Varieties of cramps curious afflictions of men
The piece lists diverse occupations and how repetitive tasks cause distinct cramps from writing to hammer blows. It notes writing cramps with steel pens, various musician nerves, telegraphers calling it loss of the grip, and cramps among tailors, smiths, carpenters, and others, then hints at ancient ropemaking origins before Christ and ends with a light quip from Puck about a French waiter.
The Mean Man Advice on Bachelors Marriage
The iste Max O'Rell advised bachelors to marry a woman smaller than themselves. He warned many men couldn't find such a partner.
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Max O’rell
Feminine Esteem Quotation Sparks London Debate
Lady Evans in the London Mail remarks that women show esteem by affectionate acts. The line notes that kissing accompanies friendship while loving women style each other's hair highlighting social sentiment among women.
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Lady Evans
London Mail
Criminal Bees and Thematic Moral Degeneracy Among Bees
The article describes thievish bees that raid hives, kill sentinels, and form brigand colonies. It cites Buchner on insect theft and notes artificial brigand bees from honey brandy. It mentions the sphecodes as a bee variety living on plunder and contrasts this with human crime.
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Buchner
Rest versus work: the art of changing scenes and activities
The text argues rest requires a change of scene and activity not simply inactivity. It contrasts resting with loafing and sleeping, notes the rest should be active yet free of responsibility, and suggests humor and good nature aid digestion of life’s burdens. It also recalls children devising a cosmology after school and imagining a jump to immortality when the world ends.
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Crisia
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