Business-minded society beauty queen reshapes Primrose House
Mrs. Elsie Waterbury Morris wife of Gouverneur Morris leads Primrose House a rising beauty parlor in New York blending science and psychology to enhance appearances. She notes rapid mail order growth pays from opening and aims to teach scientific skin care in schools within ten years.
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Bradstreet
Social Register
Gouverneur Morris
New York
Elsie Waterbury Morris
Mrs. Morris
Morris
Primrose House
Primrove House
Paris
East
Virginia
Surrey
Primrow House
New England
Boston
Pas&mittee
Instreethon
Origins of Free Lancers and Other Colorful Phrases
A quirky essay traces the origins of phrases such as free lancers and coat of arms. It links canard to a long duck tale and notes Adam’s apple and other terms with historical roots. The piece surveys people like MacAdam and Silhouette, weaving linguistic history with playful anecdotes.
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Milady
Derring-Do
Daniel Drew
The Wrong Color at CELETON Station
Mrs Amanda Cripes ran the ticket office at CELETON, storing railway tickets in a bureau drawer. When she trusted her husband to sell a town ticket, a mix up with blue and red tickets led to confusion and anxiety in the kitchen.
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Bradstreets
Insccll
Publie
Hannah Mitchell
Singapore
Middle West
Patsy
Bay
Mrs. Mortis
Dover
Sothera and
Marlowe
Anal
Ray
M. B Howitt
Walter Hart Blumenthal
MacAdam
Guilloupe
Derrick
General Silhouette
Lord Sandwich
Mra. Bloomer
Mr. Baycots
Ireland
Daly
Dublin
Ned
Ea Walle
Pate
Terre
Holy Land