Opportunities in Africa and College Advice for Graduates
The piece surveys postgraduation paths from civil engineering to law and ministry, with multiple leaders like James Wanamaker and Gov. Campbell weighing in. It discusses the value of a broad liberal education, the need to start at the bottom in many fields, and cautions against cowardice while urging hard work, integrity, and self-reliance. It ends with Collis Huntington proposing Africa rubber ventures for ambitious youths and notes future Congo rail expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hium
Burien
Scollers
Artemus Ward
Charles H. Taylor
Jens Wanamaeker
Eee
James A. Whitney
A. Evans
James E. Campbell
Ohio
Hewitt
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
KE. R. Sill
Atlantic Monthly
Prof. Sill
Collis P. Huntington
Africa
Taboto
Congo
Congo Free State
Gaines
California
Stasi Dnecticut
Sacramento
Stanley Falls
Landscape Hunters Claim Ownership Of Scalp Level Land
A feature explores how the Landscape Hunters have grown to believe they control the landscape at Scalp Level, examining their methods, impact on local land use, and community reactions to their expanding influence. The piece profiles key figures and offers a critique of ownership rights and conservation tensions within the region.
Barbizon of Pittsburg Shapely Scalp Level Art Scene
Pittsburg fisher men introduced Scalp Level as the Barbizon of Pittsburg. The Pittsburg Art School pupils now study there for two weeks under John W. Beatty with George Hetzel, painting from nature. They camp, ride, dance, and tour the village, ending the stay by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Barbizon
Paris
John Hampton
George Hetzel
Pittsburg Art School
Swissvale
Pennsylvania
John W. Beatty
Johnstown
Salvation Army
Mrs. Gear
Miss Dunlevy
Miss Hewitt
Miss Barnes
Miss Shoyer
Miss Laubengier
Braddock
Messrs
Moore
Beaty
Gear
Roenick
Bartberger
Palette
Put Yourself in Her Place Servant Girl Speaks Out
A thoughtful servant girl argues the domestic problem is mutual. She urges readers to empathize by imagining a day in a moderate family, detailing constant tasks from lighting gas to hot water, bells, and reprimands, and notes mistresses’ lack of time management harms service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Dispatch
Charles Read
Washington
Mephistopheles
Zanzibar
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Seca
Juliet
Observing Smoke Among Venice Ladies in 19th Century
A Youth's Companion piece notes Venetian high society's fashionable habit of cigarette smoking at balls. It cites a Browning family member and another American hostess who restricted smoking guests. A six year old, touring a noble ball, asks the nurse where the ladies are, concluding most women are smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Robert Browning
Mamma
Footwear fashion shifts invert male ridicule of wives shoes
The article notes a long trend in fashion where better shoes reduce men's tendency to mock their wives footwear. It traces a gradual shift away from crude style toward the dangerous French heel and pointed toe, while highlighting how women's walking style gains style and confidence from these changes. The text also mentions men's adoption of erratic shoe choices and inconsistency in fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Walcott
Colorado
Voorhees
Indiana
John Sherman
Navy
Lionel Sackville West
United States
Great Britain
Supreme Court
California
Stanford
Pacific Coast
Great Men Ruined by Tippling in Washington's Halls
In Washington during the past month church conventions condemn White House wine use at dinners and condemn Morton while praising Wanamaker for abstinence. The piece sketches temperance trends in Congress, naming Wilson Colquitt Dingley Sawyer and others, recounts drinking anecdotes, and notes Hancock's saloon lore, hospital cures, and the elevated role of liquor in political life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasnixetoy
White House
Harrison
Morton
Wanamaker
Capitol
Reed
House
Congressional Temperance Society
Prohibition Party
Wilson
Iowa
United States
Colquitt
Georgia
Dingley
Maine
Philetus Sawyer
Henderson
Illinois
Kerr
O'Donnell
Michigan
Cheadle
Congress
Washington
Cutcheon
House of Representatives
James B. Belford
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Law
Chicago
Providence Hospital
Uncle Sam
Andrew Johnson
Hayes
Thomas Jefferson
Tennessee
Arthur
Cleveland
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
New England
Madison
Buchanan
Frank Pierce
France
Italy
England
Speaker Reed
Senator Ingalls
Senator Edmunds
Kentucky
Torchi
Aly
Senator Eaton
Senator Thurman
Thurman
President Harrison
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Jobe C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Forte
Jeff Davis
Henry
Prince of Washington
Mysterious Woman in White and Harem Cosmetics Tale
New York, June 21, Clara Belle reviews society quirks and romance in a carnival of modern fads. A red nosed dime museum man recalls a mysterious white woman visiting the cymballum, amid tales of fashionable crushes and a new cosmetic from the Khedive’s harem that reddens cheeks. The piece mocks excess romance, self styled prophets, and Murray Hill vanity while noting an Egypt returning beauty whose blush sparks chatter among New York’s elite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAllister
Weill
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Murray Hill
Egypt
Clara Belle
Local remedy offer promises cure for bloody flux
A Liberal Oser of New Brunswick Illinois offers five dollars to anyone troubled with bloody flux who takes Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions and does not improve promptly. The ad cites prior cures and lists numerous Pittsburgh and Allegheny retailers and a cabinet photo offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat. McCabe
New Brunswick
Chamberlain
McCabe
E. G. Stacky
Penn Ave
BE. G. Stack O Co
Wylie Ave
Fulton St
Markell Bros
Penn
Frankstown
Theo
Krig
Fifth Ave
Carl Hartwig
Butler St
John C. Smith
Peon
Appear & Co
Ifth Ave
Pittsburg
Allegheny
E. E. Heck
Pedera St
Thos R. Morris
Hanover
Preble
F. H. Eggers
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Gov
Campbell
Ben Butler
Richard Vaux
Txytor
John Wanamaker
Tar Disrates
Human Army
Medicine
Harvard
Texas
Connecticut
Albert P. Southwick
RE. W. Gripen
Opportunities IN
Clear Shade
Roaring Fork
Hetzel
Paint Creek
Socialista
Scalp Level
Anothey
Eaton
Senate
GALL
Judge Blank
Judge Blankety Blank
North Carolina
Pendleton
Library
Cameron
Frank G. CanPenTvEe
New York
Cyrus Field
Pierrepont Morgan
Oser
Jahan
Madame A. Ruppert
Walt Kerp
Kuppert
Hamilton
Bun Fitth Ave
Pittsbore
Pozzonis
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