28 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1886
Page
1
A collage of stage notes and anecdotes recounts actors and makeup tricks, from the Jersey Lily interview to methods of aging disguises and a focus on stage fright. Mentions Tony Hart John T. Raymond and the Brooklyn Union summary notes.
The piece notes makeup as an art to alter appearance from old to young and vice versa. It contrasts old time burned cork and rouge with modern makeup kits, listing powders, colors, and tools and describing how actors create ages and disguises. It mentions Dejazet aging to play a young page and cites methods to portray villains and crones.
A skilled literarian contrasts French and American fiction noting a French masterwork extract with a dungeon escape scene and an American realism excerpt. It highlights stylistic differences, urban mood, and social observation through named characters and dialogue.
A romantic interlude shows a man torn by love and hesitation after speaking to a girl. The second passage reflects a speaker's meditation on Napoleon the Great, recalling wars, victories, and the toll of empire, ending with a preference for humble peasant life over imperial might.
A prominent Eastern medical college professor argues cigarettes are not worse than other smoking forms. He says cigarettes use milder tobacco, lack arsenic in paper, and stubs are not from street butts. Harm comes from high daily use and inhaling, with minor opium rumor deemed unlikely. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Chicago Ledger.
An eclectic summary covers Swiss and American mechanics earnings, an inexpensive method for pipe insulation using asbestos paper and wood strips, Germany’s lead in technical training for artisans, a new metal forging method with shaped grooves, water wheel efficiency depending on flow, and a comparison of illumination options noting costs, dangers, and capital costs in electric lighting.
A piece argues for a model grocery with a long central counter, carpeted room, and seating for ladies. It envisions a store where items are displayed on the counter for inspection, eliminating clutter, dirt, and sidewalk boxes to create a pleasant shopping environment.
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