman
The article profiles C. T. Carey, a prolific playwright whose War of Wealth was rewritten twenty times. It notes his industry, his Harvard background, and his wife as a strict critic. It also mentions six companies producing his plays and his modest origins in Lima, Illinois.
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C. T. Carey
Mr. Darey
Lima
Milneis
Harvard
Two Girls Trade Social Clout On Way To School
Two little girls chat about status as one boasts her father is a general while discussing a nice cake. The scene captures social distinctions in a morning walk to school.
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Eside
Bitters as a Nonviolent Regimen for Health
A reader is told that Bitters create a regular habit of body by energizing organs and guiding bile. The text claims the preparation fights malaria griping and kidney inactivity, describing the Bitters as a mighty army of invincible healers acting through natural bodily processes.
Photographer Keeps Death Chamber for Fame Portraits
A Montreal photographer maintains a dark side room called the death chamber next to his studio. Upon news of a famous death, his photograph emerges in a dim room where Washington Lincoln Garfield Blaine and Grant portraits align around the walls. The photographer personally guides visitors, naming each figure.
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George Washington
Lincoln
Garfield
Blaine
Grant
Montreal
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