Wilde Memorial by Epstein Divides Paris Critics
The Oscar Wilde grave monument in Pere la Chaise, Paris, by Jacob Epstein has sparked a three month uproar. Epstein depicts Wilde as a nude winged Assyrian figure driven by fate, with pyramidal plumes and symbols of Pride and Luxury, drawing praise for mysticism from liberal connoisseurs and sharp opposition for its departure from traditional beauty.
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Oscar Wilde
Pere la Chasse
Paris
Rodin
Jacob Epstein
New York City
Epstein
London
Countess de Bermont
Sayls
Salome
Paris Cemetery
San Francisco
Don’t Play With Kitty You May Regret It
A zoology professor warns that kittens pose disease risks as students dissect cats for lab work. Parasites including tapeworms are common in cats and TB is suspected in many specimens, with transmission through contact between cat mouths and children.
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Department of Zoology
Bovard
Disease spread by rats and their role in TB
The passage notes that rats are considered distributors of tuberculosis and can be dangerous from a bacteriological view. It emphasizes their habit of rummaging in refuse barrels as a risk factor for spreading disease to humans.
Counselors Urge Wedded Life Tied to Certified Husbands
New York Mary H Austin stirs club women at Waldorf meeting with views on marriage and divorce advocating sex psychology businesslike homes commission investigations of mates and private trials for divorces. She emphasizes economic dependence and urges marriage commissions to screen suitors before tying the knot.
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New York
Mary H. Austin
Legislative League
the Waldorf
League
John
Sallie
PhotoPlay offerings feature two suitors and a Lone Ranger tale
The cinema page previews The Cowboy Guardians where cowboys adopt an abandoned child amid comic blunders. It also advertises a Friday release of a political melodrama John Sterling, Alderman with King Baggot in the lead.
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Cowboy Guardians
John Sterling
King Baggot
Theatre Program Highlights Four Reel Picture Show
A Tuesday film program features four reels including The Adopted Child about a foundling raised by Jay Pickers and a doctor who discovers a family link amid romance. The County Fair shows Jim Burke and Mary in an attempted elopement thwarted by La zelle. The Simple Life follows a vivacious girl and friends as they chase the gypsy life, ending with a humorous arrest.
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Beat Pictures
Jay Pickers
Ward
Kalem
Jim Burke
Mary
Lazelle
Burke
John
Gwendoline Bates
Biograph line up features Mary Pickford in The One She Loved
The home of good pictures offers The One She Loved with Mary Pickford in the lead as a refined Biograph drama about jealousy and reconciliation. Also shown are Tom Thumb and Young Mrs Eaton with Edison and Pa the American productions. An underwater study The Hermit Crab closes the program with varied entertainment.
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Mary Pickford
Biograph
Mary
Goosle
Tom Thumb
C.G. P
Tom
Eaton
Edison
Louise Brandet
Raven
Pathe American
Pathe
The Woman in White two reels at the Cross Roads
A newspaper listing reviews of two film reels. The Woman in White adapts Wilkie Collins with Count Fosco, Laura, Walter and a dramatic cemetery scene. Florence Lawrence and Owen Moore star in The Cross Roads with Mary Spaulding adopting a baby and later involved in an automobile accident that yields happiness.
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Wilkie Colling
Fosco
Laura
Walter
Glyde
Cross Roads
Old Mary
Annabel
Auxiliary brain guides baseball stars say experts
Dr. Kr. Martin Bruns of Baltimore claims a trained reflex spine region acts as an auxiliary brain in elite players. He cites Hooper and Devore in the World Series, arguing rapid, instinctive responses surpass conscious thought, shaping feats by Wood, Mathewson, Marquard, Tesreau, Herzog, Speaker, Murray, and Yerkes.
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Martin Bruns
Baltimore
Bruns
New York Nationals
Boston Americans
Hooper
Doyle
Devore
Giants
Wood
Mathewson
Marquard
Tesreau
Herzog
Speaker
Murray
Yerkes
San Francisco Examiner
Mary Antin’s First Book and the Land’s Arrival
A historical note on Mary Antin’s first book From Plotzky to Boston written in her native tongue and translated by herself. It reflects on Antin’s early promise as a writer and her vivid voyage description of landfall after a long ocean crossing. A brief aside mentions a church at Nuremberg heated by electricity.
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Plotzk
Boston
Promised Land
Mary Antin
Azores
World's Greatest Catarrh Remedy Inhaler Adverts
Breathing therapy HYOMEI from BRooth's offers five minutes of antiseptic eucalyptus air to soothe catarrhal membranes and relieve symptoms. Tallman & Co guarantees HYOMEI for catarrh deafness colds and bronchitis with money back. Home kit includes pocket inhaler for $1.00 and extra bottles for 60 cents.
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Australia
Tallman & Co
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Erteen
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