D Annunzio reforms as Ida Rubinstein seeks spiritual renewal
D Annunzio resolves to return to Italy to pay debts and atone for past wrongs, while Ida Rubinstein flees to Africa seeking solitude and a purer life. She declares a turn from sense to spirit and reports influence of Saint Sebastian on her faith and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D’annunzio
Italy
Eleonora Duse
Ida Rubinstein
Africa
Sebastian
Monsieur D‘annunzio
DR Rubinstein
Saint Sebastian
Claude Debussy
St. Sebastian
Paris
Gabriel
d'Annunzio
Duchesses
Duse
Baklanoff
Paris Opera
Ilda Rubinstein
Upper
Congo
Gabriele B D'Annunzio
Nero
Elegabalus
Casare Borgia
Florence
Caponcina
Christmas Toy Department Frenzy Draws Crowds and Clamor
A bustling toy department scene shows a large woman demanding a moving picture machine while schoolchildren raid shelves with eagerness. Parents supervise as Kristmas shoppers, Irish boy curiosity, and clattering toys fill the busy aisles before Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy
Mr. Smith
Billy
Susie
Mr. Turtle
Nathan
Mr. Blank
Mamma
Ireland
Toy Department
Convicted Ex‑inmates Get Jobs Through Chicago Ads
Paroled convicts, barred from release for lack of one year of in advance work, place ads in Chicago papers seeking employment. Eight merchants respond with offers, and two Joliet penitentiary inmates are to start work locally this week as a result of the tactic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joliet
Duchess of Portland Hosts Royals and Anglesey Bride
The Duchess of Portland entertained the king and queen recently and hosted the bride of the Marquis of Anglesey at the queen's request. The duchess had previously smiled on the marquis, making the queen's command noted with imagined sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Portland
Marquis of
Anglesey
Origin of Flowers Legends From Blood Tears and Battle
Suburban Life traces myths linking flowers to battle blood and tears. Red blooms arise from blood, white from tears. stories link anemone to Adonis, poppies to Waterloo casualties, lily of the valley to Saint Leonard, and other plants to Danish blood or Marian tears, with many regional variants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adonis
Waterloo
England
Bartlow
Canute
Edmund Ironside
Dhout
Sussex
St. Leonard
France
Venus
Cupid
Germany
Las
Wegewarter Plant Named for watcher of the road
Hard to parse source describes a small plant with a starlit blossom growing near a spot where a broken-hearted maiden died. The plant earns the common name Wegewarter or watcher of the road due to its watchful appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wegewarter
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Diocletian
Apollo
Debussy
Christ
Calvary
Paradise
Lawes
Lucchese Bros
Losoya St
Houston St
National Painless Dentists
West Commerce Street
the Toy Department
Steinway Starr
Vose Kurtzman
SWV
Parlo
Ammega
Texas
Jesse French Piano Company
E. P. Buford
Buford Bros
J.w.buford City
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Kansas City
Sedalia
Marysville
St.louis
H. C. Rees Optical Co
W. Commerce St
Schaefer Drug CO
Ave
San Anton
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