Women With Youthful Husbands and Other Tales
A collage of society notes on women marrying much younger men, including Margaret WestKinney’s Chicago curtain design for Grand Opera House, Lady Randolph Churchill’s marriages, Patti and Burnett histories, and Baroness BartlettCoutts. The piece surveys age gaps, artist careers, and social image with vivid portraits and period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Margaret West-Kinney
Plethes
Troy 8. Kinney
Ernest St. John
Lady Randolph Churchill
George Cornwallis-West
London
Lord Randolph Churchill
Randolph
Langtry
Hugo de Pathe
Jersey
Patti
Cedarstrom
Madrid
Marquis de Caux
Sign
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Manchester
United States
Burnett
Washington
Stephen Townsend
Angel of Goodness
Baroness Bartlett-Coutts
William Ashmead-Bartlett
M. P
Westminster
England
Dress Suitcases Worn by Young Women Draw Critic’s Ire
A critic, admitting no substitute, condemns the habit of young women using dress suit cases. He notes the burden on arms, the impact on carriage, and the popularity driven by college life. He favors lighter weight and warns against continuing the practice until a better option exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Westover Among Virginia’s Most Beautiful Colonial Homes
Mrs Thad writes that Westover stands as perhaps the most beautiful of all celebrated colonial homes in Virginia, highlighting its charm and historic appeal within the commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westover
Virginia
Mrs. Thad
Freight and Rail Schedule Fragments Across Midwestern Routes
Fragmentary timetable notes show trains including 14-Chicago Express 8-Atlantic Ex 16-Sioux City & Omaha 6 Overland Lim 2-Chicago Ex 4-Chicago Special. Times listed 00am 8:05am 8:20am heading west. Details incomplete but indicate morning departures and westbound service among Chicago and Midwest connections.
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Chicago Express
Atlantic
Sioux City
Omaha
Overland Lim
Chicago
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Custin
Evelyn Byrd
Kinney
Peoria
Art Students’ League of
New York
Paris
le Favre
Fleury
Meissonnier
Chicago Times-Herald
Junetime
Summer
New York Tribune
Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans
Washington, D. C
Judisch Bros
Chicago & Northwestern
Overland
Pacific
Sioux
Carroll
Fast Mail
Eere
Colorado
Dakota
DM & S.C
Dak
Mailand
Jewell
Ames
Boone, Carroll
Missouri Valley
Coast Connection
G. W. Rovers
Phose
Proper
Eureka
Standard Oil CO
Palace Livery and Sale Stable
Depot
Geo. Nichols
Hemstreet
Iowa
M. Hemstreet
J. A. Campbell
Campbell
Real -Essasse
Cooley
Littl E Bros
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Bosworth's Drug Store
Portland
Efpective
THE
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon R. R. and Navigation Co
Pacific Express
J. W. Turtle, T. P. A
Walnut St
Des Moines
C.F. Eebes
Story County
Canifer Bros. & Herman
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Sheldon
Cash
PF. H. Sebletter
Ase
Story County Bank
Western National Bank
Knautle, Kachod & Kuhne
First National Bank
Marshalltown
Savings Bank
Surance
EE. D. Mineah & Co
W. M.greecy
Henry Wilson
A. S. Needham
Union National
Correspondence Bankers' National Bank
National City Bank
Valley National Bank
R. D. Connell
ARS Aitece
Embree Lumber Office
Ames, Iowa
L. R. Morris
Sale Stable
East Main Street
MO. H. Williams
Budd Block
Barkhurst
Cigars Tobacco Store
F. W. Bighmy
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