Lady Raymonds June Tea Ends In Dinner Disarray
Lady Raymond plans a June strawberry tea with a recital and invitations. Bellenden’s return to favor shifts dinner plans as Geraldine and Cecil face awkward seating when Lady Dawlish cancels and Le Masserer becomes his partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Bellenden
Lowry
Ethel
Fitzwilbrahams
Cecil
Frederick Bellenden
Lally Raymond
Lady Raymond
Capt. Bellenden
St. James
Piccadilly
Geraldine
Mrs. Campbell
Evan
Inchmaren
Campbell
Charlotte
Gerald
Lady Reymond
Mr. le Masserer
Lady Dawlish
Duchess of Dantzic Visit Ends With Witty Wink
In a royal social vignette, Marshal Lefebvre’s elevation to Duke of Dantzic prompts the duchess, famed as Sardou's Mme. Sans-Gene, to visit the Tuileries to thank Empress Josephine. An usher mistakes the marechaless for audience and the Empress greets her, asking after the duchess. The duchess diverts with a wink and a quip to the usher as the door closes.
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Marshal Lefebvre
Dantzic
Sardou
Mme. Sans-Gene
Tuileries
Josephine
Mme. la Marechale
Lost Her Money and Retrenchment After Extravagance
Ouida is reported to be poor after a career of extravagance. A knowledgeable source says wealth and luxury will seem a desert to her now. She has sold her Italian palace and fittings and is living quietly. Part of her large earnings have been lost in reckless speculation.
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Granny
Geraldine
Cecil
Lady Raymond
Keing
Lord Raymond
Jerry
Raymond
Ouida
China
Keenan Charge at Chancellorsville Heroic Pennsylvanians
Readable reminiscence of Maj. Peter Keenan leading 400 Pennsylvanians against ten thousand at Chancellorsville May 2 1862. The charge, praised for bravery, saved the Union line as fire and sabers swept the field amid shattered mounts and fallen troopers.
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Keenan
Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson
Peter Keenan
Highth Penn. Cav
Pleasanton
Whippoorwill
George Parsons Lathrop
World’s Temperance Congress and a World’s Council of Women
Hundreds of visitors from America attend the World's Temperance Union session in London. The article notes the rise of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the global impact of teetotaler demonstrations alongside other society items. It cites figures such as Lady Henry Somerset and covers incidents like Eugene Busch’s asylum admission and other brief notices from the U.S. and Europe.
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World's Temperance Congress
World's Council of Women
Babylon
British Empire
Ohio
United States
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
World's Temperance Union
Woman’s Temperance Associations
England
British Association
Henry Somerset
America
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Monitor
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Minnesota
Roanoke
St. Lawrence
Old Port Comfort
Newport News
Wricsson
Dana Greene
Greene
Norfolk
Tattnul
Craney Island
Cape Hatteras
Weheodore F. Reed
Spring Valley
First
Michigan Light Infantry
Twentieth Army Corps
Kenesaw Mountain
Sherman
Sickles
Bull Run
Army of the Potomac
Excelsior
Byrnes
Goldsmith
Lady Henry Somerset
Eugene Busch
South Enid
Joe Hayes
Huron
Daniel Weishart
Tipton County
Ind
Detroit
Carter & Co
St. Louis
Union Station
St. Joseph
Rhodes J. Taylor
Burt County
Neb
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M. Ribot
Calais
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