A Literary Woman's Trousseau
A diaristic piece traces a novelist's engagement to a senator, her fashion fancies, and romance with Freddie. She recalls poverty, purchases a hat and gowns, and confesses love shifting from the senator to Freddie after a luncheon at Dorser's, ending with engagement to Freddie and a note on her trousseau.
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la Ferte
Freddie
Browning
Mrne. LaFerte
Emporium
Billie
Dorser
Washington
Dorser’s
Trousseau
Giants in Our Days Great Men Excel in Wisdom and Goodness
Senator Stewart of Nevada argues there were larger giants in modern times than in history. He praises Franklin for science and navigation, cites Edison Marconi and others, and contends current generations produce minds surpassing Napoleon and Shakespeare. He urges pride in the present age.
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Washington
Stewart
Nevada
Israel
Rameses
Sennacherib
Darius
Leonidas
Caesar
Antony
Pomp
Shakespeare
Macaulay
Prescott
Bancroft
Galileo
Copernicus
Newton
Franklin
Agassiz
Columbus
Senate
Julius Caesar
Lucifer
Milicn
Banter- el
Wee
Edison
Marconi
Benjamin Franklin
Gulf Stream
Ocean
Folger
Nantucket
Royal Packet Company
England
George
Capt
Royal Treasury
Our Republic
Tnecaoln
Garfield
McKinley
Palmerston
Gladstone
Bismarck
Li Hung Chang
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Xenophon
Homer
Virgil
Napoleon
Smith D. Fry
We Have Not Passed This Way Before Sermon
Dr. Talmage urges merciful interpretation of human endeavor citing Joshua 3:4. He compares life to crossing the Jordan, noting every moment is a new passage and urging reverence for divine leading over human advice, while stressing the finality of earthly life and need to act now.
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Dr. Talmage
The
Jordan
Talmage
Mount
Lebanon
Joshua
Israel
Capitol Hill
Rocky Mountains
Monroe
Jefferson
God
Custom House
Legislative Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Broadway
New York
Tremont Street
Boston
You
Zarephath
Nain
Tabitha
Eutychus
Lazarus
Christ
Lord Bacon
Earth
Massena
Marshal
France
Feldkirch
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Margaret G. Fawcett
Daily Story Pub. Co
Louis Klopsch
N. Y
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