The Heart of the World's Desire and a Telegraph Romance
A dramatic tale follows a teenaged girl who becomes a telegraph operator in Sussex, her first dispatch, and her later romance with J. K. Kirk in Pittsburgh. They marry, work together, faceriage upheaval during conventions, and a tragedy strikes when Kirk dies after a hotel window incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sussex
J. K
Helen
H. N
Pittsburg
James Kirk
Jim
Adelphia
Mrs. Kirk
Kirk
Jenkins
John H. Raftery
Chicago Record-Herald
Fancy walking costumes from Paris and a library of women authors
A survey of brown corded velvet walking suits with short skirts and long jackets, fleecy white skating costumes, scarlet face cloth ensembles, beaver tint coats with embroidered velvet, and Claude Duval coats. Also a New York World piece on Mme Naissaroff’s 18 000 volume library of works by women and a humorous chatelaine bag anecdote from American travelers in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Claude Duval
New York
Cable Dispatch
St. Petersburg
Mme. Naissaroff
Harriet Martineau
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Jean Ingelow
George Eliot
Miss Mulock
Charlotte Bronte
Mrs. Stowe
M.ry Montagu
Mme. de Sevigne
Mme. de Stael
Louise Muhlbach
George Sand
College of Women
New York World
Women Leaders Highlight Progress Across Nations
A survey notes rising female influence including a woman doctor of jurisprudence in Berlin and wives of governors as lawyers. It cites Queen Alexandra’s coronation crown, Donna Lina’s biography project on Crispi, and a 128 member women’s club transforming Lake Charles. It also mentions increasing numbers of women physicians and ministers, Bethany organizing town meetings, and Isabellagner serving as social secretary to multiple prominent women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wisconsin
Alexandra
Mary of Modena
James IT
Donna Lina
Crispi
Lake Charles
Bethany
Court House
Fernand Des Champs
Belgian University of Public Instruction
United States
Berlin University
Interior
Commerce
Isabellagner
Washington
Roosevelt
Hanna
Root
Chas
Emory Smith
Wilson
Agriculture
Paris Fashion Notes From Evening Wear To Muffs And Hats
Fashion trends discussed include white satin for evening wear with blues and grays, delicate biscuit cloth trimmed with lace and Alaska sable, and a bridal coiffure of lilies. Parisian styles remain conservative with lace, sashes, and tulle trims, plus loose woven materials, large muffs, and pastel Irish lace hats with buckles. Walking gowns favor shorter skirts, house robes longer. Four in hand ties use wide black velvet ribbon and plain velvet collars with decorative pins.
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Paris
Father's Sage Reply and Other Brief Tales
A collection of short humorous vignettes from opinion pages including a sage father on money and women, wedding gift quips, a Darlington cook misadventure, a New York slang bite, a Liverpool magistrates anecdote, a punning stenographer, a spoiled child’s plea for Ruth, and a Cleveland Plain Dealer note on whimsy.
Battle Abbey: Ruins Mark Spot of Harold’s Death in Hastings
Battle Abbey in Sussex marks the place where Harold Godwinson fell to William the Conqueror in 1066 after the Norman archers pierced his eye. The abbey, founded by William, later passed to the Benedictine Order and then to the Dukes of Cleveland, with Hawthorne praising the Gatehouse and ruins including the Abbot and Beggar halls and the site of St Martin church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Battle Abbey
Battle
Hastings
Sussex
William
Normandy
William the Conqueror
Duchess of Cleveland
Duke of Cleveland
Lord Rosebery
Pevensey
Battle Estate
Henry VIII
Cleveland
Nathaniel Hawthorne
St. Martin
Wise Words From the Philadelphia Record Quote Column
Collection of aphorisms on virtue, money, patience, and manners. Five years resemble centuries in untoward times. Heredity and temper shape mind and body, while haughty spirit may be toned. Then shifts to naval history noting the ship Discovery prior to its retirement from the Navy list after Arctic exploration with Sir George Nares in 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Nares
Discovery
Portsmouth
Dundee
Alert
Sir George Nares
Arctic
Discovery Bay
Newcastle
Engieng) Chronicle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sons of
Fate
Clinton Dangerfield
Central Asia
Carl Hagenbeck
Hamburg
Mongolia
New York Sun
Milton
Mass
Holy Land
Palestine
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Jericho
Tiberias
Safed
Sea
Egypt
Angwill
Frank Leslie
Popular
America
Europe
Minerva Avenue
Der
Chicago Record- Herald
Bovdoify
Urcbir
St. Blanche
Puck
Darlington
Atkins
Bridget
Faix
London
New York Journal
Liverpool
Patrick O’connor
Washington Star
Ruth
Gleveland Plain| Dealer
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