A Confident Cook and the Eggs Elimination Farce
A humorous hotel breakfast tale features Gray Brown and Green. Green asks to eliminate eggs, the waiter and cook react with exhausted excuses. The cook jokes about liminating eggs but cannot due to lack of a lim-nater. The piece blends comic dialect with a classic hotel dining miscommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eust
Gray
Brown
Green
South
Ordah
Lim
Lippiicott’s
Vos Exhibition Sparks Witty Exchange With Wu Ting Fang
In Washington Hubert Vos displayed paintings to Wu Ting Fang, then Chinese minister. When Wu asked who the sitter was, Vos replied Li Hung Chang. Wu quipped it did not look three-quarter like him, and moved on, prompting a lighthearted exchange reported by the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Vos
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Li Hung Chang
Vos
New York Sun
Smashed Precedents By A US Reporter In London Office
A new American arrival to head a London news office learns royal protocol the hard way when he asks about the king’s health at the palace. Lord Knollys explains the careful public handling, exposing the tension between fast reporting and royal precedent. Also included is a short poem on duty by Mrs. A. J. Pruden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Edward
America
Palace
Lord Knollys
Beating the Record by Irish Mile Hopeful and Pat
An Irish athlete training for a mile race sets up a field trial with his companion Pat to time the run. The watch stops at the start and Pat later reveals a new record by declaring the time as if the athlete had finished instantly, prompting a surprised correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Caruso Interview Escalates To Phoned Confrontation
A New York World account details a reporter’s attempt to interview Enrico Caruso at the Knickerbocker hotel. A miscommunication over the line leads to a tense exchange, ending with Caruso inviting the reporter upstairs to hear himself sing on a phonograph. The scene reveals a playful, press beat dynamic and the tenor’s self-amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrico Caruso
Widen Voice
Knickerbocker
Munter
Caruso
Celeste Alda
Mr. Carnac
Ike
Mr. Caruso
Beater
Signor Caruso
New York World
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Charles Kingsley
Waddell
Rube Waddell
Giants
Polo Grounds
Rube
Connie Mack
James Crichton-Browne
Uffman
Jamaica
A. J. Pruden
Emerson
the Brown Hotel
Main
Eureka, Nevada
Station Touring Club of America
Daniel Morrison
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Jons Henperson
Haypes Henperson
L. C
W. R. Reynolds
Eureka
Nevada
Hunt Building
Brown Hotel
G. M. Roberts
Edwards and Clark Streets
Mabel K. Yoong
Alma Woods
Offey Bailey House
Sehecline Fankig & Tout Co
NEVAD
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Compar
United States Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Postal Savings Depository
THE
First National Bank
Bloe, Nevada
J. A. Lew
A. E. Encatt
F. Writs
BE. E. Exxon
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