Absurdities of Fashion Across European Courts
A fashion satire contrasts French English and American styles, recounting Mme de Pompadour’s plastered chin, high heels from Marie Antoinette, towering coiffures, and the Alexandria limp inspired by a sole heel alteration. The dialogue ends with English bodices pressed high and Parisian ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Journal
la Princesse
Mme. de Pompadour
Marie Antoinette
Anne of Austria
England
Albion
Princess of Wales
Alexandria
Prolonging Life in the Middle Ages and Paracelsus
The piece surveys medieval beliefs in immortality as quack cures and notes Paracelsus claimed an elixir of life while advancing mercury medicine. It highlights Leonard Thurneysser a physician astrologer who profited from yearly calendars and taught relocating residences to escape planetary influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Paracelsus
Leonard Thurneysser
Gambler's Trade Exposed as Bankers Face Risk and Sanctions
A Philadelphia Press observation argues that casino profits come from players and that bankers bear constant legal and financial risk. It notes lavish clubhouses and dealer costs as funded by players while few bankers become wealthy, except perhaps one named Daly of Long Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Daly
Long Branch
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