The Man on the Box Continues in Washington
Warburton leaves New York for Washington seeking a room and a plan to see old friends. He encounters the Russian count and Miss Annesley at the Holland House, misses a reunion, and travels to Scott Circle, arriving at his brother John Warburton’s home unannounced in a dramatic, hopeful mood.
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Warburton
Robert Warburton
Pittsburg
Paris
Washington
Nancy
Jack
Robert
Holland House
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mr. Warburton
Monsieur
England
Balzac
Larchmount
New York City
Baltimore and Potomac
Scott Circle
Pennsylvania Avenue
America
Capitol
Washington Monument
Treasury Building
Executive Mansion
Commodore
Lafayette
Lafayette Square
Sixteenth Street
Human figure symbols in child art training at Art Institute
The text argues that children seek human-interest in early drawings and prefer creatures and people in scenes. It notes the educator’s role in guiding patience before introducing living subjects and explains the progression from aesthetic forms toward using human figure symbolism in art instruction.
Stick Figures in Action and Block Figures for Child Study
The article argues for using stick figures to teach action in children showing how a simple form can convey walking running jumping weeping raging and dancing. It notes stick figures aid quick communication of intention and suggests Dr. Rimmer's Elements of Design for further study of expression and action.
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Rimmer
The Stick Figure Demonstration in Simplified Form
The article explains reducing figures to simple stick figures to express lifelike action. It compares stick figures to tree symbols and notes that simplicity aids expression despite not appearing anatomically complete, urging child confidence and basic shapes to convey ideas.
Block figures and stick figure study in art education
The text outlines using stick figures as auxiliary study to teach action, then building block figures from a backbone and body shapes. It emphasizes proportional differences, simple subjects, and gradual introduction of three quarter views, focusing on what the child can do with the medium rather than complex perspective.
Death of ex promper of Comedie Francaise described
A former prompter at the Comedie Francaise killed himself after time in Sainte Anne's asylum. The account recalls other prompters and their stage interruptions and odd habits including a partridge carrying patron with a retriever that caused a furiously barking dog incident.
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Comedie Francaise
Sainte Anne’s Lunatic Asylum
M. Mounet-Sully
Nimrod
Pat Gibney and Judge Fox in a Taunton encounter
Pat Gibney, longtime Taunton resident and Irish immigrant, walks home after viewing the East Taunton herring run. Judge Fox stops to offer a ride, and their banter turns to locals and status with a playful punchline about becoming town judge.
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Pat Gibney
Taunton
Ireland
The
Boston Herald
Pat
Backwoods Funeral Sermon Lets Death Speak
A clergyman travels to a remote neighboring state to conduct a funeral for an old friend. In a churchless, primitive community he preaches from memory the Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. Impressed farmers praise the sermon and spur missionary efforts.
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New York
Christ
Motor fishing boat aims to speed Britain’s catch
In Britain and Scotland coastal fishers test an 80 ton motor fishing vessel of 75 by 22 feet with a 21 hp gasoline engine. It can reach five mph when winds fail, replacing ballast and not hindering sails. The boat speeds crewmembers’ deliveries to market, potentially spawning more builds if successful.
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Great Britain
England
Scotland
Will Your Father Be Annoyed If I Stay After Ten
A brief exchange from the Houston Post where a young woman asks if her father will mind her staying past ten. The man replies he won’t mind, but she says she will.
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Houston Post
The Hotbed. How It Should Be Made and Managed
Guidance on constructing and maintaining a hotbed for early garden production. Advises starting in favorable weather, selecting materials, and proper care to ensure robust growth and timely results. Emphasizes season readiness and practical steps for efficient setup.
How to Build a Hotbed for Winter Vegetables
The article explains hotbed construction with a soil and manure pit, slanted sashes, and a roof of glass. It covers depth, drainage, tar coatings, manure heating, layering of leaf mold and loam, and the need for air and sun. It advises testing heat with a probe and consulting Farmers Bulletin No. 94 from the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Farm Journal
United States Department of Agriculture
Elevating Hives to Weather Floods For Bee Care
Iowa correspondent outlines using elevated hive-stands to protect bees from floods. The plan involves windlass lifting hives above high water, then lowering after flood abates. Gleanings in Bee Culture cautions against complex gear and suggests large simple stands holding 15 to 20 hives, or 25 to 50 in California designs.
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Iowa
Gleanings In
Bee Culture
California
Good Barn Door Latch Shown for Easy Operation
An easily operated double bolt for high doors in barns and outbuildings is shown in the sketch. Both bolts are moved by the lever attached to the middle door timber. The bolts should be 1x3 inch hardwood planed smooth to slide easily and the arrangement is convenient and unobtrusive when doors are open.
Fodder corn as a top roughage for horses
Orange Judd Farmer touts thickly grown fodder corn cured in shock as a prime roughage for horses. Leaves are palatable and the stalks and husks may be left, with fodder serving as an economical substitute for timothy hay for stallions mares idle horses and growing colts.
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Orange Judd
How to Freeze Creamy Lemon Snow in Winter
A simple winter dessert method uses juice from three lemons and one orange with one and a half cups sugar and one quart milk. Freeze the mixture with snow and rock salt and stir occasionally to mimic freezer results.
Emptying Feathers Pillow Care Guide
Instructions describe transferring feathers between pillows using a melted can tube to separate clean feathers. The method involves tying or sewing the tube into each pillow and shaking the feathers through the tube to remove old contents and refresh with clean material.
Giving Liquid Medicines Method For Administering Animals
A farmer describes a technique for dosing animals with liquids using a 15 inch rubber hose tied to a bottle neck and inserted down the animal’s throat to avoid glass shards. The method eliminates risk of mouth injury from broken bottle edges.
Regular Attention to Livestock Fattening Practices
Regular attention to all live stock, especially fattening ones, ensures nothing is forgotten and nothing is done twice. The advice emphasizes consistent daily care to maintain health and productivity across herds.
The Profitable Beekeeping Prospect
The article extols beekeeping as a profitable pursuit requiring minimal land outlay and highlighting the bees role in fertilizing clovers. It warns on mothworm threats, stresses the need for a queen, and advises beginners to start with one or two colonies while noting the broader intellectual rewards and natural resource links.
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Ilan
Nature
Farm Journal
When Fields Are Bare And Spring Farm Care
The piece urges evaluating field condition in early spring to plan manure and fertilizer needs. Bare areas reveal weed clumps, pasturing damage, and potential for burning weed piles to improve farm appearance and crop prospects. It notes pasture and meadow losses from barren land and suggests cleanup reflects farming quality.
Small Farm Prospects For Chickens Near Town
A four acre homestead near town plans to sell hogs and keep several chickens. The owner notes a sow raises him several pigs each year and believes expanding into poultry could yield more income than on larger farms.
Prevention of Scours in Pigs via Grain Slop
Guidance on preventing scours in pigs suggests feeding crushed oats and barley, removing hulls, and making a slop in a low trough inaccessible to the sow to ensure the mixture is consumed by piglets.
Half prepared soil wastes yearly harvests
The text argues that much is lost each year due to half preparation of the soil and calls for intensive cultivation. It urges spending more time in the ground to improve soil condition and achieve higher crop yields.
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Conuit
Waldorf
Mr. Robert
Art Institute
Chicago
Joseph B. Bowles
Ney
Rams
Judge Fox
ST. Paul
Backwoods
Clergyman
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