Grecian Art in Modern Dress shines at Carnegie Hall
In a notable Margaret Anglin performance season at Carnegie Hall in March and April she staged Euripides Medea and Sophocles Electra to reveal ancient Greek women as modern echoes. Her directing plus Damrosch music and Pratt designs created vivid stage pictures that brought Electra and Medea to life with intense, believable emotion.
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Turn About Is Fair Flay Marriage Debate
A critical essay argues clergy should share responsibility for marriages beyond the knot. It mocks state and church roles in contracts and suggests doctors in old Chinese law faced punishment for neglect. The piece envisions clergy scrutinizing temperaments before joining couples and condemns rapid, ill considered marriages.
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House of Bishops
Inaamoch
Famous Bell predicts wingless air travel and engineless flight
Professor Alexander Graham Bell argues in London that seroplane progress could outpace current aircraft by higher, faster, cheaper flight. He cites flying without wings or engines as possible, noting albatrosses glide with wind and posing questions for future propulsion.
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Eo Keen Stedenl
Ucronsution
Bilver
British Empire
Gisb
Lenden
Conalder
Selene
Keep Smiling Through the War Tax Hardship
Humorous WWI era verse urges readers to endure shortages and taxes with a grin. The speaker jokes about dental bills, coal rations, and a grim wartime economy while praising resilience and cheerful sacrifice to support Uncle Sam and win the war. The narrator mocks self pity and exhorts public stoicism and frugality amid rising costs and material scarcities.
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Hoboken
Kerp
Peter
Kant
Rela
Camp Confidences Stirred By A Youthful Moment
A story unfolds at a camp where a girl recalls guiding shy campers and a handsome boy facing hardship. She confesses a moment of tenderness in front of others, admitting she nearly embraced him to comfort him as he prepared to leave. The scene ends with her saying she did nothing but now feels gratitude.
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Thant
Rombel
Paine
Dehony Murphy
Bis
Johnny Murphy
America
New York
Mike
Miley
Department of Health
Aed
Inventor Proposes Barbed Wire Projectile System Detailing
An inventor in Detreis U S A claims to have created eight novel barbed wire projectiles for trench guns. The design uses a stem fitting the barrel with a hollow cap and explosive to release coils of barbed wire upon detonation, spreading tangled wire over a target. A time fuse adjusts range for the weapon system.
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Detreis
U.S.A
Moonlight Scrubbers and the Impatient Soldier in War Verse
A wartime poetry note highlights Private Charles Divine of the 87th Division as a key camp bard. It features The Impatient Soldier urging a return to action and The Moonlight Scrubbers describing moonlit street washing scenes in Blue Ridge country, blending realism and romance with war’s grim reality.
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Eir Paetry
Charles Divine
Uga
New York
Blue Ridge
Mowntonia
Road to Town in Spring
A poetic fragment depicts a woman’s longing as the road to town becomes a springtime lure. Lovers pass by, laughter on lips, but the speaker turns away and waits, imagining journeys along byways and golden highways. The poem contrasts youth with a vanished beloved as lilacs bloom and towns call.
Untitled Verse Fragment From an Older Paper
A fragmented verse fragment recalls a cheer and reassurance amid doubt and fear. The lines express relief as difficult emotions ease and a sense of communal support strengthens resolve. The piece reads as a stray literary slice rather than a reporting item.
Untitled Reflections on Farewell and Memory
A fragmented lyric recalling a distant farewell between lovers or close companions. The speaker laments memory’s pull after years of closeness, noting how departure leaves an enduring sense of loss and longing for a place and touch once shared.
Mystery Verse Fragments From a Dreaming Night
Fragmentary lines reveal a reflective meditation on sleeplessness and longing. The speakerContemplates past comfort and the ache of nightly thoughts, ending with a wistful wish for regained repose and familiar warmth.
To a Violinist Poem by Besctaxt Jows Pinan RocuE
A poetic ode to a violinist, blending concert hall tone with a drooper's tent setting. The speaker contemplates the musician's deft bow and glowing notes, while reflecting on the costs of artistic gift and risk.
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Besctaxt Jows
Pinan Rocue
Tovara
Hia
Guard Duty Under a Night of Quiet Tension
A lone sentry recalls the future as a cloudless night rests over camp. The wind stirs pines and a white road seems to lead toward a world at war. A shadow moves near the proas and brush crunches while a voice challenges, then asks to be identified.
Flower and Flower Poem Fragment by Rongarno Quinn
A fragmentary poem exhorts choosing a flower for a beloved, contrasting garden and bush flowers with lively early diction. The speaker offers a jeweled, dew-laden bloom and contrasts beauty with domestic gold and blue India glory. The verse repeats questions and calls for appreciation of beauty.
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India
Reader writes of world largest candles in Saint Boils Mosque
Alex J Rand of Roseville reports in February issue about candles claimed as the world’s largest. He says a pair in Constantinople’s Saint Boils Mosque measure about 12 to 14 feet tall with wax tips and huge brass stands. They are said to be lit for about one hour during the feast of Bama dag.
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Alex J. Rand
Roseville
Na.w
Saint Boils
Constantinople
Bulan
Fragmented Victorian Jester Tales Mixed With Fragments
A garbled OCR page sketches a collage of humorous vignettes and dialogue. It includes a domestic intrusion scene with a ward and a soldier, college quirks about taking pains, a lawyer witness exchange, a comical medical tale about a penny doctor, and a noisy street dialogue about opening a tomato can.
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