Mrs Horace Hignett Arrives in New York for Lecturing Tour
World famous writer on theosophy Mrs Horace Hignett arrives in New York with her son Eustace for a lecturing tour. Windles, ancestral home of the Hignetts, remains her husband’s residence. Sam, nephew and London lawyer Sir Mal laby Marlowe’s son, and Eustace plan to sail together next day. Bream Mortimer, American, seeks Windles lease amid pestering by a friend of Bennett.
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Horace Hignett
New York
Eustace
Windles
Hignetts
Sam
Mallaby Marlowe
London
Atlantic
Bream Mortimer
Bennett
Marriage Fix Schemes Hush up at Little Church Round the Corner
Mrs Hignett learns of her son Eustace’s intended marriage to Wilhelmina Bennett and immediately plots a clean break. Mortimer, eager to shield his friend from embarrassment, hints at past missteps and departs with plans to avoid his involvement. Mrs Hignett’s rapid, decisive strategizing follows.
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Bream Mortimer
Mrs. Hignett
Mr. Mortimer
Eustace
England
Bresm Mortimer
Beeam Mortimer
Atlantic Liner to Southampton Brims With Arrival Prep
On the Atlantic liner preparing for departure to Southampton crew and passengers bustle at the dock. Sam Marlowe, eager to meet a mysterious pretty girl, meets a setback when a bite leads to a flirtation and a budding romance amidst travel chaos. Eustace Hignett laments a broken engagement while a dog named Pinky Boodles adds comic relief as the ship pulls away.
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Atlantic
Southampton
Sam Marlowe
Sam
New York
Samuel Marlowe
Eustace
Eustace Hignett
Flo
Halo
Eustace Wignett
America
Marlowe
J. B. Midgeley
Wilhelmina Bennett
Adeline
Iris the Poor Man's Orchid Featured in Historic Verse
The iris, famed as the fleur-de-Ils of France and called the poor man's orchid in the United States, has about 100 species in cultivation. Its blooms vary, allowing a long flowering season when different kinds are grown together. A lighter note: a circus play features a nurse and child in a small skit.
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Ruskin
France
United States
Social Etiquette and Coinage Origins in Historical Notes
In Spain a man requesting a light must offer his own cigar or cigarette. presenting a match signals social inferiority. Origins of the English Guinea trace to gold from Guinea used in coinage.
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Spain
Quote about feeding the brute and vanity through meals
A quotation contrasts feeding the brute and winning a man’s heart via his stomach with feeding vanity. The line frames social insight as a witty proverb about appetite and pride in relationships.
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6Ttoman Mich
Sorghum
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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