Among the Wreckage of London Theatre Life
A veteran theatrical observer recalls fallen stars and vanished fortunes behind the curtain. He watches Tom Hales and Chariss Martin on the fringe of fame, records Park Dwellers and a once bright burlesque artist driven to ruin, and warns aspiring actors of peril and poverty behind the glamor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busineas
Augustua Harris
Drury Lane
Lis
Tom Hales
Tom
London
Wwesee
Gus
Caelius
Corp
Chariss Martin
London Mucocesans
Eemal
Augustus
Sir Augustus
Ik Dosser
Actrom
Cals Ter
Abe
Gunerou
ae _ Rumacien
Cal
Pronke
Ivan Caryll
Iig
Caryll
Ready Engaged
Humour and Puns From a Teasing Parade of Jests
A collage of jokes and limericks on weather, theatre, grammar, and manners. The piece pokes fun at old-stage quips, dinner talk, and social foibles with playful mishearings and wry observations. Cartoonish humor riffs on emeralds, opera wages, and a cheeky steward.
Southdown Sheep and Best Hogs to Raise
Farm and Dairy outlines the Southdown sheep as a hardy, compact mutton breed with tender, well-mressed flesh and good fleece, suited to hilly lands. It then profiles the modern bacon hog, describing a medium-weight, long-bodied animal with strong bone, ample ham, and muscular build ideal for market and curing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southdown
Green cut bone feed for chicks and hens explored
A correspondent reports six to seven years of using green cut bone on a farm. It promotes growth in young chicks, adds exercise, and aids laying hens. It suggests mixing ground bone with corn meal middlings and ground cake, feeding chicks about half rations daily, and culling surplus male birds to prevent overstimulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slos
Bachelor Girl Interviewed on Work Hours and Diet
A fragmentary interview discusses a bachelor girl balancing early rising with orderly living. She describes a strict morning routine, minimal meals, and reliance on tinned meat due to working hours. She argues poor nourishment is a poor economy and stresses disciplined daily habits.
A London Office Teas and Confidences Tale
A London City figure Ronald Crow crosses to a teashop with a friend where a striking waitress and a past entangle a young man named Brown. The accountant Cross recalls a five year old tale of Miss Marlow, her trust, a theater dinner, and a cautious protective observer narrates the fragile scores of affection and deception in Bohemian circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Bone
Ronald Crows
Clark
Tom
Crosis
Cross
London
Stranger
Bohemia
St. John's Wood
Croan
Lea
Ronald Crow
Croga
Marlow
Wach
Laaea
Ronald Cross
Millinery Bargains Let Women Earn From Home
Bargain sales enable women to work at home making hats and millinery. Young women earn around £20 to £30 a year by supplying hats, velvets, and feathers dyed to customer color requests. The service appeals to those with little time for regular work, offering modest earnings and home craft.
Household Arts and Practical Hints From A Curious Page
A fragmented mid century guide covers writing with a quill, chiffon care after washing, preventing cake sinking by flour dusting and gentle oven handling, arranging flowers with color harmony, and lamp maintenance. Tips include gum arabic in rinse water, drying chiffon before ironing, and keeping lamp wicks clean for better light.
The Pom Pom Gun and Its South African War Impact
The article discusses the pom pom, a one inch caliber automatic gun with a one pound shell, fed by a belt and fired by trigger pull. It highlights witnessed demonstrations by notable figures, including the Prime Minister and the Duke of Cambridge, and notes widespread use by Russians, French, Germans, and others. The piece recounts Boer adoption, British reluctance, and eventual recognition of the weapon’s effectiveness at Modder River and in Khaki battles, plus its advancement of artillery tactics.
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Wales
Duke of Cambridge
Mrearma
Someeren
China
Woolwich
Moana, Vickers, Sam, & Maxim, Limited
Johannesb
Gunn
Kop
Modder River
Ander
Darkleigh Pit Murder Mystery Ends in Shadowed Doom
In a grim tale from Darkleigh Pit, James Darkleigh plots to seize the fortune of his uncle Sir Thomas Darkleigh and frays a deadly path through love and power. Tom Darkleigh returns to confront family greed, murder, and a calculated betrayal as a miner recounts a chilling saga of deceit, vengeance, and a fatal confrontation beneath the coal depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkleigh Pit
Mark Dentom
Thomas Darkleigh
Tehowt
Tom
Mer
Jame
James Darkledgh
Darkleigh
Jim
Mr. Tom
Annabel Mayne
Annabel
James
Nobdy
Lt Wan Dight
Mark
FeLrard
Saint
Toso
James Dark
Mina Abe
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George RK. Sime
Caterham Saylum
Clargyman
Lupua
Ada
Waterloo Bridge
Camberwell
Regent's Park
Antessta
Park
Bragx
Silas
Phaibe
Miriam
Pope
North Pole
Tommy
Tomak
Eee
Teres
Oak Ae
Ethera
Tall Brown
Miss Marlow
Aene Boy
Cooe
Bob
Jow
Brown
Balle Carew
Mina Marlow
Tina
Moss
Young Brown
Science
Ways of
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