Woman Tongue and a Coward’s Tongue in Debate
A fragmentary feature mixes a biting literary quarrel about a serpent tongue and a cowardly tongue with essays on fog and perception. It blends meditations on speech and kindness with a humorous London crust tale of a cockney and a farmer over a weighty beast at a cattle show.
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Richard le Gallienne
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London
Reading Prisoner Grumbles at Papers Come With War Stories
A condemned man complains to the warder about receiving stacks of papers with war stories instead of lawful reading material. The warder confirms an impending execution next week, and the prisoner laments the cruel punishment.
The Matterhorn A Pointed Peak And Its Wide View
Description of the Matterhorn’s pointed ridge and sheer precipice. The author contrasts it with Mont Blanc and notes the vast panorama including Rosa and Jungfrau. The ascent is brief due to cold winds, with a descent dreaded on the Alps. Also includes a brief humor piece about a neighbor seeking Celia Leahy’s signature and an Irish domestic allusion.
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Dialogue fragments from early newspaper humor column
Excerpted lines show a wife addressing Mrs Doyle and a man named Jack, with references to speaking to a husband and homesickness. The text reflects a domestic anecdote style typical of New York Press humor columns, capturing playful exchanges over routines and home life.
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New York Press
Ready Wit A Tale From Irish Royal Chronicles
A fragmentary excerpt from Everybody's Magazine retells Queen Saav and King Colm in a legendary tale. Saav negotiates three burdens to leave the castle a clarifying, moralizing parable about power and wit, ending with a contrived balance of pride and generosity.
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Saav
Saay Nved
Ireland
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Everybody’s Magazine
Whistler’s Engagement Resolve and Oddities in Verse
Whistler defies social dining, declaring painting more urgent than meals as he toils late with a friend fearing affronts from distant London swells. Also notes ponder Jovian giants, tire innovations, and quips on stars and moons in a mosaic of clipped anecdotes.
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London
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