Medea and Rachel stir a Paris stage legend
A detailed account follows M Legouve and Mile. Rachel’s failed Medea bid, the rivalry with Madame Ristori, and the dramatic clashes over the tragic role. It notes Rachel’s initial objections, legal action, Ristori’s swift Italian translation, and Medea’s triumphs abroad and in Paris with Ristori as the leading actress.
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M. Legouve
Rachel
Adrienne
Louise de Lignerolles
Creusa
Russia
Mis
Medea
M. Cremieux
Milo
Creuza
M. Mathieu
Legonce
Euripides
Madame Ristori
Paris
Madame Allan
Comedy Francaise
Turin
Adelaide Ristori
M.legouve
Theatre Italion
Mirra
Alfieri
Malibran
Madame Histori
Mlle
Madame Ristor1
Esther Mlle
Montanelli
Jason
Orpheus
Theater Italien
Mile
Brignoire
Ristori
Marie Stuart
Phedre
Living Cameos and Bas-Reliefs Craft Activity
Instructions describe a shadow bas-relief and cameo setup using cardboard frames pink tissue and velvet chalk for children. Steps include lighting shading and assembling a curtain stage with pink and white frames and a chair or table for the sitter. Also notes lighting and display methods for multiple works. A second item discusses London mortality and decay per Sir Spencer Wells as quoted by the Governeur Herald.
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George B. Barlette
St. Nicholas
Caring for Children in a Loving Household Advice
Practical guidance for anxious mothers on child care and upbringing. Emphasizes affection, trust, individual development, health, and respectful parenting across ages from infancy to adolescence. Encourages communication, patience, and teaching responsibility while preserving family bonds.
Rabbit Defies Boa in Paris Cage Fight
A Paris newspaper reports a rabbit placed with a large boa constrictor in Jar des Plan tes cage for the occupant’s daily meal. The rabbit, undaunted, stared down the serpent and then leapt onto its back, prompting the snake to retreat. The keeper found both animals next morning.
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Paris
Jar Des Plantes
St. James
Henry Irving’s death scene praised as natural stage acting
Critics note Irving’s portrayal of death in Sonia XI as remarkably natural, contrasting American actors who fall backward. Capt. Lee of the regular army cites border shooting scenes to support the idea that sudden death tends to be forward, not backward, in his observation.
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Henry Irving
Irving
Capt. Lee
Regular
Sonia XI
Depicting Death on Stage and Battlefield Traditions
The article contrasts how dead soldiers and actors are shown in art and theater. It notes Gettysburg field observations of hundreds lying face down, American painters favoring backs, French artists downward faces, and praises Irving for dying on stage as in real death, suggesting the choice is a pleasing innovation.
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Lee
Gettysburg
Irving
Chicago News
Women's Sixth Sense and a Mother's Warning
A Boston Courier tale describes a mother driven by a mysterious urge to check on her sleeping baby. She finds the cradle toppled by a fallen ceiling while the child would have been beneath the debris, implying a protective sixth sense saving the child.
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Boston Courier
Why She Didn't Breach of Promise Trial Hurts the Court
A country woman tests her ex sweetheart in breach of promise suit with probing questions about closeness and hugs. The witness describes arms around her and near shouting, while the judge’s reaction collapses into farce as he is carried out for resuscitation.
Far-sighted Official Bank President Advises Family
A Philadelphia Call humorous fragment shows a bank president revealing he owns most stock and plans to keep bank funds in the family as his daughter confesses affection for a poor cashier named Mr Lightfinger. The scene blends money, inheritance and romance with a sharp twist.
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Philadelphia
A Sunshiny Husband and a Happy Home
A Sunshiny husband makes a merry home worth having and working for. A cheery considerate husband earns his wife's praise and renews her youth through his approbation. The admired wife gains strength from praise and trust, blooming into self-reliant womanhood with companionship and confidence. Heaven must be beautiful though a mud puddle tempts a child.
A Short Talk with the Boys on Choosing a Trade
A lecturer urges youths to select a fitting trade or profession based on self fitness. He warns against easy paths and stresses mastering chosen work, with examples from carpenters to doctors, and notes many fail by not aligning skill with vocation. The piece also touches sumach market logistics and a humorous quip about Amazons.
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M, Quad
Detroit
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Heaven
Pla
Duat
Love
Hatel
Saint Barbara
Paradise
Rixpencel
Ios
Louis Magazine
Medoa
Mile. Rachel
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Adriane
Mademoiselle
Gallard
le Loys
Legouve
Cleopatra
Shakspeare
Virginis
Faubourg St. Germain
Bois de Boulogne
Madame la Duchesse
France
M. Legonic
America
England
Sarah Bernhardt
Comedie Francaise
M. Perrin
London
Spencer Wells
Governeur Herald
Richmond
Virginia
New York
Europe
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