Capital progress shown in Washington beautification plan
A Choteau Acantha report describes rapid progress on Washington DC improvements guided by a congressionally commissioned plan. It notes model layouts from 1902 and ongoing construction of Union Station, the White House offices, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and other grand boulevards awaiting future inaugural parades. A visitor praises the Library of Congress marble interior as “scrumptious.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
Potomac
Congress
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
Augustus St. Gaudens
Charles McKim
Frederick Law Olmstead
Senate Committee
District of Columbia
McMillan
Michigan
Charles H. Moore
Detroit
Library of Congress
Washington
White House
Department of Commerce and Labor
National Museum
Bureau of American Republics
Andrew Carnegie
Union Station
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Maj. I'Enfant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Great Monument
The Lure of Trousers Captivates Actresses on Stage
The piece surveys how leading actresses increasingly perform male roles from Hamlet to Mephistopheles. It highlights Bernhardt and others like Julia Marlowe Maude Adams Annie Russell and Ethel Barrymore for crossing gender lines in classical and contemporary works. It notes operas vaudeville and historic precedents, with audiences drawn to women in male attire.
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Bernhardt
Duke de Reichstadt
Rostand
Aiglon
Napoleon
Paris
de Masset
Lorenzaccio
Viola
Rosalind
TL Aiglon
Marlowe
Charles Frohman
Maude Adams
Miss Marlowe
Adams
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Alan Dale
Lrief Edieux
Mary Garden
Jean
Notre Dame
Hamlet
Bartley
Campbell
Charlotte Barnes
Shaw
Fanny Warlack
Brougham
Denin
F. B. Conway
Julia Seaman
Adele Belgrade
Puck
Ethel Barrymore
Januschek
Modjeska
Marie Prescott
Helen Mora
Marie Brema
Gluck
Orpheus
Vesta Tilley
Elsie Janis
Ethel Levy
Dangerous Berne Spur Tunnel Facing Heightened Perils
Swiss tunnel project on the Berne spur to connect with the Simpson tunnel encounters major delays after a 1908 avalanche killed thirty and a subsequent explosion caused a new collapse. Workmen faced rising hazards from hot springs as crews press to complete the link aiding France’s commerce.
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Simpson
Simpson Tunnel
Berne
Switzerland
Kander
Lotschberg
Famous Play House Close After 1854 Run in Philadelphia
The Eleventh Street Opera House in Philadelphia closed permanently after a long run dating from 1854 dedicated to negro minstrel shows. Sam Sanford opened the house and many stars appeared there, including Hughey Dougherty who at seventy four still performed on the final curtain.
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Eleventh Street Opera House
Philadelphia
Sam Sanford
Sanford
Sharpley
Carncross
Hughey
Mrs Taft Walks Alone Like a Self Reliant First Lady
The article contrasts Mrs Taft with Mrs Roosevelt noting she walks unchaperoned in public and handles her own affairs. It describes her as self reliant, shopping incognito and driving an electric runabout, with a simple gray suit and black toque.
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Taft
F Street
White House
Cherub and Bank Mishap on Terrace
A tiny boy on a terrace with four companions examined a metal bank opened with a brick. A passing woman feared a hold up until a cherub figure claimed the bank belonged to his aunt who had "civved" it to him, resolving the matter.
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The
Maida —Washington Star
Housecleaning and Two Rocking Chairs Mystery
A fragment hints at high finance growing two shares of stock and a woman’s achievement while cleaning house. The tale mentions leaving two rocking chairs in a dark spot where one was never known before.
Escaping by a Technicality. Teacher-Tommy
A witty exchange about improper fractions unfolds as Tommy resists defining the term in front of an audience, hinting at a humorous classroom moment.
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Tommy
A Glimpse of the Past and a Majestic Bat
A giant figure in seven league boots strides into the scene announcing leagues and a possible Three Eye. He dons his Sox and bursts forth with a terrific bat, blending playful fantasy with sports allusion.
Heaven Looks Upon Wealth Through Its Richorial Audience
A compact reflection notes how perceptions of money are shaped by those who possess it, suggesting social judgment comes from observed affluence and proximity to wealth.
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Heaven
Unsympathetic Brute Draws Ire in Snide Exchange
The dialogue frames Mrs. Malaprop and Miss Interest as they express dismay at a brash man. She recalls insulting him about a locomotive atanksia and his impudent question about whistles at crossings. The exchange highlights social tension and sharp wit.
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Malaprop
Sharp
The Drag as Counterpoise to Rising
A concise meditation on how repetitive drudgery of daily tasks can serve as the quiet counterforce that steadies effort, enabling growth and ascent despite monotony. It frames routine as ballast sustaining progress and resilience.
Poets and Writers Dictate from Unusual Positions
The passage notes Alexander Pope jotted ideas in bed with scraps of paper strewn about while Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables standing. Hawthorne, Napoleon, Scott, Balzac, Morris, Whitman, Traubel, and others used beds, chairs, lounges, or carriages to think or dictate. They varied positions to capture thoughts and inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Pope
Victor Hugo
Hawthorne
Napoleon
Bourrienne
Walter Scott
Balzac
William Morris
Walt Whitman
Horace Traubel
American Tourist Tours Nelsons Victory Tale
Johnnie Payne recalls an American traveler from the West visiting London. They tour the Victory, Nelsons flagship, with an English sailor guiding him to a brass tablet. The sailor removes his hat and says the spot marks where Lora Nelson fell, provoking a quick quip from the American about nearly tripping himself.
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Johnnie Payne
West
London
Lord Nelson
Lora Nelson
A Bright Pupil's Answer and Odd Assertions
A collection of peculiar statements including algebra as Euclid’s wife and a ruminating animal that chews its cubs. It notes Switzerland as scenic with mountains and clouds and misuses pro and con as prefixes of opposing concepts. Queen Elizabeth’s visage is described as thin yet she is called stout and Protestant.
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Algebra
Euclid
Switzerland
Queen Elizabeth
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Julia Marlowe
Hap
Prince
Denmark
Belgrade
Daniel Bandham
Emma Waller
Vesta Tilley As “Johnnie
France
Sig. Morreau
Mrs. Taft
Sarah Bernhart As “Hamlet
Mr. Tratbel
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