Exterminator of insects in strange St Mark's place rent tale
A narrator returning to New York in 19$2 encounters a quirky exterminator who rents a third floor studio. The strange ads promise Muselia insecticide while a lively exchange about references reveals a Hungarian artist neighbor, Sophie Paulovna Beczardy, and a doctor Eczardy family. The scene blends humor with vivid period flavor in a New York lodging setting.
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New York
St. Mark’s place
Gillie
poly
Roland Furieux
Grinchette
Paris
London
St. Marks place
san abody
Eliot Morgan
finn of Morgan, Wynn & Co
Wall street
Elist Morgan
Bunty
Morgan
Muselie
henny
teddy hertist
fanale hertist
Mees
Sophie Paulovina Beczardy
fazair
Eezardy
Paul Eczardy
wizenuzzer
firmahes tnitec
Exterminator in a French Van Derville House Visit
An elderly man with grotesque youthful disguise meets a visitor in a transformed drawing room. The man, identified as Nin, appears old yet dressed in fashionable attire with a wig, heavy jewelry, and a flashy tailor’s ensemble, as observers note his gaunt hands and sunken cheeks.
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Marseilles
Bowery
de aciius
Muselle
I Establish My Home at Monsiuer Moselle's Place
A fortnight later I settle with my household gods and painting tools at Monsieur Moselle's. I am on the best of terms with my landlord, a plain, good natured French bourgeois. His only noticeable idiosyncrasy is a childish vanity in smoking gay of himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Moselle
Portrait of a Painter's Painful Subject
A landlord shows a painter and her work to a visitor. The painter's miniature talent is noted, then a dramatic large canvas depicts an old man in a Russian prison cell. The subject is her own father Dr. Eczardy, imprisoned and ruined by years in solitary confinement.
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Mr. Eliot
mebbe
Paris
brozer
rich benker
eestair Musellean
mit
ime
Musella
fazsir
Gen. Ogaref
Siberia
hivory
morocco
Musee
France
Bunt
speecimen
stout
ITis
voegether
Eczardy
Russia
werghey
phe
Annesee
ay oly
eis
Russian song echoes in studio above as dancer joins
While washing brushes in his studio the narrator hears Miss Berardy sing a Russian song with Rubinstein like color and tempo. He imagines her beauty and notes the floor vibrating to a dance, wondering if she will dance with her father in the next room.
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Miss Berardy
wells
Rubinstein
Carmen
Don Jase
Tean
Berardy
paige
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A. W. SHORT
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MARWAN D
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PHILADELPHIA
WALTHAM WATCHES
ELGIN
ROCK BOTTOM
Masonic Building
M. GOTTLIEB
J.H. MEDAIRY
GEO. Kk. MEDAIRY
J. H. MEDAIRY
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Maryland
J. m. K. EMORY
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EMORY & NEAVITT
SOUTH STREET
WM. H. CASHO
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Bruh St
Detroit
Mich
JZEUREN GAULY
Distros, Mo
Aes MELVIN
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
F. M. ECCLES
HILLSBOROUGH
D' ALEX, WARDCASTLIS
Denton and vicinity
Orricn
Din LIP W. NOWNES
J.W.DRYANT
NOWARN DRYANT
J.W.& I. BRYANT
AtriTys-AT-Law
E. Lexington St. Barrons
new City
Potofilec
JAMES N. TODD
Destox
roy
POSNERS
WUENE
THOMAS M. COOPER
Denton, Mad
ed OHN
W. CLARK, Jr
Muctioneer
Willery
Queen Anne's
Talbot
Dorchester
GEORGE
RUssuUM
HENRY I. LEWIS
ROUSSUM & LEWIS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
DENIton, MD
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
HENRY IRWIN
WM. T. TUFF
Preston, Md
Tina
Caroline county
upper Dearchester
Tuckahoe
KINNAMON
AISD
Drews
POSNER’S
Baltimore, Md
Steinway & Sons
Mason & Hamlin
New England
A. B. Chase
Mason & Hamlin, Wilcox & White
A. B. Chase, Farrand & Votey
OTTO SUTRO
Seaford
ELY
PATARRE Ae ee eee
Clonnaes
Srsal Darssages
ELY PROTHERS
Warren St
N.Y
J. E. HADLEY
MR. G. V
Hadley
Waulley
Benet
Tradhey
imy laboratory
EASTON
Emory
John W. Clark, Jr
Sylvia A. Holbrook
THE
Denton Ridgely
WESTERN UNION
A. D. Pratt
BOLTON BROG
alll
Peking
Albany Greese, &c
EL PRATT ST
GOOTEE
PARKER
Farker
EATTY’S
Dantel F. Bearry
Washington
Journal
Sophia Paulovna Kennedy
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