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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1893
Page
2
Gouy Pastor discusses origin of stage gags and reminiscences of Barretterson and his royal caller. The piece, in the New York Journal style, explores gag creation, spontaneity, and audience influence, with anecdotes from performers and advance agents and a tale of Sam Hiernard and a prize event on April 1.
Philadelphia Music and Drama notes Edwin Barrett’s Hamlet exceeds Lawrence Barrett’s in insight. Barrett’s analytic approach shaped a controversial scene with Hamlet and his mother as she exits. He defends the moment as true to filial instinct and Hamlet’s sensitivity. Jefferson recounts his own team of staging mischief.
In the drama Her Release a pretend pistol jammed leading W. T. Thompson to seize Nelson Wheatcroft in a dramatic onstage stranglehold. The actor released when Wheatcroft gasped Let up I m dead prompting the immediate end of the struggle.
Jume Wilcox, once a popular company member in Joshua Whitcomb, has retired after marriage. Sara Jewett, after illness, is improving in New York City with plans to return next season. Frank Daniels debuts a new country hotel keeper role in Dr Cupid, a fresh stage creation. A veteran audience observer notes a dramatic moment on stage as a tear reveals real emotion. The piece discusses the rise of day comedy and the public’s appetite for light theater versus enduring human drama.
At a Vienna charity bazaar held at Princess Warembere's residence an English gentleman wagered five thousand dollars for a kiss from Marchioness Piallaviccini. She kissed him on site and the payment was made with a Bank of England note amid onlookers.
The Detroit Free Press notes new emerald pieces including frog and tortoise studs, lizard and serpent designs, and a winged wild fowl diamond brooch. Delicate brooches show three small birds on a twig, with corsage diamonds forming bows and ribbon strands along the shoulder and bodice.
The New York World notes capes of lace and winter style capes arriving early for the season. Velvet or jet yokes and collars enhance their handsome appearance. Some French capes feature gold and jet net with cabochons and jet bordered galloon lining.
The Oakland Echo notes that Japanese dress and coiffure convey a woman’s rank and age, with colors and sashes distinguishing maiden, wife, and mature status. Women answer inquiries about their age with a polite challenge.
The New York Post notes college women wear class badges and colonial colors in enamel and gold, with many societies like Federated Clubs, Isabella Society, and Women's Relief Corps issuing distinct marks. It observes shifts in popularity toward badges over traditional symbols and lists WCTU white ribbons and suffrage yellow as other worn insignia while lamenting scarce free time for all groups.
A 13th century Japanese empress robe, kept in a Yokohama temple, is described by a French traveler. The seven layered crepe silk garment features ivory white upper fabric, multi colored birds and dragons, and delicate transparent embroidery. The robe, stored in an old coffer, is shown by priests for a reward.
The article describes current bodice fashions with full taffeta silks, bretelles, and bertha collars edged in lace. It notes combinations of color in French dresses, highlighting a turquoise blue satin de Lyons gown with Havana brown and a fitted upper waist, plus a turquoise skirt with a deep Spanish flounce.
The excerpt describes fall of Gsiupure lace with gold threads and recommends Swiss muslins and organdies trimmed with ruffles. It highlights dotted Swiss, point esprit ruffles, gandies with Valen ciennes edges, lace-edged berthas and satin ribbon trimmings as preferred in old-time fashion.
Serpents of silver coil around umbrella handles and moonstone flowers with gold centers dominate fashion notes. Hair pins in shell and diamonds, gold feather tips, and chrysoprase bangles trend abroad. Yellow for summer children's wear, ribbons and gowns under four to five yards, and ornate trims in guipure lace and suede arabesques.
A Philadelphia Press writer recalls Rubini the tenor famed for voice acting over acting. He once sustained a broken collar bone after a daring note but kept singing through a long engagement while avoiding heavy lifting and B flat.
Coronel Jesse E. Peyton of Philadelphia, hailed as the Father of Centennials, has begun a drive for a world wide celebration to mark twenty centuries of Christianity to be staged in Jerusalem six years from now. He is described as remarkably prolific in proposing centennials while remaining vigorous despite age.
The article notes French thrift leads to inventive reuse of discarded items. Ragpickers gather vin, lead, leather, glass, and cigar stumps to produce artificial marble and other goods. Tin cans yield window weights, toys, and soldiers through melting and pressing, while crinoline remains undefinable for reuse and goats ignore poster fodder.
A Fourth Street lawyer extols the banana to an Elm Street real estate man on a street corner, claiming the fruit rivals bread in nutrition and yields flour, sausage, beer, ink, vinegar, and even textile fiber. He trips over an ash barrel, mutters a comic curse about the banana, and the bystanders listen to the odd sermon.
The article describes ancient book forms on metal and bark including copper plates with land deeds from Govind Chandra Deva era and sets of leaden, bronze, and brass records. It notes materials such as copper seals, linked plates, and rings, plus examples from Rome and Crete and treaties among Romans Spartans and Jews.
A London report describes a remarkable surgical operation on a workman’s right arm damaged five years earlier by a careless surgeon. The arm had withered and become useless, but recent exploration and opening of the limb revealed a nerve related to its condition.
A Philadelphia Record report notes a patient with a sciatic nerve graft using a live rabbit section. Two fresh ends were prepared, the graft stitched in, and the patient now regains arm power, size, and is returning to work.
A humorous discussion on aging and social tact. Women past forty often avoid stating their age, found in anecdotes about a court witness deflecting the question and a woman deftly turning the inquiry into a remembered anecdote, leaving the asker without a straight answer.
A Mexican botanical expedition遇 traveler reports a strange tree with long limp, slime covered limbs that writhe. A bird alights on its top as branches curl, a rock collapses revealing a cave and bones below. The trunk is massive, limbs strike and skin tears on touch. No leaves observed.
A manufacturer explains the thread making process from Sea Island cotton. The cotton is broken, combed, and spun through machines to create six cord yarns. He notes the numbering system for thread sizes, with historical Yard per pound definitions explaining No 1 and No 2.
A Washington banquet scene shows rural Congressmen joking about palm decorations. A colored head waiter, unaware of status, overhears a quip about mistaking palm leaves for celery and eating them. The remark hints at caution when prefacing criticisms as duty.
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