The Lady Who Loved The Stage And Lost Her Soul
Lettice Templemore rises to fame as a passionate emotional actress under Henry Harborough and then Acton. Her love for theater eclipses marriage and child, draining her empathy and leaving a portrait of a talent who sold her soul to the footlights.
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A Slave to Art and Passion in Lettice Templemore
A biographical sketch traces Lettice Templemore from a stormy youth driven by intense emotion to a searing stage career. She seeks renunciation then work for the poor, experiences love and heartbreak, and ultimately channels feelings into performance and teaching. Her inner conflicts, romantic entanglements, and artistic rise culminate as she finds her place.
Poison in the Cup: A Washington Distiller’s Plan
A Washington man, famed for a choice liquor, suspects a Black kitchen worker tampered with his supply. He marks emptied demijohns poison and traps the culprit, who confesses with a quip about being framed. The tale ends with a wary lesson on trust and mischief.
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Washington Star
Origin of the woolsack in the House of Lords
A historical note discusses why the lords chancellor sits on a wool sack in the Lords. It cites Edwards and Smith debating whether wool exports or a specific Parliament act under Elizabeth or Edward I began the custom. The piece notes lack of definite parliamentary resolution and questions the reign of origin. Brooklyn Eagle comment adds conjecture about the era.
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Nat Goodwin and the imitation at a summer party
Nat Goodwin recalls a prior invite to a small show where he was to be imitated by a lesser light. The spurious imitation left him disgruntled, and after a late-night exit he later meets a debonair man named Hampton who confirms the invitation. One of us must be rotten.
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New York Journal
Poisonous honey from certain rhododendron species observed
Chemists note several rhododendron species produce toxic honey but have not detected the active poisonous principle. The compound seems to form only after bees process the plant juices, a phenomenon yet to be fully explained.
Panther Shooting In Central India
An account from Captain C. J. Melliss describes a close quarter panther encounter in central India. The narrator and bhil wait as the cat bursts from corrinda leaves, the rifle fires twice, the panther retreats and finally crashes in the undergrowth after the hunter shoots a yellow patch beneath the bush.
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Scribner’s
Trunk Tale Sparks Baggage Clerk Outburst
A rosy cheeked woman confronts baggage man Bill Peters as his deafening city ordeal leads to a savage kick of a trunk. She warns of arrest while recalling Mary and the children. The trunk, and the man, become the center of a tense exchange at the station.
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Detroit Free Press
Washington's Last Bow at Fairfax Election Steps
An old chronicler recalls General Washington voting in Fairfax elections before his death. At the shaky 1799 courthouse steps, 20 arms and a dozen shoulders steadied the stair while he cast his vote, then descended. One supporter recalled the general's last bow as more than kingly.
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Fairfax
Alexandria Market
Habit Shapes Character More Than Opinion Says Hall
A reflection on how repeated exposure to objects and habitual contemplation molds character more than weight or importance of ideas. The mind adopts a tone from what it repeatedly considers, suggesting habit's strong role in forming personality.
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Robert Hall
Cause For Ours. Brutus Justifies Caesar Assassination
A quote from Brutus in Harper's Bazaar explains the motive for aiding Caesar's murder. He says the body politic was diseased and needed a surgical operation, and they used their knives to brace it up.
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