A Talk With Mrs Langtry on Stage and Society
Shirley Egan reports on Mrs Langtry discussing her New York debut, the audience reception, and the Degenerates play. She notes the crowd’s warmth after Una and her daughter, her husband’s enlistment for South Africa, and plans for her seventeen year old daughter. The interview touches on fashion, feet of American and English women, and the future of drama toward society themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Garden Theater
America
Una
South Africa
England
Mr. de Bather
Great Britain
Lily
Cornwallis West
Tooks
Lily Grundy
The
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Shirley Egan
Early Spring Hats and House Gowns Inspire Fashion Fashions
The article spotlights new spring fashion with elaborate hats featuring Mechlin lace and silk roses, a low crowned brim, and bold yellow flowers. It also describes simple sash details for house gowns and silk crepe de chine tunics with decorative tucks, Grecian button fastenings, and fringe finishes.
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New York
A Cashmere House Dress Delicate Spring Fashion
A cashmere house dress in goblin blue dominates spring fashion with satin braid trim and velvet accents. The close fitting bodice and scalloped tunic over silk create a figure flattering silhouette, with velvet braiding at the left front and velvet faced satin squares around the collar edge.
Evening gown with chiffon drapery and velvet accents
An artistic blue silk crepe de chine gown features soft billowy chiffon ruffles interspersed with purple silk flowers. The skirt shows tunic shaping from side frills and a central panel, while a rose speckled bodice uses stuffed appliques. A decollete neck is edged by a corrugated crepe band and mother of pearl buckle. Over the shoulders, purple velvet straps frame silk roses and a velvet bow.
The Zanzibar ivory trade and a legendary toothache theory
In Zanzibar a major ivory market fuels revenue alongside clove exports. A warehouse expert notes a 14 foot tusk with a broken base spotlighting a decay hole alleged to cause elephant toothaches. He argues most elephant madness cases arise from dental pain, not unknown causes.
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Eno Fe Arate Fied
Zanzibar
Robert Crawford
Goliath Hans
The Poets Grievance Colliers Weekly Parody Scene
A Collier's Weekly editor is confronted by a furious man with thunderous brow who claims a misread inscription on an envelope. The encounter centers on a poem by Samuel H Brunner titled Surcease of Sorrow and its miscaptioned earlier print Smearcase Tomorrow, prompting a tense exchange about reading and naming.
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Collier's Weekly
Samuel H. Brunner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Grey-Page
Jersey
Engis
HDRE
Mae
Ethel
Miss Elliott
Mrs. Langtry
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