Various Anecdotes and Oddities From New York Society
A crowded private view in New York features artist Hubert Henri and a self claiming craftsman at a Sargent portrait. A Canadian minister Sir Frederick Borden recounts a travel prank on a wedding trip. A veteran raconteur recalls Australia and a bed bug remedy scam, with labor and German household life observations sprinkled through the travelogue.
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Hubert Henri
New Pictures
New York
Sargent
Henri
Fisherman Wins Heart With Porgy Proposal Tale
An engaged fisherman to Angelina nervously fails to propose at her father’s, then is told to take her. The story recalls a porgy catch and a fatherly blessing, echoing a tale from the Bohemon Maga. A second anecdote shows Teddy delaying thanks for a quarter, prompting a tearful parental reminder of polite gratitude.
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Angelina
George Wastintoo
Teddy
Littl Son
Mamma
A Good Watch Advertised As A Beauty
A reader is told that the watch advertised in another column is a beauty and will please buyers. The note emphasizes satisfaction with the timepiece and suggests strong appeal to shoppers.
German Women Have to Work Exchange Rites for Daughters
A period piece notes that German girls around seventeen to eighteen are sent to distant families who swap in a daughter for about three years. The visitor is treated as Graulein yet serves as a domestic worker, performing all house duties with little time for leisure or outdoor English-style sports.
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Gee Kotekvatsen
Tle
Ford
Meisir
Sid
Graulein
Bats as Pets in the Home Declared Amusing and Affectionate
A male writer argues in the Technical World that bats can make intelligent and amiable household pets. He recalls two bats that freely entered his room, perched in a dictionary, followed him, and begged for worms as a normal meal, claiming such pets attach to their owners.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Health Revival
The ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a unique tonic restoring blood quality and energy, citing Ada Thurke of The Range New Brunswick who recovered after a bout of illness. It sells six boxes for two fifty and notes distribution by medicine dealers and the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Williams
Oime
Ada Thurke
N. B
Wiliams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Memories of Trevelyan and Elect Guests
Excerpts recount time with Sir G Trevelyan and guests including Mr Carline and Mr Ruskin. The speaker recalls walks with Trevelyan, an impromptu biography of Lord Chatham, Venice tours, and meetings with Robert Browning Thackeray and others at a Publishers’ Circle dinner in London where Washington’s jump was joked about.
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Carline
Frederick the Great
Lord Chatham
Venice
Ruskin
Cicerone
Robert Browning
Warid
Thackeray
George Washington
Publishers’ Circle
Lendos
Girl’s choice over heart on sleeve or cold storage rule
A rule states a girl either wears her heart on her sleeve or keeps it in cold storage, highlighting contrasting emotional expressions in a concise moralistic view.
American Students Sail to Europe on Cattle Ships
The essay notes the annual rise of American students boarding in German university towns during the summer, often paying high rates as “cattle ship” passengers. It describes how able students endure rough seas to work as hay-handlers, gaining a humbler view of themselves as steers, the true first class passengers, displacing the ideal of American privilege.
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Europe
New York Sun
Germany
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Philadelphia
Hamburg
England
United States
Atmuos
Wild Horses Proliferate In British Columbia Highlands
A Vancouver feature in the Seattle Daily Times describes wild horses roaming the Alpine provinces of British Columbia. They descend to graze near ranches, clash with tame stock, and number from 500 to 5,000 across several bands. Legislation authorizes shooting at set times after notice to owners.
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Vancouver
B. C
Seattle Daily Times
British Columbia
Cariboo
Tats
Baby's Own Tablets for infant welfare and care
An advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets as a cure all for stomach and bowel troubles, colds, worms, and teething relief for infants and children. Mrs. W. E. Stewart of St. George, N B endorses their reliability, with the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont selling boxes by mail or locally.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Longevity of Belgians and Marriage Patterns
Census figures show Belgian longevity with 8 centenarians including 3 men and 5 women all married. Among 185 people aged 90 plus, 34 women and 151 men were widowed, divorced, or single, highlighting women living longer and marriage not shortening life.
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Belgium
Leo
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Johnny
Sir Frederick Borden
Aince
Sir Frederick
Canada
Dr. Borden
Sir Frederik
Militia
Australia
Eehery
C. Wells & Co
Toronto
Fins
The
Farmer’s Advocate and
Home Magazine
Farmers’ Advocate
London, Ont
Sir G. Trevelyan
Dodds
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