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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
6
Jimmy Wallace returns from New York with scandalous gossip on Broadway revues and costumes. Donna Llane debuts as a costume designer linked to Globe Theatre legends, while Violet and Race plot revenge and social drama amid a web of New York and Chicago theater circles.
Jimmy unveils Rose Dane as the brilliant costume designer who rose from aviation to head the costumes for Come On In and The Girl Upstairs. He explains her ascent, Dragon Galbraith’s role, and her secret artistic method using a painter’s mannequin. Violet hints Rose may return soon and Rodne y Aldrich confronts Eleanor and Randolph over Rose’s influence.
The excerpt shows Rodney realizing letters from Rose narrate a longer, evolving bond. Rose initiated months of contact after arriving in New York. The letters, once routine, subtly reveal a deepening connection beyond mere formalities.
A cartoonish exchange shows a shoe salesman urging a customer to buy at twelve dollars before the price rises to twenty five. The customer quips that once in her second childhood she will go barefoot, preferring to wait.
Lieut. Col. Gilbert Barling notes big strides in battlefront surgery. Casualty stations behind Sahar lines treat about 1,000 men each, with quick extraction and immediate aseptic care to reduce delays and improve outcomes. A 50 bed special hospital treats abdominal cases.
Manchester Guardian notes the centenary of Lallah Roekh and the saga of its publication. It recalls Moore’s stalled sale for two guineas and Longman’s triumphant bid of 8000 pounds for Rokeby, with large editions selling within a year and the work prized as the cream of copyrights.
A brief teaching on adjusting an army blanket to fit a soldier in camp. The text notes common issues from a blanket being short or narrow and suggests a method: pull knees up to chin, face down, and bite the blanket corners to hold it in place.
The piece cites Enthbenses and Chitty’s Crimin Di Law to describe common law offenses for spreading rumors to raise prices. It notes intent to induce market abstention, engrosement of goods for resale, and resulting exorbitant prices as unlawful acts subject to fines and imprisonment at the convicting court’s discretion.
The speaker recalls how Mrs Yearwedd Johnson used to say grace before meals in their early marriage. Now the habit has faded and the speaker jokes about growing less afraid of her cooking.
A government employee jokes about insomnia as a professional requisite amid a sleep talking exchange. He states he knows too many state secrets to risk talking in his sleep, highlighting a humorous tension between secrecy and rest.
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