The Manner of Man in a Shabby Street Visit
A late train brings Philip Holt to a dingy townhouse where he confronts Margaret Evans. He gambles on a marriage proposal that violates their truce, announces plans to wed in Jimmy Dean’s parlor, and persuades her to flee with him to a hastily arranged ceremony pending clergyman and witness.
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Miss Evans
cally
academy board
Tie
Philip Holt
Margaret
Stargaret
Ife
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Tom and I
arebly
lave evine
Jimmy Dean
Scavern’s Buttes
Deans
Jimmy
Molt
Tiurgoret
Phil
Jimmy Dean's
The Fine Cod That Won an Art Gallery Purchase
William A. Chase recalls a London fishmonger who refused payment for a cod used as a painting model. After two hours the painting sold to the Corcoran gallery for a substantial sum, while the merchant gladly claimed the fish was fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traumimersrdth
London
Corcoran art gallery
lila
William AM. Chase
DeHneator
As a Man Thinketh Lovers and a Dog Bite Scene
Carlisle Anderson rescues a run over dog and is bitten. He pursues Lucy Standing, daughter of Dr. Standing, while feigning hydrophobia to win her affection. After a dinner, a library scene leads to a confession and a plan to meet the doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Anderson
Carlisle
animal ambulance
Carliste
Theodore Standing
Dr. Standing
bhouse
Billy
Carlsle
Mrs. Scott-Burden
Lucy
Miss Standing
Carlisse
Luccy
L pever
father
French Peas With Sugar Hidden In American Cans
A housekeeper explains French peas can come from common American canned peas with a teaspoon of sugar added during cooking to achieve a delicate French taste. A chef’s memory about making coffee with ground beans in a tin is shared. Bird singing contests in England used to use red hot needles to blind chaffinches, a cruel practice now largely stamped out by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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America
France
New York Post
England
Royal Society For the Prevention of
Quite Plebsian Mirth on Fashionable Mumps
A quip from the Baltimore Americas mocks the idea that disease trends are fashionable. The exchange frames mumps as a stylish mystery, poking fun at treating illness as fashion and asking why an ailment should be frictionable or admired as a trend.
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Baltimore
Americas
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