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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1890
Page
11
A young girl Meta takes in a magical cloak that shifts her to any place she desires. After mistreating her, a mountain giant captures Meta while she searches for berries. She escapes by night, but the cloak is lost, leaving her stranded and facing peril as she seeks a way home.
Meta is lured by a kind stranger to a fairy mansion where the little bluecaps live on air and sunbeams. After choosing to return home, she later uses a magical cloak to save a city from a powerful enemy, earning a ring and a palace in gratitude.
Amusement page entry noting word puzzles and rebus items for home amusements. It includes references to solving wordplay, transposition clues, and a short narrative about a birthday party with children and a blue ribboned animal.
A Boston budget item recalls a landmark celebration for Mrs. Stowe at the West Newton estate of ex-Governor and Mrs. Claflin. On a June lawn, a dais held Mrs. Stowe and honored guests as poems and songs filled the afternoon. Mrs. Stone then spoke, saying, Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is always going to happen, a line remembered as sibylline prophecy.
A New York Sun quote recalls a Union League Club member praising self shaving to avoid barber shop insults. He notes long discomfort from German barbers and reflects on the charm of humor when soil is rich in wisdom and novelty is kept lively.
A New York Telegram critique notes how intoxication reveals folly in a clever man. It argues a phonograph recording of Philip's drunken utterances would serve as a stern temperance lesson, exposing bragging, nonsense, and foolish conclusions.
A Globe Democrat editorial argues that poverty requires material salvation, self-help structures, and fair wages to foster virtue. It contends indigence erodes morals, and deprivation dulls spiritual guidance, while the Boston Herald voice echoes a fragmented lyric plea and local concerns.
An 1890s style article explains the house fly and ants with details on compound eyes and ant society, then traces mosquito life from wrigglers to fliers. It also surveys the moon, sun, and Franklin’s electricity kite experiment with practical at home demonstrations.
The article notes a British Government decoration for the engineer of an English man of war and the engine builder, while American sailors who faced the Samoa storm received no Congressional medals. It discusses self decoration in the U S with rosettes and lapel buttons signaling society membership amid a culture wary of government decorations.
The piece argues passions shorten life and cites animal lifespans to compare to humans. It notes humans rarely reach the expected age, claiming man is the most hardworking yet irregular and intemperate, often worn out by his own reflections. The tone blends physiological law with moral judgment on human behavior.
The article describes Mr. Gladstone posing for portraits by J. McClure Hamilton at Hawarden. Six sittings produced an oil picture and two pastels, one reproduced from the Pall Mall Budget, with Gladstone pictured reading and writing as he works in silence.
A fragmentary report notes Sullivan has been struck repeatedly in a stage incident. The source shows immediate concern over injuries and calls the event sudden and severe with unclear assailant details.
Axel C. Hallbeck outlines the Swedish method devised by Ling, emphasizing natural laws, progression, and breathing. He explains exercise selection, corrective aims, classed movements, and the use of words of command over imitation, stressing harmony of body, nerves, and respiration for safe, systematic physical culture.
The article extols innate courtesy as a force stronger than laws and asserts that few people possess a true sense of life proprieties though many avoid flagrant etiquette violations. It argues manners govern society both in and out of formal circles.
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