Woman painter defends African beauty in debate
In New York in December a prominent woman portraitist, Mrs Cecil Clark Davis, challenged Professor Starr of the University of Chicago who claimed African women lack beauty. Davis, who has traveled Africa and painted notable figures, argued beauty varies by culture and praised American women. She noted Africans’ life in natural settings can influence grace, and cited her own extensive work in Paris London and Ottawa. Her husband was the late war correspondent Richard Harding Davis.
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New York
Starr
University of Chiago
Chicago
Cecil Clark Davis
Davis
Africa
Congo
America
Charles Dana Gibson
Japan
Gibson
Uncle Sam
Whistler
Pacific
Gauguin
Paris
London
Otago
Richard Harding Davis
Tisely
Becky
Dorothy Stone
Balzamoe
John
Emerson
Dorothy
Ward
Dr Emerson
Constance Kinney
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Nyde
Gorthy-Becky
Beavers Bank Cash Bag Lost Then Found On Street Car
A bag containing about 10030 in currency and checks disappeared from a messenger en route to the New Brighton clearing house and was later found on a street car in Junction Park. The messenger Henry Camp retraced steps, aided by Beaver Valley Traction officials, and retrieved the bag. He asked for his fare back to New Brighton after the return. The incident highlights a rare recovery of missing funds during transit. M. J. Buechler Jewelry Store in Beaver Valley showcases watches silverware and gifts, touting reliable business and quality merchandise bearing reputable labels.
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Beaver
Rochester
New Brighton
Junction Park
Henry Camp
Sorins
Heaver Valley Traction Company
M. J. Buechier
Bueehler
Value Supreme in Every Packet Advertises Generous Goodness
An odd line promoting Value Supreme appears in a damaged OCR fragment. It states Value Supreme is in every packet of AAD A and mentions sealed packets selling generous goodness with each leaf yielding its full quota. The text is fragmentary and supplies few concrete details beyond branding.
Languages of Esquimaux Compiled by Young Explorer
Harold S. Noice, who left Seattle in 1915 at age sixteen to join the Stefan son Arctic expedition, returned aboard the coast guard cutter Unalga. He spent four years with the Esquimaux and learned their languages. He plans to publish a compilation of them.
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Seattle
Wash
Harold $. Noice
Stefanson Arctic
Esquimaux
Coast Guard
Vnalga
Noice
Forgotten Louvre Works Put Up For Sale by Unknown Artists
Louvre basement pieces by unknown or struggling artists long stored for over 80 years are to be sold. Many works are unfinished dabs of paint or abandoned canvases with stories of beginnings and discouraging endings.
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Louvre
Suffering and romance drive as silent film season unfolds
A long feature list reviews many films and stars. Dorothy Davenport stars in The Infamous Miss Revell while Jane Eyre with Mabel Ballin showcases Rochester’s fate. Mrs. Wallace Reid returns to screen in Pat of Paradise after a domestic strain. Steelheart and From the Ground Up showcase daring plots and social mobility.
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Becky
Miss Revell
Steelheart
Jane Eyre
Wallace Reid
Miss Revel
Hildreth
Julien Revell
Maxwell Sutham
Max Nidreth
Alice Lake
Jane
Ester Cuneo
Westactor
Dorothy Davenport
Knee Reid
Sprewort Lace Elds
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Trolle
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Yeon Dee
Continental Hall
Smiong the Movie
Whe
Terence Gullier
Ireland
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Mortimer
Carswell
Terence
Stant
Philena
Cone
Mfe
Terence Gibley
Edith Johnson
Mr. Duncan
Ruth Renick
Tahiti
Miss Renick
Tari
Mary Pickford
Tom Santschi
East
Wewyie Blanche Sweet
Los Angeles
Lasky
Etmiel Ciagron
Europe
Charlie Chaplin
Nim
Eason
Universal
Reeves Eason
Harry Carey
Plyo, Dee
Faipll
Eer
Leme
Ofolyo
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