Romance in Marble and Hawthorne's Marble Faun
An examination of Adaline Shepherd and the Cleopatra hand in Hawthorne's The Marble Faun. It cites Kenyon as inspiration for the sculptor, notes J. Taylor Johnston's 1888 Metropolitan donation, and details Hawthorne's Rome visit and Milena-like governess plans. The piece connects W. W. Story's death in Rome to Kenyon and Hilda, focusing on the marble hand model and artistic influences.
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Tar
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cleopatra
W. W. Story
John Taylor Johnston
Hawthorne
Kenyon
Hilda
Liverpool
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rome
Story
Hida
Adaline Shepherd
Miriam
Mous
Metropolitan Museum
Badger
New England
Italy
Adaline Shepherd Hawthorne Muse and Antioch College Alumna
Adaline Shepherd, once beloved by Horace Mann at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio, joined the Hawthornes in Rome and inspired Hawthorne's The Marble Faun. She later led Antioch’s modern languages chair, married her youth’s love, then faced tragedy as epilepsy and insanity shadowed her life. A second note covers rare British Museum acqusitions: a 1626 forced loan copy tied to Charles I, addressed to Nottingham.
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Horace Mann
Antioch College
Yellow Spring
Ohio
Adaline Shepherd
Hawthorne
Hilda
Miriam
Kenyon
Adaline
Boston
Providence Line
British Museum
Charles I
Gardiner
Nottingham
Charles
England Tn Alert First Class Armored Cruisers
England announces new first class armored cruisers to be 434 feet long, 69 feet beam, and 11,000 tons displacement. They exceed Blake and Blenheim in length and width but are shorter and narrower than Powerful and Terrible. Each will have 22,000 horsepower and a speed of 22 knots.
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England
Massillon Miners Strike Declared Off
The Massillon miners strike has ended. Reports note the workers refused to accept proposed terms and a request for work was turned down, prompting a firm, dignified response. The decision ends a period of industrial tension in the area.
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Massillon
Witty snippets and social quips from Truth and Life
A collection of humorous vignettes and captioned jokes about suitors, nobility, social climbers, and daily life. Scenes include Count de Vermicelli engaged to Maud Snobberly, a water-tight compartment quip about Boozle, and quick one-liners on marriage, manners, and mistaken identities.
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Dever Count de Vermicelli
New York
Maud Snobberly
Fifth Avenue
Snobberly
Boozle
Booz
Chuck
Lono
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