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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
7
Kandy in central Sri Lanka is famed for its beauty and cool climate. The city houses the revered Tooth Relic of Buddha, attracting pilgrims and tourists to the temple with daily ceremonies at dawn and sunset.
In Memories of an Old Collector a sharp Italian dealer Castellani tricks Baron Adolph Rothschild of Paris into paying a premium for a dish by showcasing a matching ewer separately. Castellani stages the sale, uses an old lady and an agent as accomplices, and ensures the foot fits the dish, inflating the baron’s final payment.
A countryman seeks a good habit in a shop window notice reading Good Habits For Sale. He asks for waking early and the assistant, spotting a joke, writes Please give bearer some raising flour and sends him to the grocery next door.
Two western city matrons meet at a club. One recounts meeting the other’s ex husband Tom recently and notes he appeared truly sorry when asked about the first wife. The exchange reveals lingering attitudes toward marriage and divorce in the community.
The Yorkshire Post recalls a tale from Sir W S Gilbert during rehearsals for The Yeomen of the Guard at the Savoy. A chorus member with a minor role overacted, prompting Gilbert to warn against stage excess and emphasize subtlety over flashy comedy.
A youthful visitor to Etretat seeks to praise the sea to Alphonse Karr who, while mending a net on the beach, interrupts with a sharp remark that loving the sea means living with it and warns against coming all the way from Paris to disgust him.
A London Tit-Bits item narrates a boy who, after vaccination on his arm, ties a red ribbon around his left arm. When the doctor notes the ribbon is on the wrong arm, the boy replies that school chaps determine the placement, delivering a cheeky quip.
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