Henry Trying Praises Kean and Garrick in Oxford lecture
The article reports Henry Trying’s Oxford lecture on four leading historic actors Burbage Betterton Garrick and Kean. It notes Trying’s praise of Kean as possibly the greatest genius, with Kean’s revived audience impact contrasted with Garrick’s high comedy.
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Henry Trying
University of Oxford
England
Oxford
Mr. Trying
Burbage
Betterton
Garrick
Kean
Irving
Daviolanus
Rolla
John Kemble
Shylock
Richard
Jago
Giles
Delicate Tempered Actor Protests Against Noisy Applause
An English actor writes to a theatrical paper protesting vehement and noisy applause. He objects to stamping hob nailed shoes beating sticks and cat calls, calling them degrading to the actor. He supports spontaneous warm expressions like bravo and tears or laughter but dislikes loud demonstrations that interrupt the performance.
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Richard Wagner
Wagner
Deplorable decline of dramatist Bartley Campbell
A friend reports Bartley Campbell’s rapid decline at Bloomingdale Asylum. Physically sound but mentally ruined he clings to delusions of being Redeemer and great composer. Doctors warn physical failure could fast track the end, and the sparse relief for his wife drew scant payoff.
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Bartley Campbell
Bloomingdale
Campbell
Theatre concession in Panama and backstage gossip
A citizen earns a six year tax exemption to build a theater in Panama. The scene shifts to a talk with manager Snap showing a Europe trip and Rome catacombs, followed by a rough quip about pay for ushers and a biblical style chorus on gifts and reception.
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United States
Panama
Tomexixs
Snapshow
Europe
Rome
Tompkins
Cincinnati Enquirer
Manu AntHoyenic
Eahold
Ochstein
Reminiscences Of Public Men Across Jackson Era
The article recalls caricatures of the era with depictions of Henry A Wise Barrie Payton D A Pearce and Joshua R Giddings and recounts anecdotes about Giddings Sherman Garfield Davis and Judge Davis. It notes Giddings fearless oratory and a Cleveland Herald denial of Garfield’s presidential plans. It concludes with an Arts Interchange critique of male vanity and age bias.
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Jackson
Capitol
Angean
Treasury
War
Navy
Henry A. Wise
Barrie Payton
D. A. Pearce
Tough Boy to a Dead Beat The Path of a Tough Boy
A long satirical letter chides a young man’s “tough boy” ambition, praising his self denial yet predicting eventual ruin from tobacco, liquor, and ambition. It contrasts the future as a “Dead Beat” with a harsh epigraph of social satire. The column ends with a social note on English landholding and a quip about a train kiss.
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Boston Transcript
The 40 20 doctrine and middle aged men
The passage notes the 40 20 doctrine as appealing to men while acknowledging men show less improvement from fashion and cosmetics than women. It discusses how fashion hides time worn effects on women but offers limited help for men who may reveal signs of aging.
The One Great Need In Sunday Reading
A devotional meditation on finding the divine within daily life. The verse urges turning from distant search to recognizing the sacred in all things and letting love and duty deepen worship as the presence of the Lord fills everyday life. Poem by F. L. Hosmer.
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F. L. Hosmer
The Joy of Home and the Dangers of Selfishness
A moral essay urges harmony in family life, warning that self-centeredness poisons love and breeds suspicion. It cites biblical families to illustrate friction, then extols mutual unselfish love as essential. The piece ends with a anecdote about women running a small-town newspaper office in Massillon and Philadelphia reflections.
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Isaac
Jacob
David
Moses
Bethany
Martha
Mary
Fep
John Tall
Massillon
Ohio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Brief Remarks on Sunday School Talks and Speech Quality
A reader skewers overlong sermonizing in Sunday school talks. The writer argues for concise, plain talks that press the lesson or a special interest rather than perpetual language drills from visiting speakers.
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Brother Dry-as
Scatter-brain
J. B. Phipps
Sunday School Magazine
Sam Jones Advocates Theistic View Against Darwinism
Sam Jones argues for belief in God when observing nature and rejects evolution, stating that creation reflects a divine hand. He says returning home to Genesis strengthens his faith after reading evolutionary theory.
Belief in God Evident in World and Man
A speaker rejects Darwinian ideas and asserts God created each man from a grandfather to a full grown human. He argues God’s greatness spans from stump to man and sees evidence of God everywhere, including even tiny life as potential to become humans.
Hope and Faith Reflections From Poets and Preacher
A fragmentary prayer-like meditation contrasts hope with life’s edges. It cites Thales Herrick Johnson and The Advance, threading themes of gratitude through hardship, love as life’s bread, work as salt, poverty as sweetness, and faith as water.
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Thales
Herrick Johson
Iced Water Bad for Digestion and Other Tidbits
A discussion on iced drinks and digestion argues cold beverages harm those with dyspepsia, though not the root cause of widespread indigestion. A Boston doctor story shows a hungry baby clarifying a caller's worry. Also cites Swift on good manners and hints at an overflow meeting of two gushing maidens after a long separation.
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United States
Dr. Fothergill
Artificial cocaine formation reported by German chemists
Science notes describe German chemists announcing artificial cocaine synthesis as a potential step toward cheaper production of the alkaloid. The column surveys varied topics from vision statistics at Amherst College, Espinosilla soap substitute in Mexico, to innovations in fire damp detection and Eiffel's proposed 300 meter iron tower. It also covers Darwinian plant sensibility, a Belgian posthumous paper, and a quip about pierced ears.
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Charles de Labussiere
Savoie-Cariznan
Committee of Public Safety
Labassiere
Thermidor
Comedie Francaise
Seine
Fouquier Tingille
Colot d'Herbois
Robespierre
Longman’s Magazine
Amherst College
Mexico
M. Dirvnerarr
Holland
Paris
Trocadero Aquariun
Benjamin Franklin
M. Eiffel
Notre Dame
Dijon
Morren
Bulletin
Royal Academy of Belgium
Darwin
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