Meissonier Reveals Himself Through Rising Sun Sign
An elderly man watching a painter at a wayside inn causes a dispute over a sign reading The Rising Sun. The argument pits Flemish sign painter, English buyer, innkeeper, and a French master Meissonier whose name is invoked amid quarrels over ownership. Meissonier confirms his identity, easing tensions as guests arrive.
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Brussels
Namur
St. Gudula
Gerard ’Douw
Gerard Douw
Gmd
Monsieur
Susette
Mummy Paint Used to Color Hair in Portraits
Ground up mummy and asphaltum create a unique brown pigment. Ancient Egyptians wrapped heads with garments coated in fine asphaltum. Over centuries the substance impregnated tissues of the dead, becoming a premier paint material worldwide. Its high cost confines use to painters depicting brown hair.
Gautigus Garnier Pigeons Carry Messages to Rested Death
The carrier pigeons travel long distances without feeding, arriving thin and exhausted. Given corn the bird refuses to eat, drinks water, sleeps, and only then eats in small amounts. After extended flights the pigeon may repeat this cycle for up to forty eight hours before resuming normal feeding.
About Miss Smith and the secret lovers in the wood
In a country house tale, Miss Verinder and her companion Miss Smith meet Lavender, the secretary to Lord Halibut, in a wooded romance. They confess love during a sunlit waltz at the heiress’s coming of age, while deception and class satire trail behind them as the landscape painter idea misleads.
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Miss Verinder
Smith
Lord Halibut
Halibut
Lavender
Miss Smith
Cambridge
Lord Fillbut
Lord of
Whole wheat and prune cake a staple at Hanover square cafe
The New York Press notes a Physical Culture Restaurant in a Hanover square luncheon room popular with clerks in rowing and athletic clubs. Guests favor whole wheat boiled like rice with intact kernels and dry, salted, no cream or molasses for lean diet. Athletes also enjoy unsweetened prune cake.
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Hanover Square
New York Press
Schedule In England Delights House With Pronunciation
A schedule of English speech quirks amused members of the house as Dr. Tanner provoked uproarious laughter by debating the correct pronunciation. He highlighted that English dictionaries offer sedule skedule and shhedule as acceptable variants.
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Tanner
House Af Commons
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