Only a Woman in Cairo Wedding Receptions and Revels
The narrator recalls a Cairo wedding with eunuchs, dancers, and a feast. She witnesses a harem dining scene, a bride's tiring ceremony, and a rich bed chamber filled with cashmere and jewels, noting Oriental hospitality and social contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colorado
Three Sisters
Jack Horner
la Creme de la Societe
Cairo
Egypt
Springfield Republican
Mere
Merci
Madame la Marquis
England
Paris
Emir Bey
Batas
Vast American Centennial Exhibition Surpasses European Shows
The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition promises an unprecedented world’s fair with vast iron and glass pavilions on 250 acres of Fairmount Park. Central structures will house machinery, art, horticulture, and government displays while Pennyslvania Railroad brings visitors directly to the grounds. Nations and states erect headquarters as preparations accelerate.
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Cook
America
Europe
New York Tribune
Trois Freres
Philadelphia
Congress
Morton
Indiana
Exhibition Grounds
New England
Springsfield
London
Paris
Vienna
Fairmount Park
Philadelpha
Schuylkill River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Horticultural
Cabinet
Horticultural Hall
Museum of the Patent Office
England
Ecstatic conductor rallies on a river voyage
Charles D. Warner describes a dramatic scene aboard a boat where a sheik-like figure leads a far-flung orchestra. The leader, in a blue robe and white drawers, swings a staff and belts out a wild rhythm as the craft crests against a rushing current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheik
Charles D. Warner
The British Barmaid Described by Emily Faithful
A critical portrait of barmaids in London pubs, detailing applicants advertising as tall and genteel, the social dynamics with hosts and customers, wage levels around ten to twelve pounds yearly, harsh work hours from dawn to after midnight, and the juxtaposition of admiration with insults and temptations in West End and City houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Faithful
West End
Kew
Richmond
Jermyn Street
Westend
The River Rescue Under Wild Rapids
Descriptive scene of a boat snagged on rocks with rope lines pulling from shore. A theatrical sheik directs two long ropes while rowdy workers press forward to keep the craft from smashing. Water churns as men haul and shout above the roaring rapids.
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Proara
Ferd
Ms Leavitt
Peputy County
Sterling
Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop
R. E. Hart
OLD Colony
Main St
Tay H. Boughton
Dawyer
Fort Collins
Arles
Larimer County
Caranaho
B. A. Haynes
A. E. Grreon
Grerley
J D Buckley
Weld County
Wit-esse Stein
Majle Street
Tribune
B. L. Childs
Justice OF the Peace
the Bakery
Greeley Weldo
Grant and
Sherman Sts
Alto
M. Premuan Altorney
Jos. C. Swarruck
Sec'y Union Colony
Nevermore
Oan
H. N. Rogerson
Hester A. Benedict
Preman & Shattuck
New Masonic Block
Colo
Marvin
Watertown
N. Y
G. Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Park Row
New York
Ofare
Mozelle
France
LAW Draggiste
Opticia
Ler
Lmes & Clapp
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