Pedro and the Dancing Bear Portrait Journey
A young artist named Pedro quits the dancing troupe with Old Nita to pursue painting in New York. He earns meals painting portraits for wagon men and navigates conflicts with Mrs Vanderpool and Sam Hill. In Washington Square Hill schemes, Pedro is gifted a studio by Hill, and Pedro resolves to study at the academy while Leigh observes his budding talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro
Anotcher
Hill
Mr. Jones
Washington Square
Mystery Visitor Seen Near Paradise Place
Abraham Lincoln Leigh and the artist Pedro form a growing companionship as Leigh notices a possible disguise by Reginald Vanderpool. Leigh ponders Pedro Herkunft while studying a tiger plaster study and considers a future using the boy’s art to support his studio work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
Paradise Place
Adieux
Leigh
Vanderpool
Reginald Vanderpool
Iris
Deuce
Muldoon Place
Pedro
Hill
Abraham Lincoln Leigh
Chamber plot in Muldoon Place studio
In a tense meeting at a Muldoon Place studio, Rowe and Yznaga scheme to fund a revolution via a discreet patron and a recovered ex president’s wife. They plan to exploit hidden leverage, conceal their moves, and keep Leigh unaware as they discuss an upcoming public performance of their power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh
Muldoon Place
Paradise
Rowe
International Commerce Committee
Yanaga
Yznaga
Signora Daussa
A Party In the Alley Opens Pedro's Night Out
Pedro escapes loneliness by prowling into a backstreet studio party. He meets Madonna Iris known as the Madonna Lady, her host Milligan, and a bold crowd. A whispered flirtation begins as Iris and Pedro share a charged moment before a dance pulls her away. TO BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro
Milligan
Don
Mr. Milligan
She
Madonna
Tris
Vanderpool
Respect for Titles Upsets a New Head Master
A New York Evening Post piece notes Germans prize exact titles and details. A public school teacher promoted to head master is greeted as master, and the new head master corrects with a dignified request to be called Adolf, highlighting strict title etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancellarius Bolz
Baron Meler
Professor Schmidt
Baronin Meler
Fritz
Adolf
New York Evening Post
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E Boy Ossel
Ninawicox Putnam
Painter
Academy
George
Aketen
Mulaann Place
Greanwik
Obbs-Merrill CO
Ricardo
Mr. Rowe
Rowse
Samuel Hill
Vander
Chapter
de Bush
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