The Baby's Picture Now A Jewel thief's haunting tale
A New York jewelry firm chief detective recounts a kleptomaniac wife married to a trusted jeweler. She and her husband cope with repeated thefts from a famed store, culminating in a rescue plan and a Europe sojourn, revealing a learned, tragic fixation on gems and a miniature baby portrait set with stolen jewels.
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Women’s Seriousness in Sports and Politics Stir England
A Bystander notes women show deadly earnestness in politics and sports, contrasting with men’s lighter attitude. The column argues men fear women will remove all lightness from public affairs as women become more involved.
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England
House of Commons
Story of a Kleptomaniac Wife and Her Doll
A woman in a long running case of kleptomania hides thefts by adorning a life sized doll. She lavishes costly outfits on the doll and even brings it to the store, where clerks react as if it were living. Her husband, once firm head, is a broken, silent man tormented by the tale.
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Alout
Gem
Gare
Wildfis
Lovery
Baltimore
Jmishand
Europe
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