Deeds Not Words and a Bernhardt Mix Up
A fragment from a Boston Transcript note contrasts wealth and extravagance in a suitor discourse with the motto deeds not words. It then cites Edward Everett Hale on spiritual striving before recounting Sarah Bernhardt’s amused encounter with King George of Greece at Gare du Nord Paris.
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Pleasant Thoughts as Houses for the Soul
Ruskin counsels filling minds with pleasant thoughts. Pright praises memory and noble histories as treasure houses for restful thoughts. Such inner sanctuaries soothe care and poverty, existing beyond earth and serving the soul.
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Jack Horners Christmas Gift
A New York Globe summary portrays Jack Horner in a quiet house on Christmas Eve caring for a sick wife. After a tender exchange about a stocking gift, the scene shifts to a somber hospital-like dawn as Santa Claus yields a grim reveal with the baby’s cry and a sorrowful holiday ending.
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Santa Claus in Salt Lake yields a thrifty stocking list
In a humorous scene from Judge, Strickland W. Gillfilih describes Santa climbing a Utah home chimney. The stocking reveal shows dozens of named family socks and baby sizes, with a sharp aside about kindergarten goods and stork trucks on the roof.
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Christmas Maxims and Modest Holiday Wisdom
A quaint set of 19th century style maxims about Christmas behavior and manners. It idealizes restraint in gift giving and social conduct, noting prudence in romance and the festive spirit, with references to a sealskin sack as part of a devout holiday image.
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