Sister Edith Rhodes Details Her Life and Beliefs
Edith Rhodes sister of Cecil Rhodes is described as confident and impressive in appearance. She reportedly trusts palmistry and cards to foresee her brother’s safety for four more years, is a noted spiritualist who believes in life after death, and writes letters about South Africa that papers publish eagerly.
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Edith
Edith Rhodes
Cecil
Kimberley
Rhode i
Miss Rhodes
South Africa
Woman Question and Emancipation Reflections in 19th Century Press
A columnic discussion contrasts past and present views on women’s roles and independence. It cites shifts from domestic ideals to bachelor girl freedoms, notes Melba’s gracious public acts, and reports Miss Adams’ gold effigy statue being rejected as Paris fair art.
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Miss Adams
Maude’ Adams
Peck
Mise Adams
Paris
Harper's. Weekly
Beings and family anecdotes in an old column fragment
A collection of short vignettes and pieces from a bygone issue. It includes a bedtime water drill with a boy named Tommy, a party game called Personal Questions, notes on royal children at the Duke of York era, a poem about nesting by a bird, a verse from Collier's Weekly, a kindergarten joke about Polly the child, and Johnny's quip about washing his own sare.
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Eni
Eoheratos
Cornelia Atwood Pratt
Tommy
Duke of York
Frandchildren
Queen Victoria
Great Britain
Prince “Hd ‘Ward
England
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