Human salamander and cathedral chair curiosities from history
A Spaniard named Martines once endured a furnace heated oven for an extraordinary demonstration in Paris roasting a fowl beside him and surviving after a revealing temperature rise. The piece also notes St Peters Chair in Rome and explains cathedral origin and usage. It ends with brief moral vignettes on savings and a restaurant pun about dish choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martines
New Tivoli
Paris
Ife
Creeping Salt and Household Observations
A curious science note explains salt creeping up glass walls as water remains saline, followed by a witty breakfast exchange about butter strength and economy, and a definition of slander as a poison corrupting charity and souls in Woman's Life.
Old Ballads and Cigar Tales In A Turbulent Piece
A mix of literary notes and anecdotes on Auld Robin Gray by Lady Anne Lindsay, a claim contesting authorship of a sixteenth century piece, a New York Press outline on Vuelta Abajo cigars, a quilt of public health and etiquette quotes, and reflections on tradition and joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Gray
Anne Lindsay
Anne
David Riggio
Cornhill Magno
Pew
Tavana
Abajo
Vuelta Abajo
New York Press
Whistlers Nomenclature and The Art of Advertising
A critic discusses Whistler's use of musical terms to title graphic works. It argues his practice, though ridiculed, aligned with art tradition and advertising, noting his early life in music and his deliberate branding as a man of the street. The piece questions why titles cannot be phrases like symphonies or harmonies in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
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Bresh Shipment
Nunnally’s
Blanke
Batavia
Howell
The
First National Bank
Bryan
U.S
H. O. Boatwright
J. W. Howell
L. L. McInnis
Guy M. Bryan, JR
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
Texas
EL. Jad
St. Peter's
Rome
St. Peter
London Chronicle
Johnson
Leslie
Ireland
Paddy
Horace Fletcher
Duke of Wellington
University of Oxford
Arundel
Carlyle
Grand Opera House
Haswell’s
Avaca
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Postoffice Drugstore
Pure Drugs
Piver’s
E. J. Jenkins
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