I Progressed in My Play by Studying a Country Family
A writer describes using Miss Euphemia Withers as a real life model to craft characters for a play. He shadows a courting pair Thomas Bradshaw and Emily Powell, uses eavesdropping and staged scenes to shape heart interest, and faces a barn misadventure when they are caught intruding on their private moment.
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Beaux Arts
Vermont
Vowell
Thomas Bradshaw
Emily
Euphemia Withers
Miss Withers
Emily Powell
Bradshaw
Dot
Withers
Fort
Burt
Howell Farm
Theater Hero Loses Female Villain In Curtain Night
An actor recounts bringing his family to a theater premiere. In the third act a female villain exits in disguise, leaving the audience and him astonished. He searches for the actress Miss Withers and learns she abandoned her daughter, never seen again. He laments the failed romance and remains a bachelor.
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Cee
Miss Withers
Mia Withers
Nign Dudgeon
Missionary Jubilee Speaker Targets American Spending
Florence Miler, field secretary of the Phishers women’s board of foreign missions, told the Me mori ball audience that Americans waste funds on gum and candy while neglecting missions. She cited $1 billion spent on gum and soda, $120 million on millinery, and $4 million for missionary work.
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Florence Miler
Phishers Women's Board of Foreign Missions
Jee Cress
Costume For Little Girl Stuns With White Roadcloth Coat
A striking street costume for a little girl features a white roadcloth coat with a prominent collar and cuffs. The outfit showcases a refined, dressy style suitable for urban parades or ceremonies.
Irish defendant spared as witness jokes about fighting
An Irish defendant facing breach of the peace was spared after a witness for the accused admitted the magistrate could have stopped the fight. Paddy quipped he was too busy fighting a friend of his own to intervene.
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Paddy
Dairy Farm Shows Milk Boost From Music
Report notes a chorus of operatic milkmaids on a farm, with the idea that melody could increase milk yield while entertaining workers. The tale blends rural humor with a supposed link between music and dairy output.
Opals Sensitive to Fire Dull Gleam Through Tiny Cracks
Opals show luminous prismatic color from many tiny fissures within the stone. The largest and smallest fissures can be damaged by close proximity to open flame, risking ruin of the gem’s beauty at any moment.
Asiatic Turkey’s Rustic Life and Tools
A snapshot of Asiatic Turkey notes centuries of civilization and a rural present where farmers forge simple utensils. Spoons are handmade from wad and each family crafts its own tonight, reflecting enduring traditional practices.
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Turkey
Children of UAP Explain Easy Life on Lap Caro Line Islands
Dr W A Furness argues island children are effectively public property once mobile, roaming from house to house for food and clothing with no wild threats. Foster homes shelter them under starry ceilings or thatch, and parental love fades only from abundance and lack of struggle.
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Lap
Caroline Islands
W. A. Furness
Mastering a Temper The Crawford Family Method
Mrs Hugh Fraser recounts Jim Crawford's temper control in his youth at Villa Negroni Rome. Francis Crawford devised self discipline by carrying a heavy shutter around his room three times to cool his anger before replying.
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Marion Crawford
Hugh Fraser
F. Marion Crawford
Jim
Villa Negroni
Rome
Crawford
Women and Tea In Japan
Women in Japan are expected to identify tea grades such as Uji or Mikado and distinguish blends by taste, a skill tied to inheritance and environment. Tea has been central to Japanese culture for centuries with plantations centuries old, yet household standards are set by the house wife herself.
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Japan
Cock Lane Ghost of Clerkenwell and Its Two Associations
The Cock Lane Ghost at St. John’s Clerkenwell is linked to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem with a historic choir and crypt. The ghost story, seen in February 1702, drew Johnson, Goldsmith, and Horace Walpole, later revealed by Dr. Johnson as the parish clerk’s mischievous daughter.
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Cock Lane
St. John’s
Clerkenwell
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Cockrane
London
Johnson, Goldsmith
Horace Walpole
Johnson
Westminster Gazette
The Acid Test and a Wife’s Quiet Refrain
In a Detroit Express column a wife reshapes the car radio moment echoing a husband’s memory of past troubles. The line highlights restraint and the quiet burden of shared history.
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Detroit
Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy Gifts Choate Portrait to Museum
The Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy presents a portrait of Joseph H. Choate to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, earning a donor status for the artist. Choate’s portrait is placed in the new members room for temporary exhibition while the gift is recognized by trustees. The princess, famed for extravagant living at the Hotel Plaza, traveled privately by train, sparking friction with railroad staff over privacy.
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Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy
Joseph H. Choate
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Choate
Princess Lwoff-Parlachy
Hotel Plaza
Boston
Oil Your Umbrella Maintenance Tip
After an umbrella has been used or a short time put a drop of oil in the center of the top about once a month. This prevents the ribs from rusting.
Envelope Funnel From Simple Cut Produces Pour Spout
A historic quick tip describes cutting a quadrant from a corner of an envelope and clipping the point to form a funnel for liquids, enabling a bottle with a small mouth to be filled neatly.
Famous Paris Clock At Notre Dame Dates From 140
The clock in the Palais de Justice, Paris, dates from 140 and is attributed to the renowned clockmaker Vick whose turret clocks are among the earliest on record. Figures of Mary and Justice and angels with the royal coat of arms were carved by Germaine Sífon.
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Picals de Justice
Paris
We Vick
Mary and Justice
Germaine Si Fon
Outcrows Its Wings
A South American duck shows unusual growth, with its wing development keeping pace with body growth as it adapts to harness light powers in its environment.
Fashion Note on Hat Trimming and Fit
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes trimming methods for upcoming hats. It states that the backs alone will fit and promises arrangements to avoid any change in appearance or fit.
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Cleveland Plain
The Proper Place For Great Singers Quip
A brief Chicago Evening Post moment notes a witty exchange about provisioning for great singers and suggested sending them to a day nursery as a humorous remark. The item captures a light editorial jab typical of the era.
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Chicago
Plowman Trudges Through Drab Skies in Kansas Scene
In a Kansas setting a plowman toils through mire while skies appear drab. The verse references a Pittsburg Post consultative voice and mentions Mrs Bentham with wealth and a curious line about wealth from hatred. Irene of New York appears in passing.
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Kansas
Aakhab
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Amencan Press
Agso
Wheyer
Dresden
Asiatic Turkey
Children OF Uap
Princeton Tiger
Earth
Princess
Museum of Natural History
Princess Lwoff-Parlaghey
Pittsburg
Post
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