Memorization Methods of Actors Compared with Opera Singers
The piece contrasts memory in actors and opera singers, noting quick and slow study approaches, the humbling fragility of recall, and methods like room study or improvisation. It recounts anecdotes of actors remembering lines under pressure, the prompter’s aid, and remarkable feats of memory by performers such as Salvini and Mathews, with broader reflections on memory’s training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelina Patti
Violetta
Arditi
Salvini
Tein
Hamlet
Ingo
Charles ‘Thorne
Shakapeare
Bulwer
Knowles
John Rider
England
Gret
Pizarro
Brinsley Sheridan
London
The Conceit of New York Persists in San Francisco Note
Blakely Hall writes that New York is viewed by many as the only American city and that wealth alone does not guarantee social entrance there. He cites famous fortunes who relocate to New York, while noting many multi millionaires remain virtually unknown despite their riches. The piece contrasts social access in New York with other cities and hints at public lists of the ultra wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tristan d’Acunha
Africa
South America
Equator
Napoleon
St Helena
Kinaga
St. Helena
Tristan d’ Acunha
Teil
Tristan
England
Blakely Hall
San Francisco
New York
America
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Union
Pedans
China
Thando Kirte
W. A. Hammond
The
North American Review
Boston
Boston Record
Lion
Xen
Toener
George Eliot Kitchen Health Message and Hospitality Note
A Tid Bits item praises George Eliot’s favorite room as the clean kitchen, arguing cleanliness from kitchen to cellar promotes health and good character. It shares a hospitable old gentleman’s informal invitation and contrasts it with formal guest refusals, then offers practical home care tips on cleaning, feeding poultry, and Holstein dairy notes from Ohio Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Corn-Fed Horsea and the Chicago Live-Stork Journal
Corn is the bane of farm horses and working animals not for lack of nutrition but for excess fat. Muscle wears away with work as metal wears by friction. Fat diminishes power for draft or speed, while nourished muscles with little fat improve performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Live-Stork Journal
There is no other cereal than Indian corn or maize
A farmer in Ohio describes how pollen drift from full tassels causes cross fertilization and mixed seed, noting frequent mixtures even when fields are 80 rods apart. He reports selecting 68 pounds of corn yielding 7 pounds cobs and 61 pounds shelled, and claims his efforts produce pure original corn with heavy dent, early maturity, and uniform grain color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardener's Magazine
Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
J. W. Rogers
Pitsfield, C
Smady
Holkstein
Dersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
C. W. Charlton
Cate
Hente
Fire safety tips from the Fireman's Herald
The piece offers guidance on lamp safety and prevention measures. It advises buying quality lamps, avoiding sudden motions, not placing lamps on edges, not filling lamps after dark, and ensuring lamp wicks fit and function properly.
His Turkish Bath Escalating to Extreme Heat
A Chicago doctor began Turkish baths to treat malaria. A towering patient, 6'4" and thin, endured a bath rigged with a thermometer. as heat rose toward 126 degrees the man cried for a fork to test if he had died, insisting he knew he was still alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Winters
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Bullene & Co
Anchor
New York Graphic
Balsa
Turkey
Douglas
Maine
Cartia
Rtp
Uel
Expresa
Murray St
ST. Carls Sym
Louie A
Sam
New Firm
J. F. Wiedemann
Mass. Street
JE. Boyd
Eldridge
Gro
W. Toormsksr
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