British mothers and winter clothing contrast in cold mortality debate
A critical analysis argues British mothers keep children under five in low dresses to test toughness, linking chest exposure to bronchitis and croup. It condemns insufficient night and day covering, warns that poor and rich alike suffer from cold, and urges universal woolen wear next to the skin to protect life.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Relief fund planned for Cospatrick families by Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor plans a relief fund to aid relatives of those who perished in the Cospatrick disaster. Ice on park waters ranged from two to three inches, endangering the public and leading to police monitoring and summonses for breaches of Parks Regulation Act. Meanwhile Lord Lindsay’s Mauritius transit reports mixed results and delays. The Midland Railway announces new rates and improved comfort with third class season tickets and expanded Pullman cars.
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Lord Lindsay
Lady Lindsay
Mauritius
Times
Réunion
Kerguelen
Sandwich Islands
Crozes
Midland Railway
Pullman
Hawthorne’s Idolatry and the Hawthornes’ Literary Line
The critic weighs Julian Hawthorne’s Idolatry against Father Hawthorne’s works, noting ambition and vivid details but arguing the son lacks his father’s unified idea. It praises Balder Helwyse and McGentle while highlighting plot fragility, excess, and inconsistent aims in the modern Hawthorne novel.
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Julian Hawthorne
Bres‘‘sant
Manetho
Doctor Hiero Glyphic
Gaulemah
America
Hiero Glyphic
Mr. Dummesdale
Hester Prynne
Chillingsworth
Balder Helwyse
McGentle
Julian Mawthorne