Untitled Story Fragment of Complex Romantic Scene
A narrator describes a tense office encounter and intimate tension with a mysterious man. The dialogue reveals embarrassment, flirtation, and a confession of a desire to be examined. The scene shifts to domestic details, a postman mention, and reflections on health, Judy, Aunt Adeline, and daily life in Hillsboro Tennessee.
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Adeline
Ds notYlight
Judy
Carter al
Isban
Ginger Colberber
Hillsboro
Tennessee
The Melting of Molly y Maria Ti Homp Avi
A widow recounts town gossip and social ritual after a funeral as she plans to stir excitement with mint juleps while a neighbor boy Billy serenades her window with a childhood song and a muddy visit. The scene blends nostalgia, social pressure, and small towns.
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Molly Y
Maria
AVI
Billy
Lurid Diary Passages Describe Love and Escape
A fragmented diary entry depicts a speaker fleeing a pestering figure with a hairpin, recalling a London letter, and contemplating a radical life change. The narrative mixes romantic longing, body image pressure, and social restraint as the narrator fantasizes marriage, widowhood, and teaching herself discipline through exercises and wardrobe choices.
Peachlike dispute over love and jealousy on front steps
In a hazy domestic scene Tom, wearing a blue striped shirt, returns with another woman and a first cousin, kissing Molly Moly and prompting sharp reproach. Molly compares the adored Miss Chester to a string bean, while lingering memories of a past flirtation surface as the scene ends with a teaser that it will be continued.
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Molly
Bryself
Angel
Billy
Moly
Dimity
Doc
Tilly
Jordan
Judy
London
Miss Chester
Hillsboro
Mme. Rene
Sve
Tom Pollar
Carter
Adeline
Tom
Wade
Opera Star Marie Rappold Plans New York Romance
New York reports Mme Marie Rappold the American soprano has divorced and confirmed a romance with Rudolph Berger of the Vienna Royal Opera. Berger, expected in America, will marry on the opera season opener with his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera. Their friendship began in Berlin when she sang Elsa to his Lohengrin, with a Berlin wedding gala honor for Princess Victoria Louise.
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New York
Mme
Marie Rappold
Rudolph Berger
Royal Opera
Vienna
America
Berlin Royal Opera
Berlin
Berger
Victoria Louise
Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumberland
Mme. Rappold
Julius C. Rappold, Jr
Rappold
Flushing
N. C
Denver
Colorado
The Woman at Plaza Theatre Promised as Bellace Masterpiece
Plaza Theatre marks another Bellace production The Woman hailed as the dramatic sensation and greatest success since The Girl of the Golden West It features Paul McAllister Brenda Fowler Arthur Buchanan Marguerite Starr and a large cast with Glulio Sorcola directing Souvenirs offered to lady visitors today
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Plaza
Bellace
Poli Players
Plaza Theatre
New York
Paul McAllister
Brenda Fowler
Arthur Buchanan
Marguerite Starr
Arthur Griffin
Ralph Herbert
Marion Hutchins
Florence Gerald
Burke Symon
Pearl Millar
Llewellyn Crossman
Dig
Glunio Sorcola
Belasco
Poli's Vaudeville Bill Brings Sunny South Headliner
Poli Press Agent notes a first class vaudeville and photo play program for today through Wednesday. Headliner Ha Wynn's troupe of ten colored performers presents The Sunny South. Castellane, Paul La Croix the juggling comedian, the Campbell Sisters, Milt and Einsman, Musette the violinist, and dancing acts are listed with accompanying photo plays.
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Poli
Ha Wynn
South
Paul la Croix
Campbell Sisters
Milt
Einsman
Musette
A Regiment of Two at Empire Theatre Opens Today
Empire presents a new two part drama titled A Regiment of Two at the theater today. The feature includes a laughable and richly humorous plot with Sidney Drew and Harry Morey in leading roles. The act blends English nobility cooks plumbers and henpecked spouses amid a water pipe burst and a Panama insurrection for comic effect.
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Sidney Drew
Harry Morey
Vitagraph
Panama
A Regi ment of Soldiers photoplay humor
A Vitagraphs adaptation of a popular stage comedy delights audiences. The piece labeled Jarred Into a Laugh features a lively crowd and lighthearted moments. Spencer Leigh Hughes notes public speaking scenes including John Morley’s crowd reaction and a humorous interruption to a formal address.
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Spencer Leigh Hughes
M. P
John Morley
Menis
Mr. Morley
Mall Gazette
Chinese Nurses Sought in Town for Patient Care
A doctor laments the absence of professional Chinese nurses in New York, noting a sick American’s return from the orient underscores their value. He describes trained Chinese nurses as gentler and more soothing, yet insists there are none available locally.
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New York
Orient
New York Times
Eleanor's Journey to a Distant Oratorio
A musician's daughter Eleanor travels with her parents to a distant city for a festival and the premiere of an oratorio. The performance is praised, but Eleanor reveals she is unhappy, asking if she was brought so far to hear the "thing" that has been promising for six months.
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Eleanor
Harper's Magazine
Old Cuckoo Superstition and Love Divinations
An old belief linked the cuckoo’s first spring call to romance. Singles who heard it and removed boots and stockings were said to find a hair on the right big toe colored like their destined lover. Milton noted a lingering idea that bachelorhood matched the cuckoo calls heard at first.
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